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Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Act, 2004

An Act amending the law governing mining and mineral rights in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Act, 2004 amends the principal Mines and Minerals law of Sierra Leone governing the control of minerals and the grant of mineral rights.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Act and must be read together with the principal mining legislation. (The sector was later comprehensively reformed by the Mines and Minerals Act, 2009.)

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the principal Mines and Minerals legislation.
  • Concerns mineral rights, licensing or royalties.
  • Relates to the control of minerals and mining operations.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.