REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Fatherland Peace - Work - DECREE No. 2024/05062/PM OF 19 NOV 2024 to lay down the terms and conditions for conducting mining operations.
# 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 No. 96/12 of 5 August 1996 on the framework law relating to environmental management; Mindful of Law No. 98/015 of 14 July 1998 to regulate establishments classified as dangerous, unhealthy, and inconvenient Mindful of Ordinance No. 74/1 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. 2007/004 of 13 July 2007 to regulate handicraft in Cameroon; Mindful of Law No. 2018/012 of 11 July 2018 relating to the 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 enforcements; Mindful of Law No. 2019/024 of 24 December 2019 to institute the General Code of Regional and Local Authorities; Mindful of Law No. 2023/014 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-a of 4 August 1995; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 8 March 2018; Mindful of Decree No. 2012/432 of 1 October 2012 to organize 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 REGULITES COPIE CERTIFIEE CONFORME
# CHAPTER I ## GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1.- (1) This decree lays down the terms and conditions for mining operations. (2) It shall specify the terms and conditions for conducting artisanal, semi-mechanized artisanal and industrial mining operations.
ARTICLE 2.- For the purposes of this decree, the following definitions shall apply: