User:Ceaser Philip/sandbox

Mining in South Sudan

Due to the lack of a regulatory framework, the government of South Sudan imposed a moratorium on the issue of mining licences in 2010. The Mining Act of 2012 has since come into force and is the "framework for the management of South Sudan’s mining sector with international standards, including licensing, environmental protection guidelines and the use of technology to ensure as much Mineral Resources as possible are recovered from the ground." A drafting Policy

Framework for the Minerals and Mining Sector, 2013 was under process of approval by the parliament.