Mineral Rights Applications & Transfers.
Prospecting rights, mining rights, mining permits, retention permits, Section 11 transfers and registration — prepared and lodged under the MPRDA for a fixed, all-in fee. No hourly billing, no hidden departmental costs.
Mineral rights held under the MPRDA are administered as prospecting rights, mining rights, retention permits and mining permits. They can be renewed before expiry, amended under section 102, ceded with section 11 consent, and must be registered at the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office to be enforceable against third parties.
Governing legislation: Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002, including the renewal, amendment and reporting provisions applying to existing rights.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-17
This is the first step of your mineral rights application. No payment is needed to begin, and the eligibility check is step one inside the application.
Expiring prospecting right, a funder deadline or a sale that cannot wait? Call or WhatsApp us — these files are triaged the same day.
Every mineral tenure transaction, one desk.
Mineral rights work stalls when the legal, technical and environmental inputs are split across advisors. We prepare the application, run the consultation, coordinate the specialists and push the file to grant or registration.
Prospecting rights
Open-ground checks, work programmes, landowner and community consultation, renewals and Section 96 appeals.
Mining rights & permits
Full mining right applications and small-scale mining permits lodged as one coordinated file.
Retention permits
Retention permit applications where economic viability is temporarily constrained but the mineral deposit justifies preservation.
Registration & cession
Notarial cession, deeds and registration at the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office.
Section 11 transfers
Ministerial consent for transfers, cessions and changes of control, with the compliance clean-up consent depends on.
Renewals & amendments
Renewal applications, Section 102 amendments to rights and permits, and annual compliance support.
Consultation records
Defensible landowner, occupier and community engagement that holds up on appeal or review.
Compliance & enforcement
Licence-condition audits, responses to directives and remedying breaches before they become enforcement actions.
Free assessment
Six questions. We confirm the right type, the route and what is missing.
Fixed mandate letter
A written mandate letter confirms the exact fixed fee, deliverables, exclusions and timeline before work starts.
Prepare & lodge
Application, work programme, consultation and supporting documents handled by us.
Through to grant or registration
We answer queries, manage objections and take the file to decision or registration.
Four senior fixed-fee routes.
Every tier is all-in: our work, the application documents, the consultation process and the departmental fees are inside the price.
Open-ground checks, work programme, landowner and community consultation, lodgement and Section 96 appeals for a serious exploration mandate.
- Prospecting right or retention permit application
- Open-ground and cadastral verification
- Compliant work programme drafted
- Landowner and community consultation record
- Lodgement on the DMRE portal
- All departmental application fees included
Small-scale mining permit for an area of 5 hectares or less, prepared and lodged through to grant with the environmental and consultation workstreams coordinated.
- Mining permit application and work programme
- Environmental authorisation and EMPr coordination
- Financial provision quantified and lodged
- Landowner and community consultation
- All departmental application fees included
- Through to grant and registration
Full MPRDA mining right application: work programme, SLP, environmental inputs and consultation records run as one senior, coordinated mandate.
- Mining right application and mine plan
- Social and Labour Plan (SLP) drafted
- Environmental authorisation and EMPr coordination
- Mining Charter and B-BBEE support
- Consultation records built to survive appeal
- Notarial execution and registration
- All departmental fees included
Section 11 ministerial consent, notarial cession and registration of prospecting or mining rights at the MPTRO.
- Section 11 transferability opinion
- Change of control or cession consent application
- Compliance clean-up before transfer
- Notarial deed of cession
- Registration at the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office
- All departmental registration fees included
All-in fixed fees, with no hidden fees. Departmental application and registration fees are included. Mine engineering design, geological fieldwork, the rehabilitation financial provision itself and SLP project implementation costs are excluded and quoted separately if required. Larger or unusually complex projects may receive a higher written fee after scoping.
How long it actually takes.
We separate our preparation time, which we control, from the authority's decision time, which we do not. Ranges are based on comparable files.
Prospecting / retention permit
Mining permit (5 ha or less)
Mining right application
Transfer / cession / registration
Renewal / Section 102 amendment
We cannot guarantee a government decision date. What we do guarantee is a complete file, lodged on time, with every query answered until a decision is issued.
Mineral rights team
Led by a named advisor on every file
Dynamic Legal Services (Pty) Ltd
Offices in Pretoria (Faerie Glen) and Sandton (Sandown) — serving all nine provinces
087 153 6207 · support@dlegal.co.za
Why clients hand us the file.
- We run the legal, environmental and social inputs in parallel so the file is complete from first lodgement.
- Consultation records are built to survive appeal — the most common ground used to challenge a granted right.
- Transfers and cessions are taken through ministerial consent, notarial deed and MPTRO registration.
- Every mandate is fixed-fee and all-in, with no hourly surprises.
Your application starts here.
One application. Answer a few questions, see exactly which route applies to you and what it costs, then send it through. Documents can follow later, and nothing is payable to open the file.
Start your mineral rights application.
Six quick questions. We tell you which mineral right applies, what is still missing, and what the fixed fee will be. Nothing to pay to start.
Step 1 of your application
What do you need?
Guides
Understand the process before you commit.
Premium mining mandate
For large or complex mining projects, our R385,000 – R495,000 full mandate covers every workstream end-to-end.
Read the guideMining right applications
The detailed mining right route: work programme, SLP, EMPr and community consultation as one file.
Read the guideProspecting rights
Open-ground checks, work programmes, landowner consultation, renewals and appeals.
Read the guideSection 11 transfers
Ministerial consent for the transfer, cession or change of control of an existing right.
Read the guideQuestions
Straight answers before you apply.
What mineral rights can you help with?
We handle prospecting rights, mining rights, mining permits, retention permits and reconnaissance permissions under the MPRDA, as well as Section 11 transfers, notarial cession and registration of those rights at the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office.
How long does a mineral rights application take?
We prepare and lodge a prospecting right or mining permit in 4 to 8 weeks once documents are in. A full mining right takes 8 to 16 weeks to prepare. The departmental decision typically ranges from 6 to 12 months for permits and 12 to 24 months for rights, with registration adding a further 2 to 4 months after grant.
What does the fixed fee include?
Every tier above is an all-in fixed fee that includes our professional work, the drafted application and supporting documents, the consultation process, lodgement, departmental application and registration fees, and all dealings with the department until a decision is issued. Mine engineering, specialist environmental fieldwork and the rehabilitation financial provision itself are excluded and quoted separately if needed.
Which provinces do you serve?
Our offices are in Pretoria (Faerie Glen) and Sandton (Sandown). We act for mineral rights clients across all provinces, most frequently in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.
Need a mineral right lodged or transferred?
Book a confidential consultation. We respond within one business day.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-17
Written and reviewed by Dynamic Legal Services (Pty) Ltd, registration 2016/074955/07. Registered with the Department of Water and Sanitation, EAPASA applicant. Offices in Faerie Glen, Pretoria and Sandown, Sandton. Telephone 087 153 6207, support@dlegal.co.za. General information on South African regulatory practice, not advice on a specific matter — the first consultation is free.