Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) During the currency of a mining claim the holder of the mining claim and any person who actually works the mining claim as agent or employee of the holder--
(a) may, in, on or under the land comprised in the mining claim--
(i) prospect for any mineral to which the mining claim applies; and
(ii) hand mine in accordance with the conditions of the mining claim any mineral to which the mining claim applies;
(b) for the purpose of prospecting or hand mining as provided in paragraph (a) may--
(i) enter that land;
(ii) use such machinery, mechanical devices or other equipment as are authorised under this Act to be used for that purpose;
(iii) erect and maintain a structure (including, where authorised so to do by the mining claim, a temporary residence for a person who is bona fide using the land the subject of the mining claim for a purpose for which it was granted) not being of a permanent nature on that land;
(c) for the purpose of hand mining as provided in paragraph (a)(ii), may, subject to compliance with the conditions of the mining claim and any other Act or law, make moderate use of explosives where the mining claim specifically authorises that use.
(2) During the currency of the mining claim, the rights of the holder relate, and are taken to have always related, to the whole of the land comprised in the claim.
(3) During the currency of a mining claim, a person who delivers goods or substances or provides services to the holder may enter that land for that purpose.
(4) Where any Act provides that water may be diverted or appropriated only under authority granted under that Act, the holder of a mining claim shall not divert or appropriate water unless the holder holds that authority.