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2.16 PROSPECTING LICENCES

Data ID

Description:

Prospecting licences in Namibia since the 1950s

Chapter:

2 Physical geography

File name:

Prospecting licences

File type:

ArcView shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

prospecting

licences

mineral

mining

exploration

Notes on data, analysis and

The original attribute table was amended to separate out active licences into decade intervals. Four new fields were added

compilation:

for the decades 60-70, 70-70, 80-90 and 90-2000.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

LICENCENO

Licence number

YEAR_60S

Indicates whether the licence was valid between 1960 and 1969

YEAR_70S

Indicates whether the licence was valid between 1970 and 1979

YEAR_80S

Indicates whether the licence was valid between 1980 and 1989

YEAR_90S

Indicates whether the licence was valid between 1990 and 1999

YEAR_00S

Indicates whether the licence was valid between 2000 and 2009

NO_DATE

Indicates that no date is known for the period the licence is valid

FROM	Starting date of licence

TO	Expiry date of licence

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Geological Survey of Namibia

Contact:

Dr G. Schneider

Online/Offline Address:

Geological Survey of Namibia

Ministry of Mines & Energy

1 Aviation Road

P.O.Box 2168

Windhoek

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted but use of the map requires full acknowledgement to the Geological Survey and data cannot be used for

commercial purposes.

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