Mining (Amendment) Proclamation No.118/1998

~fo~A ~ ;Jt,:" ;JltflJ FEDERAL NEGARIT GAZETA OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA ht.·"·~: I}OU .... +''I''C '!Ji, 4 lh Year No. 47 Ilh.-l-r-k,r 4..1.1.,1\-£ "l"'ht..fJ.,r'f ~Tilll.h ~DDIS ABABA _ 23 rd June, 1998 hJlilllU ll - ttl:. I~ .,., :r:~r.1 f th1,i1 +lDtlr-l- ,..hc o.·l· m.I-t~"" fw.... "'/f&1iliJ. CONTENTS hiP}: et.'I"C j!f.I:~/Iiifj ~.,... Proclamation No. 118/1998 MIJY:'J (0I/7j7i.r) h"~ 11t lf~lt Mining (Amendment) Proclamation Page 771 "tp~ +'"1'C: n:r:~l!:ii~~f PROCLAMATION NO. 118/11998 f""MY..·' hCP~'I\U'/1j1j~ rID'" }"'P~ A PROCLAMATIONTO AMEND TIllEMINING f(U'/()Y:') 1\'P:~' "71j"li~ UU'/ilt.1\1· : PROCLAMAnON Uh.·N'''k.f' t..f..t:·t\~ J.;. 'r'tM·r\.,f'~ t.Tihttl m7oP1' WHEREAS, it has become necessary to amend the <1'1",1, 1\''''''' ~?;(?i) £1D1P1.·1· f(0'l.tt-""fD< :"'D'~:~ :: Mining Proclamation; ~. h",..C cilil. NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55( I) '.0 "tp~ ",("7i11:' (tJ7?i'if.r) htp~ <P-rc ~n:!fHin» of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of '''''1ft~ l\.lIl+il f.:ft\~ :: Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: ~. ay1j1i.r I . Short Title 'f"'7lJ~'''' ~"':E- 4l"I'C ~!I/nJf.·I"?; l\11.""lIWftW' This Proclamation may be cited as the' 'Mining (Amend- ·1·1j7i~A : ment) Proclamation No. 118/1998." it· ,,1\.,:( h,.",,,, ?j 00'1\' (100'1\- ·f"(u:,. fl"'l.h.,.l\W- 2. Amendment t...... l'l h""'I\' :7 -1""";1:1\ • The Mining Proclamation No. 521 1993 is hereby amen- u?j. fOPI....,· h.t.."" 1l07,o""h"" f.tJ 077[1(,r h"~ h 011 0""1": IM.-}· fl07()~''} il,..,..H· IDoil-r ded as follows: hh..'lnll."·<, (hfli\.U~H:) .ole 11.,..,...,. . . V+j'-l. I. Article 40 of the Proclamation is deleted and ~""It=,:mo fn.t.·,. "'OII'f';f· flaH\- OIIfPl .... replaced by the following new Article 40: fh.t.·f. tloP't- hilh07.m....,.:,.U:,· ~'lil }.,1.+ "40. Rates of sutface rentals agreed upon, with til fI+' f,lrr; ft·::" investors, in the Mining Agreements before ~. fh'Pj),: h'}.,.X· ~:4 10·fl h1+'" (lP) h",·r·1j~I\ the issuance of this Amendment Proclamation 'h')y.1c.' 1l000oh'"1\ ro- "Jlil ')o·h '" (Ii) ,,"'X- shall remain unchanged." '1'1111"t\: 2. Article 46 sub-Article (I) (as amended) is hereby further amended as follows:

) :J.t'} ;JtLIIJ 7··..,·~· 'ft·if.1i .f1~ cp;J Unit Price 2.30 Negarit UP.O.Eox 80,001 Federal Negarit Gazeta - No. 47 23rd June, 199B-Page 772 U(ji) f11th.t.t£ l1Aft-e OP.... +~.r:r.'i- A9.lt~ce "1. The power to issue artisanal mining, prospec- r01 ItS':'J 01,}",t.:,. r't,.Y'l- "hIi olnc m-,.... ting, exploration and small-scale mining as '1iUJ11""~ 1l:r i\...,.tl~~ f~i\;J : f?""CtJDt· ~ well as construction minerals mining licenses il ~ .....,.;;: fU'/iJ 1:1 079"t.:" P't,tPi-Ci ,,,,.,iI.'f- undertaken exclusively by domestic investors t.11'li1 "'Iltf:~"l- L:J>.r: foP .... m:,· fUAIfJ'} is vested in the National/Regional stales; while \'1'"I'lIlJif'm· (1...1")- t\l\.l\..;r U'J'i'ftIJ·'}.. r°'l"Y;-"" licenses for all other mining operations shall be P' /..Y'"f 6.:1' Yo' fOlf.flmm- 0"1.1"·.....;. ~ OJ- :: issued by the Ministry, subject to directives to Ift;9" f07ltY:1 O7,..l.T "hCi ,..coot-r: be given by the Council of Ministers in respect -tor c.:r-"} tar fID c. &.:1' s: 1\.1'''' """l.kt)-t.;. ot combined and mining licenses.' LJ> 1: fO"l.flmm· n:"Y:"tJ" 1l"7.111.:"c>"f 3. Sub-Article 2(t) of Article 46 is deleted and replaced 9"\1£ 11.;" OoOlll.f nOOd1'~ I-tr'ii\ s:'" by the following new sub-Article 2(f): !~. fh'''''~ ~I 'J(j-h h"H'"ft (ID (z) -f"-CJI n-z.h+l\r»- "f) The Ministry shall have the power to collect hJlll 'Jo-il hl+~ (~) (t.) +"'h:t~ ; and audit royalties and other payments on U t.) O'l..UH:?o fihtt:"'~ "7()'(",) rt·Y'"f f"7.1'1 large-scale mining operations;" ~.(JA.i:;~ 1\.1\<-":(' hlJ:.vsol- r-lt-ai'Hl~ ) •.(,:,. 3. Effective Date f071:/..., FAlIJl ~tf£"A:" This Proclamation shall come into force as of the 23'<1 day e· 11":( vtJt;\r;'n.)- "L1J. of June, 1998. y~u h".;Eo hlt~ !:~ .,.,. !!!f.1 q.9'". l.lJOf.? f~'; .elY';.(\. :: Done at Addis Ababa, this 231<1 day of June, 1998. NEGASO GIDADA(DR.) etc )?~ -z.)fJl PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC fh/'·f·k.f 6..~t.·"if .It'fDht·f\..r~ /.TlliltJ REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA or l..,tJ:·}."f· l1r:n..• M9" "7·r-""~v .l'.·f;~:t· BERHANENA. SELAM PRlNTINr. ENI'ERPRI.~J: