Apply In-Person:

1. To Renewal of a Mining Lease in Ghana, the applicant must go to the Minerals Commission Office Contact link
2. The application should be made in the prescribed form and be accompanied by the prescribed fee in respect-of all or part of the license area.
3. The application for the renewal of a mining lease shall be made at least one year before the expiry of the license.
4. The application for the renewal of a mining lease should contain required the information and be accompanied by the required documents.
5. Complete the application form with appropriate information under the relevant sections. Attest it with the applicant’s signature once completed.
6. Once completed filling the application form, make sure that the applicant has attached all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
7. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
8. Then, submit it in person to the relevant authority at the office in 3 copies along with the required documents and make payment of the required processing fees to the MINCOM.
9. Every submitted application is usually assigned with an identifying code and registered with date, hour and minute in the priority register dully signed and an acknowledgment copy will be given to the applicant.
10. If the application is satisfied, the renewal of a mining lease will be issued to the applicant within 30 days.

• Completed application form
• A proposed programme of mining operations to be carried out during the term of renewal.
• Identification document
• Provide residence of payment of the applicable fees
• Cadastral search report

Minerals Commission Office
Location: Accra
Address: The chief executive
Minerals commission
#12 switchback road residential area,
Cantonments
P.O. Box M248
Accra- Ghana.
Digital address: GL-060-113
Phone number: +233 302 771318
Fax number: +233 302 773324
Email id: info@mincom.gov.gh /enquiries@mincom.gov.gh
Contact link
Location link

• This renewal license may only be granted to a Ghanaian citizen.

• Application Fee: No Fee
• Annual rent of GHS. 150/= per ha or part thereof.
• Lease renewal and registration fee GHS. 700/=

• This license’s validity is for 21 years.

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• This process will take about 30 days to complete.

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Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
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E.g. the state office holds birth records since January 1908.

• Name of the applicants
• Nationality of applicant(s)
• Address in Kenya at which notices, etc, may be served
• Number(s) of applicants location(s) and district of registration
• Financial statements
• Memorandum and articles of association
• Area
• Kind of mining lease desired and mineral to be mined term desired
• Date
• Signature of the applicant

• A Mining Lease is issued to a holder of any prospecting right and provides the lessee the right to extract deposits within the land area of the mining lease, including the right to remove and dispose of the minerals as specified in the lease.
• This procedure outlines the process of renewing and extending validity of a mining lease on its expiry.

• The parliament of Ghana enacted the minerals commission Act, 1993 (Act 450).

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
E.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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