Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT - SECT 33

Where, during the term of his exploration licence, a licensee -

(a) had been granted a mining tenement or exploration retention licence in respect of any part of the licence area and continued, on ceasing to hold the exploration licence, to hold that mining tenement or exploration retention licence; or

(b) had applied for the grant to him of a mining tenement or exploration retention licence in respect of any part of the licence area and, on ceasing to hold the exploration licence, the mining tenement or exploration retention licence had not been granted to him and his application had not been refused,

the report required by section 32 to be lodged shall be in 2 parts, namely -

(c) one dealing with the licence area that is not the subject of the continuing or applied for mining tenement or exploration retention licence; and

(d) one dealing with the land that is, or is proposed to be, retained under the mining tenement or exploration retention licence.