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Amid news Shell has withdrawn shale officials from South Africa, the country's mining minister expects to hand out shale exploration licences later this year

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Reuters: South Africa Expects to Start Granting Shale Licences Later This Year

South Africa's mining minister said on Monday he expected to start issuing shale exploration licences later this year.

"At the moment we are going through the consultation process (with stakeholders such as communities)," Ngoako Ramatlhodi told Reuters on the sidelines of the Chatham House extractive Industries in Africa conference.

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