Information relating to seabed of South Africa’s territorial waters off the coasts of the Northern Cape Province, the Western Cape Province, the Eastern Cape Province and the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province;

1. In respect of the seabed of South Africa’s territorial waters off the coasts of the Northern Cape Province, the Western Cape Province, the Eastern Cape Province and the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province; and
2. the South African Exclusive Economic Zone (as defined in section 7 of the Maritime Zones Act, 1994 (Act No. 15 of 1994) (the EEZ)):
a. A list of all prospecting rights granted by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in terms of section 17(1) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA) since 2008 (including the names of the rights holders, and rights reference numbers);
b. A list of all prospecting right applications accepted by and still under consideration by the DMR in terms of section 16(2) of the MPRDA (including the names of the applicants, and application reference numbers);
c. A map/s and/or coordinates indicating the geographical areas covered by such prospecting rights granted by the DMR;
d. A map/s and/or coordinates indicating the proposed geographical areas covered by such prospecting rights applications accepted by the DMR;
e. A national and/or regional database of seabed prospecting and mining and/or any other resource compiled to facilitate the Department of Mineral Resources’ consideration of any applications prospecting rights in the seabed;
f. The national and/or regional seabed prospecting and/or mining strategy/ies developed by the DMR.