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Mining, 2009, No. 12 of 2009
The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009
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The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009 is a law of Sierra Leone from 2009. It is cited as No. 12 of 2009. On Lanbuk it is kept with the mining statutes.
The long title says the Act was passed to consolidate and amend the law on mines and minerals; to promote local and foreign investment in the mining sector by introducing new and improved provisions for exploration, mine development and marketing of minerals and mineral secondary processing for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone; to ensure that management of the mineral sector is transparent and accountable in accordance with international best practice; to promote improved employment.
Repeals the Mines and Minerals Act, 1994. Repeals the Commission for the Management of Strategic Resources, National Reconstruction and Development Act, 1999.