New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 13

13 Application for exploration licence

(1) Any person may apply for an exploration licence.

(2) To avoid doubt, the owner of privately owned minerals may apply for an exploration (mineral owner) licence or any other exploration licence with respect to those minerals.

Note: The owner of privately owned minerals may choose to apply for an ordinary exploration licence with respect to those minerals, rather than an exploration (mineral owner) licence. In relation to exploration (mineral owner) licences see section 24 (4).

(3) An application that relates to land in a mineral allocation area may not be made, except with the Minister’s consent, in relation to any group of minerals that includes an allocated mineral.

(4) An application for an exploration licence must:

(a) specify the group or groups of minerals in respect of which the application is made, and

(b) be lodged with the Director-General, and

(c) be accompanied by the required information and the application fee prescribed by the regulations, and

(d) if the application is for an exploration (mineral owner) licence with respect to privately owned minerals that have more than one owner, be made by all the owners.

(5) The required information is as follows:

(a) a description, prepared in the approved manner, of the proposed exploration area,

(b) particulars of the financial resources and relevant technical advice available to the applicant,

(c) particulars of the program of work proposed to be carried out by the applicant in the proposed exploration area,

(d) particulars of the estimated amount of money that the applicant proposes to spend on prospecting in that area,

(e) if the application is for an exploration (mineral owner) licence, evidence that the minerals to which the application relates are owned by the applicant,

(f) any other information that is prescribed by the regulations.

(6) If there is more than one applicant for the licence, a reference in subsection (5) to the applicant is a reference to each applicant.