THE prevalence of community factions siding with competing mineral rights applicants would be addressed in proposed legal amendments, Mines Minister Susan Shabangu said on Tuesday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, Shabangu said current guidelines in the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Development Act (MPRDA) on miners? interaction with local communities, as well as who may act as community representatives, were too vague.
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