South Africa Case Law

Namibian Minerals Corporation Ltd. v Benguella Concessions Ltd. (430/94)

Namibian Minerals Corporation Ltd. v Benguella Concessions Ltd. (430/94) [1996] ZASCA 140; 1997 (2) SA 548 (SCA); [1997] 1 All SA 191 (A); (27 November 1996)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

430/94

Judges

E M Grosskopf, F H Grosskopf, Harms, Schutz, Plewman

Appeal over a mining joint venture’s farm-in clause and contract certainty. The court held the clause too vague in key respects, but also discussed timing and interpretation.

• Contract Vagueness
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Option Clauses
• Parol Evidence Rule
• Contractual Interpretation
• Contract-vagueness