Only South Sudanese citizens and companies fully owned by South Sudanese citizens may be granted small-scale and artisanal mining licenses.
"CHAPTER VI: SMALL-SCALE MINING LICENCE 
55. Person Qualified to Hold a Small-Scale Mining Licence
(1)  An individual or community cooperative involved in Small-scale Mining; provided that they cooperate and respect the exclusive rights granted to Licence Title Holders in the Exploration and Mining Areas.   
(2) Subject to Subsection (1) of this Section, a Small-Scale Mining Licence Title Holder shall be an individual or company duly incorporated under the Companies Act 2012 or its successor legislation who are citizens of South Sudan or all shareholders of the company being citizens of South Sudan with the technical competence and financial ability to fulfil the Licence obligations and who are not disqualified under Section 7(2). 
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CHAPTER VII: LARGE-SCALE MINING LICENCE 
62. Company Qualified to Hold Large-Scale Mining Licence
A Large-Scale Mining Licence Title Holder shall be a company, duly incorporated or registered as a company under the Companies Act 2012 or its successor legislation, which has the technical competence and financial ability to fulfil the Licence obligations and which is not disqualified under Section 7(2).
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Article 64. Grant of Large-Scale Mining Licence [...]
(3) Upon the issuance of a Mining Licence, the Government shall have the right to acquire up to a maximum of 15% working interest participation in the proposed Mine in the following manner: 
(a) upon its exercise of its option the Government shall be issued a USD$ 1.00 (or equivalent of South Sudanese Pound) special share at par which shall carry the right to appoint up to 2 directors, with alternatives, and 
(b) to receive all dividends or other distributions in respect of its working interest percentage.
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74.  Maximum Production under an Artisanal Mining Licence 
(1) An Artisanal Mining Licence shall be subject to the same provisions as are applicable to a Small Scale Mining Licence pursuant to Chapter VI provided, however, that no Artisanal Mining Licence may authorise the exploitation of more than twelve thousand (12,000) cubic meters of raw ore in any calendar year. 
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75. Application [...]
An Artisanal Mining Licence shall only be issued to a South Sudanese citizen and who is not disqualified under Section 7(2).
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CHAPTER XII:  EXPLORATION AND MINING AGREEMENT
100.  Party Qualifying for an Exploration and Mining Agreement
(1) A party to an Exploration and Mining Agreement, other than the Government, shall be a company, duly incorporated or registered as a foreign company under the Companies Law, which shall have the technical competence and financial ability to fulfil all obligations of the agreement. 
(2) A company is ineligible to enter into an Exploration and Mining Agreement if any director or shareholder of that company is not in compliance with the requirements of Section 7(2). [...]" (Mining Act, 2012, Article 64)
Mining Act, 2012
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