Dina Townsend is an attorney who works for the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER).

In this video she explains exactly what your rights are as a landowner or tenant if a mining company comes to prospect for a mining license on your land.

Townsend also provides details about what you should do to ensure that the mining company is complying with all the necessary legal and environmental management protocol.

For more information about environmental rights, or how to comply with the necessary legal procedure, visit the CER website:

cer.org.za