Mines and geology · National Directorate of Mines
Temporary quarry exploitation authorisation
Authorises, for six months at most and renewable once only, the taking of a set quantity of quarry substances from one site — typically a laterite or sand borrow pit for a works contract. Note: if working continues past that, the quarry becomes permanent as from the day it opened — retroactively, with everything that attaches to a permanent quarry.
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What it allows
To open the site and take from it, for the term fixed, the quantity of substances the authorisation specifies, for the destination it names. It confers no exclusive right over the land.
Who may apply
Any natural or legal person who has the land — as owner, purchaser, or under a making-available. A public or private works site needing borrow material is the ordinary case.
An individualA company
At a glance
National Directorate of Mines
32 days
6 months
Renewable, from 45 days before it ends
What it costs
- Fixed issue dutyGNF 1,000,000
- Extraction tax (per tonne authorised)GNF 2,000
Total, filing and issueGNF 1,000,000
What to bring
Some of these depend on your answers; the list narrows as you fill the form in.
- Owner’s agreement or instrument making the land available
- Evidence of the works being served
- Undertaking to make the site good
Before you start
- The landowner’s agreement, or the instrument making the land available.
- The location of the borrow site.
- The quantity to be taken, what it is for, and how long the taking will last.
- The undertaking to make the site good when the work ends.
How it is handled
- Proposal of the prefectural mines director
- Preparation and cadastral assessment (DNM)
- Decision
- Signature by the National Director of Mines
- Notification
If the answer is no
An appeal may be made to the National Director of Mines within two months of notification, then to the Minister for Mines, and finally before the competent administrative court.