Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts83. Form of application for mineral claim
(1) In addition to the requirements of section 140D (if applicable) and section 162, an application for a mineral claim -
(a) shall be lodged with the Department;
(b) shall include a description of the land to which the application relates;
(c) shall include concise particulars of the applicant's proposals for initial work and expenditure on the land;
(d) shall state the names and addresses of the owners and occupiers of land that will be, or is likely to be, affected by the grant of the proposed claim;
(e) shall state the percentages into which the proposed claim is to be divided; and
(f) shall be accompanied by an amount of money sufficient to cover the cost of advertising the application as required by this Act.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall not be made in respect of land the subject of an exploration licence, nor shall a person enter the land for the purpose of marking out the land in the prescribed manner before the application is made, unless the holder of the exploration licence has consented in writing to the application being made.
(3) An application under subsection (1) shall not be made unless the applicant has, prior to making the application, obtained the approval of a warden to enter the land the subject of the proposed application for the purpose of marking out that land in the prescribed manner.
(4) An approval under subsection (3) shall be in the prescribed form and may be subject to such conditions, if any, as the warden thinks fit and specifies in the approval.
(5) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with -
(a) this section; or
(b) an approval granted under subsection (3),
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $5,000.