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Ministerial

Strategic Plan

Performance Agreement

Newsletter

Ministerial Speeches and Statements

Budget Motivation for the 2024/2025

Parliamentary Workshop Swakop 29 may 2023

Institute Corporate Governance 16 March 2023

Ministerial Statement-Mining_Petroleum Sectors_March 2023

Welcoming Remarks- GEOPARKS HON DM-2022

Gondwanaland Geopark Excursion Concept Note_F3-2022

Vote 15 – Budget Speech 2021/2022

Temporary Suspension of Mineral Rights (3)

Budget Debate 2020

Omakange Electricity Project June 2020

Minister’s Welcome Speech ADPA Council of Minister’s Meeting 09 July 2019

DEPUTY Minister OPENING SPEECH Address – ADPA 6th Meeting 2019

CLOSING REMARKS ADPA MEETING OF EXPERTS 09 JULY 2019

ADPA Media Release

MME_Budget Speech – 2019-20 Vote 15

Minister Speech_Sky Investment Cutting and Polishing Factory Opening

Mininster Address_Annual General Meeting of The Chamber of Mines of NAMIBIA

Minister_Key Note Address_Launch of the Ombepo 5 Mw Wind Farm

Keynote Address-Official Inauguration of the Ohorongo Cement 5mw Solar (PV) Plant

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Geological Survey

Namibias Geological Treasures

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Memoir 23_2023_Becker et al_Geology of the Kamajab Inlier

Memoir 23_2023_Becker et al_Annex V – Geological Map of the Huab Metamorphic Complex

Memoir 23_2023_Becker et 0al_Annex IV – Geological Map of the Khoabendus Area

Memoir 22_2016_Corbett et al_Diamond placers of the Northern Sperrgebiet_Complete volume

Memoir 21_2010_Pickford&Senut_Karst geology and paleobiology of Northern Namibia

Memoir 20_2008_Pickford&Senut_Geology and Palaeobiology of the Northern Sperrgebiet

Memoir 19_2003_Pickford&Senut_Palaeontology of the Orange River Valley

Memoir 18_2000_Pickford&Senut_Geology and Palaeobiology of the Namib

Memoir 17_1993_Hegenberger_Nama and Witvlei Group E of Windhoek

Memoir 16_1993_Steven_Mineralization of the Central Zone (Damara Orogen)

Memoir 15_1993_KuklaC_Strontium isotopes Kuiseb Formation

Memoir 14_1993_Ziegler&Stoessel_Age determinations Rehoboth Basement Inlier

Memoir 13_1992_Swart_Zerrissene Turbidite System

Memoir 12_1992_KuklaP_Tectonics and sedimentation of convergent continental margin Khomas Hochland

Memoir 11_1990_Hoal_Geology of Awasib Mountain Terrain

Memoir 10_1990_Diehl_Brandberg Complex

Memoir 9_1987_Ward_Cenozoic succession of Kuiseb Valley

Memoir 8_1982_Barnes_Serpentinites of central Namibia

Memoir 7_1981_Sawyer_Damara geology SE of Walvis Bay

Memoir 6_1980_Miller_Geology of central Damaraland

Memoir 5_ 1974_Porada&Hill_Marble deposits

Memoir 4_ 1974_Porada_Khoabendus Group

Memoir 3_1965_Smith_Geology of Khan-Swakop area

International Year of Planet Earth

GSN Posters

General Documents

Exploration of Space

Economic Geology

Earthquake

Earth Science Related Subjects

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 27

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 26

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 25

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 24

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 23

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 22

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 21

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 20

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 19

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 18

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 17

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 16

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 15

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 14

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 13

Schneider et al

Schneider and Walmsley

Nguno

Mwiya

Mein et al

Hahn et al

Becker et al

Becker and Goscombe

Barth et al

Barth et al

Ajagbe

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 12

Mein et al2000_Micromamals from Harasib Part2a

Verwoerd et al_Etanenoberg

Trumbull et al_Damaraland Igneous Complexes

Simmonds and Smalley_Kalahari aquifers_Gam

Seth et al_Voetspoor Intrusion

Senut_fossil eggshells

Schneider_history Geol Survey

Puhan et al_metasomatic reactions within metadolomites

Porada and Loffler_Microbial shrinkage_Nosib Gp

Pirajno et al_ErongoIC_ParesisIC

Pickford_vertebrate biochronology_Sperrgebiet_Otavi

Noertemann et al_mineralogy_Navachab

Miller_Agate Mountain Carbonatite

Mein et al_Late Miocene micromammals_Harasib

McDermott et al_Pan-African A-type granites

Masberg_metamorphism_Central Damara

Maloof_structure_Damara Orogen

Maiden and Hughes_Comparison Mt Isa – Tsumeb

Lorenz et al_Gross Brukkaros

Kurzlaukis and Lorenz_Gibeon Volcanic Field

Killick_Matchless Belt

Jerram et al_Twyfelfontein sandstone

Jacob et al_igneous rocks_Karibib District

Holzforster et al_Lower Permian_Huab Area

Hoal et al_lithosphere_Tsumkwe region

Grotzinger_Nama Group reefs

Grotzinger_Nama Group reefs

Gross et al_Damara metacarbonates

Frimmel_Chameis subterrane_Gariep

De Kock et al_Naauwpoort_Kawakeup_Onkongava

Corner_crustal framework_plus maps

Colliston and Schoch_tectonic evolution along the Orange River

Cockburn and Summerfield_landscape development

Wanke et al_Karoo unconformities

Cockburn and Summerfield_landscape development

Borg_sediment-hosted Pb-Zn

Becker et al_Weener IS_geochemistry

Becker and Brandenburg_Alberta IC-Naub In-Elim Fm

Baumgartner et al_Okonyenya IC

Bangert et al_Fossil record – Dwyka Fm

Aizawa et al_Offshore stratigraphy

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 11

Smithies and Marsh_Grootpenseiland_Marinkas Kwela

Saylor and Grotzinger_Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary

Oliver and Kinnaird_Rossing Dome

Lehtonen et al_Lithostratigraphy_CZ

Hoffmann and Prave_Correlation Otavi Group

Dombrowski Hoernes and Okrusch_scapolitization Kuiseb Fm

Becker et al_Geochronology Mooirivier MC, Weener IS & Gaub Valley Fm

Hoffman et al_geochronology Summas Mountains

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 10

Willner_Metamorphism central Bushmanland_Namaqua Belt

Pickford_Palaeontology of Otavi & Nama Gps

Oliver_CZ as metamorphic core complex

Oberthur et al_Ashanti Belt_Ghana

Nex and Kinnaird_Granites around Goanikontes

Jung Hoffer Masberg and Hoernes_geochemistry granitic low-melt fractions_CZ

Holzer et al_Limpopo Belt

Hoal and Heaman_Awasib Mountains geochronology

Hatton_Bushveld Complex

Eberle Andritzky and Wackerle_new magnetic data set

Deane_Structural evolution Kombat deposits

Chemale Hartmann and da Silva_Brasiliano Cycle_Southern Brazil

Bowden Herd and Kinnaird_U-Th in alaskites_Rossing

Borg_Metallogenesis Namibia and Botswana

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 09

Watkins and Le Roex_Okonyenya IC

Steven_Mafic dykes SE Usakos

Steven_Badenhorst and Petzel_Au in central Namibia

Steven and Thatcher_Diorite Eausiro West

Stachel_Brey and Stanistreet_Gross Brukkaros

Pickford_Prohyrax Arrisdrift

Milner_ Duncan_Ewart and Marsh_Stratigraphy Etendeka Gp

Becker_Ahrendt and Weber_Gaub Valley Fm_Weener IS

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 08

Miller and Kinahan_Archaeology_copper beads & ore

Jasper et al_Evolution Gariep Belt

Pirajno et al_Sisotopes_Damara Orogen.pdf

Saylor_Kuibis-Schwarzrand Subgroups

Siegfried_Diaz Point Fm

Steven_Armstrong and Moore_Rb_Sr data_CZ.pdf

Steven_Au-W-REE mineralization_CZ

Steven_stratabound Cu_Rehoboth-Dordabis-Witvlei area

Swart_Cretaceous conglomerates related to Gondwana breakup

Pirajno et al_S-isotopes_Damara Orogen

Pickford_Supergene ore_Berg Aukas_Harasib

Martini_Swaknoite_Arnhem Cave

Kelber et al_Plant fossils_Brukkaros

Henry et al_Lithostratigraphy_Ugab Subgroup

Dingle_Continental margin

Davies and van der Spuy_Kudu_biomarkers

Buhn and Stanistreet_Correlation Otjosondu area_SCZ

Barr and Reid_Haib porphyry copper

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 07

Ziegler and Stoessel_WeenerIS_Gamsberg IS

Watkins and le Roex_Okonyenya IC

Reid_Kanabeam ring complex.pdf

Pfurr et al_Rostock Massifs_SMZ

Marsh et al_dolerite dykes_Etendeka Province

Kukla et al_metamorphism & intrusions_NW Khomas Trough

Keller_phosphate minerals in pegmatites

Buhn et al_Otjosondu Mining Area

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 06

Wickens and McLachlan_stratigraphy & sedimentology_Kudu

Van Rijswijck and Steyn_Geophysical logging_Kudu

McMillian_Biostratigraphy-Kudu

McLachlan_Kudu prospect

Marot_Gas-bearing sandstones_Kudu

Horsthemke et al_Karoo Sequence_Huab Basin

Erlank et al_basalt geochemistry_Kudu

Davies and vd Spuy_hydrocarbon source potential_Kudu

Benson_Northern Orange Basin_Kudu

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 05

Ziegler and Stoessel_Mooirivier MC

Swart_K-feldspar_NZ

Stoessel and Ziegler_Rehoboth Basement_acid volcanics

Phillips et al_Kuiseb Fm_geochemistry

Milner and Ewart_Goboboseb_volcanics

Kukla et al_Structural geology_Khomas Trough

Hoffmann_Damara correlations

Hoal_Awasib Mountains

Duncan et al_Dolerite_Huab area

Dunai et al_Eureka carbonatite

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 04

Ziegler and Stoessel_K-Ar ages_Marienhof-Billstein Fms

Ward and Bulley_Aeolian deposits_Henties Bay

Walraven_Gamigab area

Swart_Geology of Guanos Islands

Stoesel and Ziegler_Rehoboth Granitoids_geochemistry

Reid Malling and Allsopp_Granitoids_Rehoboth-Nauchas area

Kukla et al_Kuiseb Fm_Khomas Trough

Kasch_Lithostratigraphy_upper Swakop area

Hegenberger_Karoo_Erongo Mountains

Harris_O isotopes of quartz-agate geodes

Haack and Gohn_Rb-Sr data of pegmatites

Cooper_Dicker Willem

Cilliers and Beukes_Ramansdrif-Hom Rivier

Badenhorst_Tourmalinites

Badenhorst_Chuos Fm_SCZ

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 03

Ward and Martin_Conglomerate_Skeleton Coast

Von Knorring and Franke_Aris Phonolite

Swart_Brandberg West Fm

Steven_W mineralization_Otjua

Schneider_Nambulite

Schmidt-Mumm and Behr_hydrothermal mineralization_Duruchaus Fm

Preussinger et al_Kuiseb Fm near Gorob

Pirajno and Jacob_Brandberg West-Goantagab

Pfurr et al_Thrust tectonics_SMZ

Milner and Duncan_Etendeka quartz latites

Merry et al_Gravity Survey_Skeleton Coast

Loffler and Porada_Duruchaus Fm

Kasch_Metamorphism_Black Nossob area

Hoffmann_Duruchaus Fm

Hegenberger_gas escape structures

Harris_native Cu in Karoo basalts

De Kock_Okongava_Audawib In

Borg et al_Klein Aub fault zone

Badenhorst_lithostrtatigraphy_NCZ

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 02

Williams-Jones_Dordabis Fm

Von Knorring_Sn-Ta pegmatites_Brandberg IC

Swart_Scapolite_NZ

Swart_reconnaissance mapping_2015D

Milner_Etendeka quartz latites

Kasch_Black Nossob Area

Hoal_Harmer_Eglington_Awasib Mountains

Henry_Stanistreet_Maiden_Chuos Fm

Diehl_Cape Cross_Uis pegmatites

Bulley_Engineering geology Swakopmund

Brown and Wilson_Barby Fm

Breitkopf and Maiden_Exhalative iron_SMZ

Borg and Maiden_Klein Aub

Badenhorst_Granites_NCZ

Aldrich_Messum-Erongo

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, Vol 01

Williams-Jones and Marsh_Dordabis Fm

Von Knorring_Nb and Ta minerals

Von Knorring_Karibib-Cape Cross pegmatites

Hoal_Geology Diamond Area2

Hegenberger and Burger_Oorlogsende porphyry

Hegenberger_Nama&Karoo Gobabis

Halbich and Freyer_Damara Ugab area

Erlank_Etendeka volcanics

De Kock_Otjimbingwe IC

De Kock_Geology SE Karibib

Brown and Wilson_Barby Fm

Breitkopf and Maiden_Banded iron-formation SMZ

Brandt_Damara stratigraphy

Balfour et al_Kimberlites Sikereti

Annual SEMP Reports

2017 Annual SEMP Report

2016 Annual SEMP Report

2015 Annual SEMP Report

2014 Annual SEMP Report

2013 Annual SEMP Report

2012 Annual SEMP Report

2011 Annual SEMP Report

29th Colloquium of African Geology

Sperrgebiet Field Excursion 20_25 September 2023

29th Colloquium of African Geology Book of Abstract

Petroleum Affairs

Petroleum License Maps

Hydrocarbon License Map 13 March 2024

License Map 20 Oct 2023

Hydrocarbon License Map 10 August 2023

License Map September 2022

License Map June 2022

Hydrocarbon License Map February 2022

Namibia Wells Base Map August 2017

Namibia 3D Base Map August 2017

Namibia 2D Base Map August 2017

Hydrocarbon License Map 13 April 2018

Media Release

Petroleum Exploration and Reconnaissance License remain closed – November 2024

Lifting of Moratoruim on Issuance of Wholesale Petroleum Licenses

Lifting Suspension of Petroleum Downstream License

Oil Storage update

Legislative Framework

NEWSLETTER_Aug 2014 – Feb 2015

Draft_Upstream PetroleumLocal Content Policy_2023

Amendment of Petroleum Products Regulations: Petroleum Products and Energy Act, 1990

Legal Notice – Fuel Marking – Petroleum Products

Oil Exploration Open Licensing System

Petroleum Act, 1991

Model Petroleum Agreement 2007

Petroleum Taxation Act 1991

Petroleum Products Regulations 2000

Petroleum Products and Energy Amendment Act 2000

Petroleum Laws Amendment Act 1998

Petroleum Act 1991 REgulations

Gas Act Draft 2b

Information Guidelines

Business Plan Guidelines

Guidelines for Wholesale License – 26-02-21

Petroleum_Consumer_Installation_Guidelines

Guidelines for Feul Retail License 26-02-21

General Documents

Application process for petroleum license remains closed Sept-Oct 2024

Public Notice: ILLEGAL SALE OF PETROLEUM LICENSES AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

Media Release License Collection

OPEN LICENSING SYSTEM IN NAMIBIA

Fuel Press Release

December 2024 – Fuel Price Review Announcement

November 2024 Fuel Media Release

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September 2024 Fuel Price

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Current Licenses Map

License Map 29-August-2024

PELs Map – March 2024

Energy

Legislative Framework

National Integrated Resource Plan 2022 for the Electricity Supply Industry in Namibia

National IPP Policy of Namibia 2018

National Renewable Energy Policy – July 2017

National Energy Policy – July 2017

Electricity Sector National Integrated Resource Plan (NIRP) 2016

White Paper on Energy Policy of 1998

Electricity Act 2007

General Documents

Power_Supply_Under_Strain

Off Grid Masterplan

Energy Fund

General Documents

NEF pamphlet

Mines

Minerals (Prospecting and Mining) Fees

Determination of application, licence, registration and other fees:

Legislative Framework

Additional Conditions_Issuing_Mining Licences

Health and Safety Regulations made under the Provision of Mines, Works and Minerals Ordinance 20 of 1968.

Mine Health and Safety Regulations (10th draft)

Minerals Act 1992

General Documents

MINING AND PROSPECTORS PUBLIC INFORMATION SHARING WORKSHOP

Current Licenses Map

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LicMap_Namibia 12 February 2024

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