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From Jude Owuamanam, Jos
The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) has introduced electronic systems in the application for granting of mining licenses.
The system known as Electronic Mining Cadastre System (eMC+), according to the Director General /Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, Mr Obadiah Simon Nkom, will shorten the duration for granting of licence at the office of the mining Cadastre.
The DG, who made the disclosure at opening of the 59th Annual International Conference and Exhibition (AICE), holding at the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS), in Jos on Tuesday , said that from the statistical summary, between December, 2021 to October, 2022, with Internal usage of eMC+, the total of 4,607 mineral title and modifications applications were received
The conference has the theme “Emerging Global Perspective, Trends and Sustainable Development of Minerals and Energy Resources,” which was sponsored by the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO),
He said “The system was unveiled to the public on the 1st November, 2022. From the unveiling to 31st February, 2024; 10,805 new mineral title and modification applications were received, both MCO assisted online (in the Office) and unassisted online submissions.
“Hence since the installation of the system, a total of 15,412 is mineral title and modification applications has been received; out of which 4,306 was unassisted online submissions. The adoption of the unassisted online system by stakeholders, is currently at 39.85%,” he disclosed.
Nkom said the office deemed it fit to organise the sensitisation workshop on the adoption of the mining cadastre system -eMC+ by the mining sector stakeholders, for optimum performances in the sector.
According to him a thematic maps to help in mitigating clash of interest in the areas of mining cadastre sites such as, farming, airports, military lands, pipelines and many others, will soon be documented.
He said that the Cadastre System is basically the administration of the mineral titles in Nigeria and the gateway to mining licences in the country.
