Rights to Minerals and Petroleum in South Africa: An Introduction aims to provide property and mineral law students, law teachers and practitioners with a brief introduction to this complex area of law.

The book provides:

• a historical overview of the development of mineral law prior to the enactment of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (‘MPRDA’)  a theoretical analysis of the basis of the custodian structure that was adopted in the MPRDA
• a systematic exposition of the acquisition, nature, content, transfer and loss of rights, permissions and permits to minerals and petroleum
• an overview of conflict resolution between the exercise of rights to minerals by prospectors or miners and owners or occupiers of land
• a synopsis of the registration of rights in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office.

Rights to Minerals and Petroleum in South Africa: An Introduction can ideally be used in conjunction with PJ Badenhorst’s Mineral Law of South Africa: Text, cases and commentary.

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Custodianship of mineral and petroleum resources
• Chapter 3: Rights, permissions or permits to minerals
• Chapter 4: Rights or permits to petroleum
• Chapter 5: Transitional rights to minerals and petroleum
• Chapter 6: Registration or recordal of rights, permissions and permits to minerals and petroleum
• Index