Regulation 7(1)  The Commission shall within five days after recording an application  in the Priority Register, review the application  to ensure that (a) the area applied for is correctly identified and the co-ordinates supplied are consistent  with the geographic  and geometric rules prescribed  in these Regulations;(b) the documentation   required  is complete  and valid;(c)  the applicant  is a body incorporated  under the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) or the Incorporated Private Partnerships Act, 1962 (Act 152) or registered under any other enactment in force;(d) the area  applied  for does not  conflict  with  other  mineral rights, pending  applications, reserved areas, restricted areas, protected  areas or designated  areas;(e)  the area applied for does not exceed five thousand  cadastral units or one thousand  and fifty square kilometres;(f)  the expenditure   proposed   in   the work  programme   is in accordance with  the  minimum expenditure   specified  in regulation 4(2);(g) the area applied for does not fall within part of or all of the area  over which  the applicant's previous  application   has been revoked in accordance  with regulation 14, unless one hundred  and eighty days have passed since the date of revocation;(h) the applicant is not applying for an area that has previously been relinquished by the applicant,  unless one hundred and eighty days have passed  since the date  of relinquishment; and(i)  in the case of an application  for a restricted reconnaissance licence, the applicant  is a citizen,  or where the applicant  is not a citizen the proposed  investment  is at least ten million United States dollars.(2) Where  an application  does not comply with the provisions in subregulation  (1), the Commission  shall give notice accordingly to the applicant  within  five days after the review  as set out  in Form  Three  of the First  Schedule,  and the applicant  shall correct the errors or provide the information  required  within  ten days from the date of the notice.

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