This blog is aimed at educating clients, advocates and professionals in the various aspects of mining law practice in Cameroon.
As we all know, mining law practice is a specialist field in corporate practice in Cameroon and because of the complexity in the subject, specialist knowledge and advisory is required.
The operation of mining companies in Cameroon is governed by the 2016 mining code of Cameroon.
However, the OHADA Law regulates the registration of mining companies in Cameroon.
With the government of Cameroon putting in place strategies to encourage investment in the mining sector of Cameroon, there is need for clients, investors and professionals to have adequate knowledge about the industry. In this light, we have created the blogs below for their perusal.
Reconnaissance is the overall systemic and mobile survey of surfaces, notably, through geological or geophysical methods aimed at detecting traces or concentrations of useful mineral
Non-Industrial Mining License Subject to the laws governing handicrafts in Cameroon, non-industrial mining shall be carried out only by natural persons of Cameroonian nationality. It
Mineral substances contained in the soil and sub-soil of the territory of the Republic of Cameroon, its territorial waters and its continental shelf shall be
A mining agreement shall be signed between an exploration permit holder and the state with a view to developing and mining or financing a new
The exploration permit shall be issued to a legal person under Cameroonian law by the minister in charge of mines, for the purposes of conducting
A non-industrial mining permit shall be granted by right to any holder of an exploration permit who has provided evidence of the existence of a
According to section 11 of the Mining code of 2016, there are five types of mining titles as follows; Contiguous mining titles of the same
