New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT 1992 - SECT 51

51 Applications

(1) Any person may apply for a mining lease.

(2) An application for a mining lease:

(a) must specify the mineral or minerals, or the mining purpose or mining purposes, 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, in the case of an application that specifies a mineral or minerals, are as follows:

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

(b) an assessment of the mineral bearing capacity of the 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 area of land over which the mining lease is sought.

(4) An application that relates to land within a mineral allocation area may not be made in relation to an allocated mineral except:

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

(b) with the consent of the Minister.

(5) The required particulars, in the case of an application that specifies a mining purpose or mining purposes, are as follows:

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

(b) a description of the nature and extent of the mining purpose or mining purposes to be carried out.