Mineral Resources Act 1989

An application for the grant of a mining lease must—

be in the approved form; and

state the name of each applicant; and

state the name and address for service of 1 person upon whom any notice may be served on behalf of the applicant or the applicants; and

describe all parcels of land the whole or part of which are in or adjoin the proposed lease area; and

state the current use of the land in the proposed lease area and whether it is subject to erosion control works; and

state the names and addresses of the owners of—

the land in the proposed lease area; and

any land that is to be used to access the land mentioned in subparagraph (i); and

define the boundary of the proposed lease area; and

define the boundary of each of the following—

any surface area of land to be included in the proposed lease area;

any restricted land for the proposed mining lease;

any land outside the boundary of the proposed lease area intended to be used to access the proposed lease area; and

for land mentioned in paragraph (h)(i)—state the purpose for which the land is intended to be used; and

be accompanied by a visual representation of the boundaries and land mentioned in paragraphs (g) and (h); and

give reasons why the mining lease should be granted in respect of the area and shape of the proposed lease area; and

identify the mineral or minerals or purpose for which the grant of the proposed mining lease is sought; and

nominate the term of the proposed mining lease and give reasons for the length of term sought; and

be accompanied by a statement, acceptable to the chief executive—

outlining the mining program proposed, its method of operation, and providing an indication of when operations are expected to start or, if a mining program is not proposed, outlining the use proposed for the proposed lease area and providing an indication of when the proposed use is to start; and

of proposals for infrastructure requirements necessary to enable the mining program to proceed, or additional activities to be carried on to work out the infrastructure requirements; and

stating the estimated human, technical and financial resources proposed to be committed to authorised activities for the proposed mining lease during the term of the lease, if granted; and

be accompanied by a statement, acceptable to the chief executive and separate from the statement mentioned in paragraph (n), detailing the applicant’s financial and technical resources; and

be accompanied by—

proof, to the chief executive’s satisfaction, of each applicant’s identity; and

the number of additional copies of the application, and other documents lodged with the application, the chief executive requires; and

the application fee prescribed by regulation; and

be lodged.

However, subsection (1)(n)(i) does not apply if, under section 246 or chapter 8, the application includes a proposed development plan that complies with the initial development plan requirements.

The chief executive must not accept a mining program mentioned in subsection (1)(n)(i) that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.