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| Name: | The Mines and Minerals Act, 2009 [No. 12 of 2009]. |
| Country: | Sierra Leone |
| Subject(s): | Mining and quarrying workers |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2009-12 |
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| ISN: | SLE-2009-L-87733 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=87733&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Act on-line  Sierra Leone Web, Sierra Leone PDF of Act (consulted on 2011-09-06) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Being an Act to consolidate and amend the law on mines and minerals; to promote local and foreign investment in the mining sector by introducing new and improved provisions for exploration, mine development and marketing of minerals and mineral secondary processing for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone; to ensure that management of the mineral sector is transparent and accountable in accordance with international best practice; to promote improved employment practices in the mining sector; to improve the welfare of communities adversely affected by mining; to introduce measures to reduce the harmful effects of mining activities on the environment and to provide for other related matters. Repeals the Mines and Minerals Act, 1994. Repeals the Commission for the Management of Strategic Resources, National Reconstruction and Development Act, 1999. |
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