Regulation 174. (1)  The Commission shall within five days of 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 three hundred  cadastral units or sixty-three square kilometres;(f)   the feasibility report is in accordance with the Commission's guidelines;(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area applied for does not fall within part of or all of the area over which the applicant's previous application has been revoked in accordance with regulation 181, unless one hundred and eighty days have passed since the date of revocation;(h) the applicant  is not applying for an area that has been relinquished  unless  one hundred and eighty  days have  passed since the date of relinquishment; and(i)  in the case of an application  for a restricted  mining  lease, 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 the 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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