Zimbabwe Mining fees in USD
January 5, 2023
Zimbabwe Mining fees in Zimbabwe in USD.
These fees were gazetted by the Mines and Mining Development Ministry in 2021.
Explanatory Note: The fees pegged in USD in the Schedule above shall be payable in ZiG dollars at the prevailing official inter-bank rate.
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
1. APPLICATIONS | |
Section 272(3)(b) | |
Application for revocation of forfeiture | 750,00 |
Section 87 | |
Application for an EPO (Non-refundable) | 1 500,00 |
Section 135 | |
Application for a mining lease (Non-refundable) | 1 500,00 |
Section 159 | |
Application for a special mining lease | 3 750,00 |
Section 217 | |
Application for protection against forfeiture | 75,00 |
Section 299 | |
Application for a special grant to mine Part XX (non-refundable) | 1 500,00 |
2. PROSPECTING LICENCES | |
Section 20(1) | |
Special prospecting licence | 563,00 |
Section 20(1) |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
Ordinary prospecting licence | 75,00 |
Section 22(3) | |
Duplicate Prospecting Licence | 75,00 |
3. REGISTRATIONS | |
Section 15(1)(c) | |
Registration as an approved prospector valid for 5 years | 3 000,00 |
Section 45 | |
Registration fee for base minerals (Special block) | 563,00 |
Registration for Toll Elution Plants | 750,00 |
Registration for Special Grant –Part XIX | 750,00 |
Section 45 | |
Registration fee for base minerals (Ordinary Trending Block) | 300,00 |
Registration to deal in Precious Stones (Valid for 5 years) | 15 000,00 |
Section 59 | |
Duplicate Certificate of Registration | 113,00 |
Section 135 | |
Registration of a mining lease | 3 750,00 |
Section 159 | |
Registration of a special mining lease | 7 500,00 |
Section 45 | |
Application for registration of Precious Metal Block | 150,00 |
Section 48 | |
Registration fee for a Site | 38,00 |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
4. ANNUAL INSPECTIONS | |
Section 197 (1) | |
1st Inspection block of claims (Base minerals, Precious Metals) and Mining Lease | 75,00 per 5 ha |
Section 218 | |
Annual fee for block of claims, special grants and mining leases of Precious Stones | 169,00 per 5 ha |
Section 198/199 | |
2nd and subsequent Inspection for block of claims (Base minerals, Precious Metals) and Mining Lease. | 150,00 per 5 ha |
Section 212 | |
Inspection by payment ( Base minerals) | 15,00/ha/year |
Section 198 | |
Special Mining Lease Inspection | 15,00/ha/year |
Section 303(2) | |
Mining Special Grant XX Annual Fee | 8,00/ha/year |
Mining Special Grant Part XIX Annual Fee | 8,00/ha/year |
Section 303 | |
Prospecting Special Grant Part XX | 8c/ha/year |
Prospecting Special Grant Part XX Renewal 2nd Year | 11c/ha/year |
Special Grant Part XX Renewal 3rd Year | 15c/ha/year |
Section 395 | |
Site Rental Fee | 8/ha/year |
Exclusive Prospecting Order | |
Rental for EPO-First year | 8c/ha |
Rental for EPO-Second year | 11c/ha |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
Rental for EPO-Third year | 15c/ha |
5. RENEWALS | |
Section 293 | |
Renewal for Mining Special Grant under Part XIX | 750,00 |
Section 299 | |
Application for Extension for Mining special Grant Part XX | 7 500,00 |
Section 16 | |
Renewal for a Certificate of Registration as Ap- proved Prospector (CRAP) | 375,00 |
6. TRANSFERS | |
Section 275(7) | |
Certificate of Registration after transfer per min- ing block | 375,00 |
Section 275 | |
Transfer of donated block of mining claims | 750.00 |
Transfer of a Mining Lease | 1 500.00 |
7. MISCELLANEOUS FEES | |
Conversion of block | 150,00 |
Search Fee 50,00 Trading on a | 8,00 |
Trading on a Mining Location | 38,00 |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
OTHER FEES | |
Export Permit for Coal products | 7 500,00/3 months |
Export Permit for Coke | 2 800,00/3 months |
Registration of mobile processing plants | 1 000,00 |
Annual Inspection fee for a registered mobile processing plant | 500,00 |
Penalty for failure to register mobile processing plant | 2 500,00 |
Diamond cutting and polishing licence | 15 000,00/5 years |
General Application Fee | 500,00 |
Dump Inspection Fee | 150,00/5 ha/yr |
Fee for acquiring various log books | 50,00/book |
Registration of a Standard Tribute Agreement | 2 000,00 |
Registration of a Non -standard Tribute Agreement | 5 000,00 |
Permit to transport ore (3 months) | 15,00 |
Application for Special Grant Part XIX | 75,00 |
EPO Extension Fee | 1 500,00 |
Printing of claims plan Maps | |
– Quarter Map | 4,00 |
-Half Map | 8,00 |
– Full map | 11,00 |
PART II | |
OTHER FEES | |
EXPORT PERMIT FEES | |
Platinum Group Metals Concentrate (3 Months) | 9 375,00 |
White Matte | 7 500,00 |
Base Metal Concentrate | 7 500,00 |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
13 CD set of all scanned color geological maps | 350,00 |
CD of Zimbabwe Geological Survey bulletins 1-101 | 50.00 |
CD of short reports 1-48, 52 7 MRS | 50,00 |
Large geological map scanned image + EPO map JPEG (image file) | 50,00 |
Medium scanned geological map | 20,00 |
Small scanned geological map | 15,00 |
Reprint large bulletins | 40,00 |
Reprint medium bulletins | 15,00 |
Reprint small bulletins | 15,00 |
Large bulletins tiff (scanned image) | 20,00 |
Medium bulletins tiff (scanned image) | 15,00 |
Small bulletins tiff (scanned image) | 15,00 |
EPO map with geology (.jpeg) | 50,00 |
EPO map without geology (.jpeg) | 40,00 |
EPO schedules | 20,00 |
FEES FOR GEOPHYSICAL DATA AND MAPS | |
Radiometric data | 80,00 |
3 CD set containing the CIDA aeromagnetic data | 180,00 |
1 CD set containing CIDA aeromagnetic data | 60,00 |
1 CD GRD files | 60,00 |
12,647 gravity stations (xyz) raw data | 60,00 |
Bulletin No.103 with 1:000 000 map | 40,00 |
1:1 000 000 IGRF corrected aeromagnetic map print | 60,00 |
1:1 000 000 IGRF corrected aeromagnetic digital map with geology | 60,00 |
1:1 000 000 scale IGRF corrected aeromagnetic map without geology | 60,00 |
1: 500 000 aeromagnetic map | 25,00 |
1:250 000 aeromagnetic map | 20,00 |
Phase I aeromagnetic maps set 1983 | 150,00 |
Phase II aeromagnetic maps set 1988 | 200,00 |
Phase III aeromagnetic maps set 1990 | 250,00 |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
Ferro Alloy | 75,00/3 months |
Refined Base Metals | 2 813,00 |
Processed Industrial Minerals including Processed Dimension Stone) | 375,00 |
Unprocessed Industrial Minerals (Excluding Dimension Stone)- | 750,00 |
Dimension Stone Blocks | 5 625,00 |
Steel Products | 1 500,00 |
Steel Products (Small Consignment up to 30 tonnes) | 281,00 |
Cut and Polished diamond (per shipment) | 38,00 |
Rough/Uncut Diamonds (per shipment) | 7 500,00 |
Rough/ Uncut Emeralds (per shipment) | 188,00 |
Cut and Polished Emeralds (per shipment) | 38,00 |
Semi-precious stones (per shipment) | 38,00 |
Foundry/Industrial Scrap | 1 500,00 |
Samples for test work | 75,00 |
Samples above 100kg | 75,00 |
Samples below 100kg | 38,00 |
Gold Jewellery Permit | 5 000,00 |
Other Licences | |
Export of Raw Chrome ore/Concentrate (per 3 months) | 1,875.00 |
Gold Jewellery Permit | 5 000,00/5 years |
Custom Milling Licence | 3 750,00/year |
Toll Elution Plant | 750,00/year |
Carbon Movement Permit | 375,00/year |
Retention Certificate (s.221B Finance Act No. 1 of 2014 amendment of s.199(3) Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05] | 1 500,00/5ha/year |
Charges for Services in the Department of the Chief Government Mining Engineer | |
Exemptions/Permissions | |
Processing and granting of exemptions | 750,00 |
NATURE OF FEE | USD | |
Commissioning of plant, boilers and pressure vessels | 750,00 | |
Registration fee as a testing authority | 2 250,00 | |
Conducting Examinations | ||
Full Blasting License (FBL) and replacement | 225,00 | |
Mine Blasting Licence (MBL) endorsements and replacement | 150,00 | |
Restricted Blasting Licence (RBL) and replacement | 38,00 | |
Full Blasting License (FBL) with endorsement for fiery Mines/Surface and replacement | 225,00 | |
Statutory Examinations | ||
MSCC/ZGMD/MMCC/MED and MECC per subject | 38,00 | |
Registration fee for examination | 38,00 | |
Setting of examinations per subject | 75,00 | |
Marking of examinations per script | 19,00 | |
Explosives Permits and Licences | ||
Storage Licence (approved container) | 75,00/year | |
Storage Licence (portable magazine) | 375,00/year | |
Storage Licence (immovable magazine) | 7 500,00 /5 years | |
Permit to acquire and possess explosives | 375,00 /year | |
Explosives import and export licence per consignment | 750,00 | |
Licence to manufacture explosives at factory | 7 500,00 /5 years | |
Licence to manufacture explosives at mine | 750,00 /year | |
Provision of technical Service | ||
Gyro per set up | 188,00 | |
Surveying and Sampling | 150,00 | |
Search fee (plans) | 4,00 | |
Approval of Plans | 38,00 | |
Siting of Works Plan | 38,00 | |
NATURE OF FEE | USD |
Permits to Export Exploration Samples | |
All Samples per consignment | 1 875,00 |
Penalties | |
Operating without a Custom Milling Licence | 3 750,00 |
Operating without a Toll Elution Plant Permit | 1 500,00 |
Breach of Operation Suspension Order | 375,00 |
Resumption of operations after suspension of operation order | 375,00 |
Failure to maintain Beacons (For the 1st Month – not exceeding Level 3, Level 1- Monthly there- after. Section 375 as amended by the Criminal Penalties Act 2002) | |
Transporting or Processing Carbon without Carbon movement permit | 7 500,00 |
Transporting Ore without an Ore movement permit | 375,00 |
PART III | |
CHARGES FOR GEOLOGICALBULLETINS AND MAPS | |
Large bulletins with folded map inserted | 50,00 |
Medium bulletins with folded map inserted | 30,00 |
Small bulletins with folded map inserted | 20,00 |
Short reports with folded map inserted | 20,00 |
Geological map of Zimbabwe 1:000 000 | 20,00 |
Gold deposits maps 1:000 000 | 20,00 |
Tectonic maps 1:000 000 | 20,00 |
Base metals and industrial mineral maps 1:000 000 | 20,00 |
Exclusive Prospecting Order map with geology (print) | 40,00 |
Miscellaneous maps reprint (color) | 40,00 |
Geological map to accompany reports 1:100 000 | 15,00 |
FEES FOR DIGITAL PRODUCTS | |
Vectorised geological map of Zimbabwe | 100,00 |