8   Exemption for sampling

An extractor is exempt from the royalty imposed in respect of mineral resources won or recovered by the extractor for purposes of testing, identification, analysis and sampling mentioned in section 20 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act pursuant to a prospecting right or an exploration right as defined in section 1 of that Act if the gross sales in respect of those mineral resources do not exceed R100 000 during a year of assessment.

[Section 8 substituted by section 97 of Act 23 of 2018]