New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 13

13 Applications

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

(2) An application for an exploration licence:

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

(b) must be lodged with a mining registrar, and

(c) must be accompanied by the required particulars, and

(d) must be accompanied by the appropriate lodgment fee.

(3) The required particulars are as follows:

(a) a description, prepared in the manner prescribed by the regulations, of the land over which the exploration licence is sought,

(b) particulars of the financial resources available to the applicant,

(c) particulars of the technical advice available to the applicant,

(d) particulars of the program of work proposed to be carried out by the applicant on the land over which the exploration licence is sought,

(e) particulars of the estimated amount of money that the applicant proposes to expend on prospecting.

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