Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 – s16 read with Item 8 of Schedule 2 – Department of Mineral Resources granting rights to two different entities in respect of same land and minerals – once the holder of an unused old order right submits an application within the one year exclusivity period, both the unused old order right and the exclusivity which it confers remain extant until the application is either granted and dealt with in terms of s 17 or refused - where the application is made but neither granted nor refused the unused old order right and its exclusivity period endure – that precludes
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