Section 151: Revocation of Mineral title.

(1) Without prejudice to the power of the Minister to determine a mineral title in any other manner, the Minister may, revoke any Mineral title if-
(a) the holder is convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction for an offence under this Act or its regulations and the time for appealing against the conviction, if any, has lapsed or the appeal has been dismissed or withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution;
(b) the holder breaches any provision of this Act or regulations made or of any termns or conditions of his Mineral title whether express or implied ;
(c) the holder breaches any order or notice issued or given under this Act or regulations made under it, or on being required by the Minister by notice to show cause within a time specified in the notice why the Mineral title should not be revoked, the Holder fails to comply or show adequate cause;
(d) the mineral title holder before the expiration of the term of the licence, surrenders the Mineral title in the manner prescribed; or
(e) the Holder is declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent or bankrupt or goes into insolvent liquidation, except as part of a scheme for reorganization, amalgamation or an arrangement with its creditors;
(f) the mineral title is held jointly by more than one person and the provisions of subsection (1)(a) of this section apply to any one of the joint holders unless the other joint holders are able to assume the obligations of the former and adopt measures which will guarantee the performance of these obligations;
(g) no progress is made in the organization of the Mining Operations in the case of all Mineral title other than a Reconnaissance Permit by the end of the period provided for in the Mineral title ;
(h) in the case of a Small Scale Mining Lease or Mining Lease, the holder wholly discontinues operations under the Lease during a continuous period of six months.
(2) A mineral title shall be revoked upon written advice of the Minister and after thirty days notice of the intention to revoke the mineral title containing in detail the grounds thereof is given to the holder and during the period fixed the holder has failed to remedy the breach or remove the grounds for revocation within the required period.
(3) Any notice issued by the Minister and sent by registered mail to the last known address in Nigeria or given in person to an authorized representative of the mineral title holder in Nigeria or published in the Gazette, shall for all purposes be sufficient notice of the revocation of the mineral title to the mineral title holder.