Nigeria and its tin fieldsCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Nigeria and its tin fields
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Tin mines and mining -- Nigeria
(2) The applicant shall show, if required by the Governor to do so,
that he possesses sufficient money or credit to enable him to pay all
reasonable travelling and prospecting expenses likely to be incurred in
the exercise of the rights conferred by a prospecting right.
[Sidenote: Form.]
2. A prospecting right shall be in Form I. of the Appendix hereto.
[Sidenote: Prospecting right, fee to be paid, and duration.]
3. The fee to be paid for a prospecting right shall be £5, and its
duration shall be for one year from the granting of the right.
[Sidenote: Application for exclusive licence to prospect.]
4. Any person desiring to obtain an exclusive licence to prospect
may apply in writing to the Governor through the Secretary to the
Administration, and in making such application shall give the following
particulars:—
(_a_) The name, nationality, and description of the applicant,
and if representing a corporation or company the like
information with regard to the directors thereof, and the
amount of cash, working capital, and nominal capital of such
corporation or company, and an address in the Protectorate at
which notices, &c., may be served;
(_b_) Copies of the memorandum and articles of association
of any corporation, syndicate, or company represented by the
applicant;
(_c_) The class, or combination of classes, of minerals for
which the applicant desires to prospect; and
(_d_) The boundaries, area, and situation of the ground over
which an exclusive licence is desired: Provided that
(1) The boundaries shall be defined in such a manner
as to be a sufficient guide to others desiring
to locate contiguous areas, and shall have been
demarcated to the satisfaction of the Inspector of
Mines;
(2) A sketch plan shall be furnished on the scale of
1:25,000, showing the topography and main drainage in
such a manner as will illustrate the position of the
boundaries and enable them to be identified upon the
ground; and
(3) No statement of latitude and longitude shall be
considered as defining an exclusive prospecting area.
[Sidenote: Applications to be in duplicate and to be filed.]
5. Applications under the preceding regulation shall be submitted in
duplicate, and one copy shall be filed in the office of the Secretary to
the Administration (or at such other place as the Governor may appoint);
and the file shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times.
[Sidenote: Shape of area of exclusive licence to prospect.]
6. The shape of an area over which an exclusive licence to prospect
may be granted shall be such that the average width, as determined by
dividing the area by the greatest length, is not less than one-third of
the greatest length.
[Sidenote: Form.]
7. An exclusive licence to prospect shall be in Form II. of the Appendix
hereto.
[Sidenote: Fee to be paid.]
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