SPECIFIED MINERALS
PART A
Hydro carbons/energy minerals
1. Coal and lignite.
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[PART B
Atomic minerals
1. Minerals of the "rare earths" group containing Uranium and Thorium.
2. Phosphorites and other phosphatic ores containing Uranium.
3. Pitchblende and other Uranium ores.
4. Uraniferous allanite, monazite and other thorium minerals.
5. Uranium bearing tailings left over from ores after extraction of copper and gold, ilmenite and other
titanium ores.
6. Beach sand minerals, that is, economic heavy minerals found in the teri or beach sands, which include
ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene, garnet, monazite, zircon and sillimanite.]
PART C
Metallic and non-metallic minerals
1. Asbestos.
2. Bauxite.
3. Chrome ore.
4. Copper ore.
5. Gold.
6. Iron ore.
7. Lead.
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9. Manganese ore.
10. Precious stones.
11. Zinc.]
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[PART D
Critical and Strategic Minerals
1. Beryl and other beryllium bearing minerals.
2. Cadmium bearing minerals.
3. Cobalt bearing minerals.
1. Subs. by Act 25 of 1994, s. 12, for the First Schedule (w.e.f. 25-1-1994).
2. Subs. by Act 10 of 2015, s. 22, for “8(2)” (w.e.f. 12-1-2015).
3. Ins. by Act 16 of 2023, s. 20 (w.e.f. 17-8-2023).
4. Subs. by s. 20, ibid., for Part B (w.e.f. 17-8-2023).
5. Omitted by Act 38 of 1999, s. 24 (w.e.f. 18-12-1999).
6. Ins. by Act 16 of 2023, s. 20 (w.e.f. 17-8-2023).
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4. Gallium bearing minerals.
5. Glauconite.
6. Graphite.
7. Indium bearing minerals.
8. Lithium bearing minerals.
9. Molybdenum bearing minerals.
10. Nickel bearing minerals.
11. Niobium bearing minerals.
12. Phosphate (without uranium).
13. Platinum group of elements bearing minerals.
14. Potash.
15. Minerals of the "rare earths" group not containing Uranium and Thorium.
16. Rhenium bearing minerals.
17. Selenium bearing minerals.
18. Tantalum bearing minerals.
19. Tellurium bearing minerals.
20. Tin bearing minerals.
21. Titanium bearing minerals and ores (ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene).
22. Tungsten bearing minerals.
23. Vanadium bearing minerals.
24. Zirconium bearing minerals and ores including zircon.]