Badenhorst, PJ and Van den Berg, HM. Rights to Minerals and Petroleum in South Africa: an introduction. – Juta, 2023.
 
ISBN: 9781485140436
 
“The book provides:
a historical overview of the development of mineral law prior to the enactment of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (‘MPRDA’) a theoretical analysis of the basis of the custodian structure that was adopted in the MPRDA
a systematic exposition of the acquisition, nature, content, transfer and loss of rights, permissions and permits to minerals and petroleum
an overview of conflict resolution between the exercise of rights to minerals by prospectors or miners and owners or occupiers of land
a synopsis of the registration of rights in the Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office.”
 
Contents: Custodianship of mineral and petroleum resources – Rights, permissions or permits to minerals – Rights or permits to petroleum – Transitional rights to minerals and petroleum – Registration or recordal of rights, permissions and permits to minerals and petroleum.