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Harare High Court

Betmon Investments (Private) Limited v G & W Industrial Minerals (Private) Limited and The Provincial Mining Director - Mashonaland Central Province

HH 239-25

Case Details

Court
Harare High Court
Date
1 April 2025
Citation
HH 239-25
Neutral Citation
[2025] ZWHH 239
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application

Bench

Presiding
Dube-Banda J
Full Bench
Dube-Banda J
Areas of Law
Mining LawInterdict Law
Keywords
mining claimscancellationinternal remediesinterim reliefappeal
Tags
mining disputesinterim interdictexhaustion of remedies
legislation
Statutes Cited
  • Mining and Minerals Act
  • Mining and Minerals Act
  • Mining and Minerals Act
  • Mining and Minerals Act
ai analysis
Case Summary

Key Issues

  • {"issue_text":"Whether applicant exhausted internal remedies under s 50(2) of Mining and Minerals Act before approaching High Court","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant appealed to High Court instead of Minister; Provincial Mining Director notified applicant of right to appeal to Minister"}
  • {"issue_text":"Whether applicant established prima facie right for interim interdict","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Applicant's claims registered; first respondent mining on disputed claims"}
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Facts of the Case

Background

Applicant sought interim interdict to prevent respondents from interfering with its mining operations pending appeal against Provincial Mining Director's decision to cancel its mining claims. First respondent raised preliminary point that applicant failed to exhaust internal remedies by not appealing to Minister as required by s 50(2) of Mining and Minerals Act.
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