Preliminary
34 Preliminary
Subject to this Act, the Minister may grant a mining lease to the holder, or to a related body corporate of the holder, of—
a registered mineral claim, in respect of the whole or part of land comprised in the claim; or
an exploration licence, in respect of the whole or part of land comprised in the licence; or
a retention lease, in respect of the whole or part of land comprised in the lease.
If a registered mineral claim or exploration licence relates to a particular stratum, the mining lease must, if granted, relate to the same stratum.
A mining lease must not be granted in respect of land within a subsurface stratum except on the authority of a resolution passed by both
Houses of Parliament.
A mining lease is not required to be registered under the
Real Property
Act 1886.
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