Web Site Terms & Conditions

THESE TERMS AND CONDITION ARE BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE AGAINST ALL PERSONS (USERS) THAT ACCESS THE MININGMX WEB SITE OR ANY PART THEREOF (THE MININGMX WEB SITE) IN TERMS OF SECTION 11 OF THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONS (ECT) ACT 25 OF 2002.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS YOU MUST LEAVE THE MININGMX WEB SITE NOW, AS FURTHER USE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BOUND YOU TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

A COPY OF THE ECT ACT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM:
http://www.polity.org.za/pdf/ElectronicCommunications.pdf

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

a.

References herein to the Miningmx web site or content shall include any part thereof;

b.

References herein to User(s) means any person who access the Miningmx web site, notwithstanding the fact that such a person only visited the home page of the Miningmx web site;

c.

References herein to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

d.

Notwithstanding the fact that hyperlinks in these terms and conditions to copyright notices and legislation should be deemed part of these terms and conditions in terms of section 11 of the ECT Act, the fact that some or all of the hyperlinks may be non-operational, shall not play a role in the validity and interpretation of these terms and conditions.

1.

GENERAL

1.1

Miningmx , South Africa's leading online resources news service, provides groundbreaking news from around the world around the clock. . With an emphasis on South African and African news, Miningmx provides comprehensive English and Afrikaans coverage of general resources, markets and company news, relavant to Africa-listed and operating mining companies. business, sport and other major interest areas. In addition to high-quality news, provides a range of additional interactive services.

1.2

content partners within Naspers include Beeld, Die Burger, Volksblad, Rapport, City Press, Finansies & Tegniek and Finance Week Finweek and Fin24. Other information providers are The Natal Witness, Reuters, Associated Press, Sapa, ECNA and AFP (through Sapa), Pana and African Eye News Service. Agencies not affiliated to and have their own terms and conditions of use and Users are bound to those terms and conditions as far as content on the web site originates from such agencies.

2.

ALLOWED USE AND LICENSE

2.1.

Miningmx licenses the User to view, copy, download and print the content of the Miningmx web site, provided that:

2.1.1

such content is used for personal, educational and/or non-commercial purposes only; and

2.1.2

any reproduction of content from the Miningmx web site includes the following copyright notice: © Miningmx 2003. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

2.2

Content from the Miningmx web site shall not be used or exploited for any commercial and non-private purposes without the prior written consent of Miningmx .

2.3

Users may only access and use the Miningmx web site for legal purposes.

2.4

Use of content from the Miningmx web site in electronic clipping services or personalised news services shall only be allowed if such electronic clipping service or personalised news service:

2.4.1

does not copy or provide the whole article, as it appears on the Miningmx web site, but only provide a short summary of the contents of the article;

2.4.2

acknowledges Miningmx as the source of the content;

2.4.3

provides a correct and working hyperlink to the source of the content or article on the Miningmx web site;

2.4.4

acknowledges writers, journalists, photographers and third party agencies as they are acknowledged on the Miningmx web site; and

2.4.5

includes the date upon which the content was sourced from the Miningmx web site in the summary of the content.

2.5

The caching of the Miningmx web site shall only be allowed if :

2.5.1

The purpose of the caching is to make the onward transmission of the content from the Miningmx web site more efficient;

2.5.2

The cached content is not modified in any manner whatsoever;

2.5.3

The cached content is updated at least every 12 (twelve) hours; and

2.5.4

The cached content is removed or updated when so required by Miningmx .

2.6

If any person uses content from the Miningmx web site in breach of the provisions detailed herein:

2.6.1

Miningmx reserves the right to claim damages from such person; and

2.6.2

Miningmx shall not be liable, in any manner whatsoever, for any damage, loss or liability that resulted from the use of such content by such person or any third party.

2.7

Hyperlinks to the Miningmx web site from any other source shall be directed at the home page of the Miningmx web site. Miningmx shall not be liable, in any manner whatsoever, for any damage, loss or liability that resulted from the use of content from the Miningmx web site, if such content was accessed through a hyperlink not directed at the home page of the Miningmx web site. Persons that wish to link to content beyond the home page of the Miningmx web site shall do so at their own risk and undertake to indemnify Miningmx against any loss, liability or damage that may result from content on the Miningmx web site, if such content was accessed through a hyperlink not directed at the home page of the Miningmx web site.

Miningmx ’s non-liability for deep linking is based on the fact that deep links bypass these terms and conditions.

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