Mineral Resources Act 1989

The Minister may decide excluded land for an exploration permit.

However, the power under subsection (1) may be exercised only when the Minister is deciding whether to grant or renew the exploration permit.

Excluded land—

must be within—

for the grant of an exploration permit—the area set out in the application for the permit; or

for the renewal of an exploration permit—the original area of the permit; and

can not be a whole sub-block.

Excluded land may be described in a way the Minister considers appropriate, including, for example, by area or by reference to a stated type of land.

Land ceases to be excluded land for an exploration permit if—

the sub-block in which the land is located is relinquished or, for any other reason, ceases to be in the area of the exploration permit; or

a mineral development licence is granted over any of the area of the exploration permit and the land is excluded land for the mineral development licence.