Zimbabwe Mining fees in Zimbabwe in USD.
These fees were gazetted by the Mines and Mining Development Ministry in 2021.
Zimbabwe’s mining sector operates within a structured regulatory framework where various fees are charged at every stage of the mining value chain, from prospecting and registration to production, inspections, and exports. These fees are prescribed by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and were officially gazetted in 2021 as part of broader reforms to standardise and formalise the industry.
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 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 colour 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 |
