Rwanda - 2008 - Mining

Law on Mining and Quarry Exploitation

Ministry of National Resources, Rwanda

The law spells out the procedures for mining and quarry exploitation in Rwanda. It spells out activities relating to prospecting, searching, exploiting, purchasing, stocking, handling, transport and commercialisation of all substances and quarry products excluding hydrocarbons. It explicitly sets out its guiding principles and classifies quarries and mines as minerals or fossil substances found beneath or on the earth’s surface.

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January 2022

The law spells out the procedures for mining and quarry exploitation in Rwanda. It spells out activities relating to prospecting, searching, exploiting, purchasing, stocking, handling, transport and commercialisation of all substances and quarry products excluding hydrocarbons. It explicitly sets out its guiding principles and classifies quarries and mines as minerals or fossil substances found beneath or on the earth’s surface.

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