JUNIOR MINING
Ref: GRT-9HG4WDGK
Funding Available
Up to R50m
South Africa Wide
Mining
31 October 2025
Business Growth
About This Grant
To assist qualifying enterprises in the mining industry to conduct prospecting work, increase Black Junior Miners’ access and licence to mine ore bodies and promote economic inclusion to support equitable economic growth
What Can It Fund?
- prospecting work
- exploration activities
Eligible Costs
- -exploration activities
Ineligible Costs
- -acquisition of shares in an existing mining company
- -buying an existing mining entity
- -purchasing a mine
- -manufacture of hard rock drill bits
Expected Outcomes
- increased Black Junior Miners’ access and licence to mine ore bodies
- promoting economic inclusion to support equitable economic growth
Funding Source
Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) and the Council for Geosciences (CSG)
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