🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Mining Claim Process
Complete guide to acquiring mining claims - from prospecting to registration
Three Stages of Acquiring a Mining Claim in Zimbabwe
Follow this comprehensive process to legally acquire and register your mining claim
🔍🗺️ Stage 1: Prospecting
Prospecting Licence Requirements
A prospecting licence is required at this stage and it is acquired at the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development offices.
📋 Required Documents:
- 🆔 National ID or company documents
- 💰 Payment of gazetted fee
⏳ Validity Period
The prospecting licence is valid for two (2) years.
📍 Rights Acquired
As a holder of a Prospecting licence you acquire the rights of prospecting and pegging mining claims within the designated exploration area specified in your licence.
⚠️ Important Limitations
- License is valid for a specific designated area, not nationwide
- Applied for at provincial offices for that province
- Certain areas are not open to prospecting (existing mines, cultivated land, dams)
- Landowner notification required; written consent needed for farms under 100 hectares
- For larger exclusive areas, an Exclusive Prospecting Order (EPO) is required
Key Benefits
- 2-year validity period
- Legal protection
- Pegging authorization
- Designated area rights
📍🚧 Stage 2: Pegging
Professional Pegging Process
🤝 Agent Appointment
When a Prospecting Licence holder has identified a mineral deposit that he/she is interested in, he/she appoints an agent or an Approved Prospector to peg on his/her behalf.
🚩📢 Physical Pegging Requirements
- The agent is required to physically peg the area by marking the deposit with a Discovery peg
- Post Prospecting, Discovery and Registration Notices on the ground
- The notices must be posted in a conspicuous manner to alert other prospectors
✨ Claim Limitations
Each Prospecting Licence can peg up to a maximum of 10 claims at 1Ha each for precious metals.
Our Pegging Services
- GPS coordinate mapping
- Discovery peg placement
- Notice posting
- Photo documentation
✍️✅ Stage 3: Registration
Application for Registration
An application for registration must be submitted to the Provincial Mining Director.
📄 Required Attachments (in triplicate):
- 📜 Prospecting licences
- 📝 Prospecting Notice
- 💎 Discovery Notice (Base Minerals)
- ✉️ Notification of intention to prospect to the landowner
- 🗺️ A map in triplicate to the scale of 1:25000
🎉⛏️🌳 Final Approval
If the Provincial Mining Director is satisfied that all pegging procedures have been followed, he shall issue a certificate of registration upon payment of a gazetted fee. This allows the holder to start mining operations subject to meeting other obligations like Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).
Registration Benefits
- Legal mining rights
- Protected claim ownership
- Mining operation authorization
- EIA compliance pathway
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Pegging Services
Professional surveying and boundary marking
Documentation
Complete application preparation
Legal Compliance
Ensure all regulatory requirements are met