Exhibit 99.3

CONSENT OF EXPERT

To:	British Columbia Securities Commission
	Alberta Securities Commission
	Ontario Securities Commission
	(collectively, the “Regulatory Authorities”)

In connection with the filing, with the Regulatory Authorities referred to above, of the technical report (the “Technical Report”) entitled “National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation’s Buckreef Gold Project in Tanzania” dated February 22^nd, 2011, I hereby consent to the public filing of the Technical Report and to extracts from, or a summary of, the Technical Report.

Dated this 22^nd day of February, 2011

/s/ Fiona Harper
Fiona Harper, B.Sc. Hons (Geol.)
Pr Sci Nat; MGSSA,
MINERALS INDUSTRY ADVISOR
VENMYN RAND (PTY) LTD.