Gold mining and mining at large.

The country has a Mineral Act, which is under revision. Mineral exploration and exploitation is governed by several types of licenses. These are: the Prospecting Licence which is mineral or area specific and is valid for one year; under Exclusive Prospecting Licence (EPL), mineral specific. and is limited to an area of 20.48 square kilometres (7.91 sq mi) and the Special Exclusive Prospecting Licence (SEPL) is for a minimum area of 76.8 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi); Mining License for developers which could be location specific as Mining License is limited to an area of 16 hectares (40 acres) with validity of 1 year; in the case of large mining area the lease could be for 21 years for areas up to 251 hectares (620 acres); and Mineral Dealers Licence which is a permit to use water resources for mining operations with validity .