Mineral Resources Act 1989

The applicant for the grant of a mining claim may, at any time before the grant of the mining claim, by notice in writing to the Minister abandon the application in respect of the whole of the land applied for in the application.

The applicant for the grant of a mining claim who gives a notice referred to in subsection (1) to the Minister shall forthwith serve a copy of that notice on—

if the application has been referred to the Land Court under section 72—the Land Court; and

all other persons on whom the applicant was required under this Act to give a copy of the mining claim notice for the mining claim.

The abandonment of an application for the grant of a mining claim shall take effect on the day next following its receipt by the Minister.