REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work -Fatherland
DECREE No. 2024/05061 /PM OF 19 NOV 2024
To define the conditions for the granting of Mining Titles, Permits and Licences.
THE PRIME MINISTER, HEAD OF GOVERNMENT,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of Act No. 8/65-UDEAC-37 of 14 December 1965 relating to the CEMAC Customs Code and its subsequent amendments;
Mindful of Law No. 76/25 of 14 December 1976 to establish regulations governing cadastral surveys and records;
Mindful of Law No. 85/09 of 4 July 1985 to lay down the procedure governing expropriation for public purposes and conditions for compensation;
Mindful of Law No. 92/007 of 14 August 1992 on the Labour Code;
Mindful of Law 96/12 of 5 August 1996 on the framework law relating to environmental management;
Mindful of Law No. 98/015 of 14 July 1998 regulating to establishments classified as dangerous, unhealthy and inconvenient;
Mindful of Ordinance No. 74/2 of 6 July 1974 to establish rules governing land tenure;
Mindful of Ordinance No. 74/2 of 6 July 1974 to establish rules governing State lands;
Mindful of Law No. 2002/003 of 19 April 2002 on the general tax code and its subsequent amendments;
Mindful of Law No. 2018/012 of 11 July 2018 relating to Fiscal Regime of the State and other Public Entities;
Mindful of Law No. 2019/012 of 19 July 2019 to lay down the general framework for radiological and nuclear security, nuclear safety, civil liability, and Safeguards enforcement;
Mindful of Law No. 2019/024 of 24 December 2019 to institute the General Code of Regional and Local Authorities;
Mindful of Law No. 2001/014 of 19 December 2023 relating to the Mining Code;
Mindful of Decree No. 92/089 of 4 May 1992 to specify the duties of the Prime Minister, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 95/145 of 4 August 1995;
Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organise the Government as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
Mindful of Decree No. 2012/432 of 1 October 2012 to organise the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development;
Mindful of Decree No. 2019/001 of 4 January 2019 to appoint a Prime Minister, Head of Government;
Mindful of Decree No. 2020/749 of 14 December 2020 to set up the National Mining Corporation.
HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
SERVICES DU PREMIER MINISTRE SECRETARIAT GENERAL DIRECTION DES AFFAIRES ADMINISTRATIVES ET DES REGUÉTÉS COPIE CERTIFIÉE CONFORME
# CHAPTER I ## GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1.- This Decree defines the conditions for the granting of Mining Titles, Permits and Licences.
ARTICLE 2.- The provisions of this Decree shall govern all mining titles, permits and licences relating to mines, quarries, geothermal deposits, spring water, mineral and thermo-mineral water, subject to specific provisions governing each type of mining title, permit or license.
ARTICLE 3.- Within the context of this Decree, the following definitions shall apply: