The Minister of Mineral Resources, has given notice of his intention to conduct an investigation to establish if any petroleum or geological formation occurs in, on or under land depicted on the plan attached to the aforementioned notice as Annexure A, and if so, to establish the nature and extent of such petroleum. The Minister has invited written comments regarding the intended investigation, furthermore all affected owners, occupiers or persons in control of such land are called upon to furnish their particulars. The investigation in question will be undertaken using geochemical sampling of soil exploration, percussion and deep core drilling methods.
Written comments and particulars of owners, occupiers or persons in control of the land subject to this notice had to be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Agency SA within 30 days of date of publication of the aforementioned notice.
