New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 33

33 Applications

(1) Any person may apply for an assessment lease.

(2) An application for an assessment lease:

(a) must specify the mineral or 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 assessment lease is sought,

(b) an assessment of the mineral bearing capacity of that land and of the extent of any mineral deposits in that land,

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

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

(e) particulars of the program of work proposed to be carried out by the applicant on the land over which the assessment lease is sought,

(f) particulars of any program of marketing or environmental study proposed to be carried out by the applicant,

(g) 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 in relation to a mineral or group of minerals for which the mineral allocation area is constituted except:

(a) by the holder of an exploration licence or mining lease over that land in respect of that mineral or group of minerals, or

(b) with the consent of the Minister.