Section 8: Priority.

(1) Where several applications are received on the same area or for Priority overlapping areas from two or more persons on the same business day the application which is first received in the proper form shall be deemed to have priority over the others.
(2) The criteria of first come, first served, as evidenced by registration with the issuing authority according to an established procedure, which in the case of the Mining Cadastre Office shall be registration in the Priority Register established by this Act, shall be strictly applied by the Mining Cadastre Office in case of competing applications for the same exclusive area.
(3) The Mining Cadastre Office shall provide a receipt to an applicant for Mineral title evidencing-
(i) all documents and fees received from the applicant in respect of the application ; and
(ii) the date and time of the application.