• Minutes of the meeting 16 July 2009

Minutes of the SSC Meeting held in the SAIMM Boardroom,
5th Floor, Chamber of Mines Building
5 Hollard Street, Johannesburg
on 29 January 2009 at 14h00

Documents (PDF):

• Meeting Minutes
• Report on CRIRSCO Meeting held in Santiago Chile 24-27 November 2008
• MANDATE FOR OIL AND GAS WORKING GROUP (OGWG)

Agenda

1. Any Competent Person (CP) or Competent Valuator (CV) who publishes a public report in terms of the SAMREC or SAMVAL Code shall be subject to the disciplinary procedure described below.
2. A complaint that a CP or CV has breached the relevant code shall be submitted in writing and referred to the Ethics Committee for review within 21 days of receipt of the complaint.
3. The Ethics Committee shall comprise of not less than three members drawn from the SAMREC/SAMVAL Committee (SSC).  
4. The duties of the Ethics Committee will be to consider all allegations of breaches of the SAMREC and SAMVAL Codes submitted to the SSC.
5. A CP or CV against whom a complaint has been made shall be entitled to notice in writing of the grounds of the complaint and to an opportunity to respond either in writing or in person in respect of such complaint before the Ethics Committee.  A CP or CV will be informed of the evidence to be adduced at the hearing.
6. At the conclusion of the review of a complaint the Ethics Committee may rule that the complaint has not been established, or may find that the complaint has been established.  In either case the matter shall be reported to the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the SSC.  
7. Should the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the SSC following due consideration of the complaint and evidence provided at the hearing, determine that the complaint has been proven; they shall forward the said complaint to the relevant Disciplinary Committee.  The relevant Disciplinary Committee may be any of the following: SACNASP, ECSA, PLATO, GSSA, SAIMM or other ROPO organisation to which the CP or CV is affiliated.
8. The SSC will ensure that it is informed of the result of any disciplinary action resulting from the complaint.  

Held on 12 December 2007 at the offices of the
Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

On 12 December a meeting with a Chinese delegation consisting of 10 representatives was held in Room 606 in the Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg.
The meeting took place at the request of Dr Li Juan on behalf of Chinese officials involved in mineral resources.
Dr Li requested that the following topics be discussed (in his words):
•    classification of mineral resources and reserves
•    standards/codes
•    mining tax
•    Various other topics regarding mineral resources administration in China( if South African professionals want to know)