Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Regulations 2019

For the purposes of regulation 54(d)(i) and (ii), the information is—

expenditure during the reporting period on—

wages and salaries; and

office-based activities; and

equipment, plant or machinery; and

administration and consumables; and

rehabilitation; and

expenditure during the reporting period on, and details of the nature and extent of, airborne or remote reconnaissance activities including—

airborne exploration and surveys; and

remote sensing; and

expenditure during the reporting period on, and details of the nature and extent of, ground exploration activities including—

geological mapping; and

ground geophysics; and

geochemical surveying and sample collection; and

preparation, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of surface samples; and

expenditure during the reporting period on, and details of the nature and extent of, subsurface exploration activities including—

drilling; and

well logging and other downhole geophysics; and

preparation, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of drill samples; and

costeaning or ditchwitching and related subsurface mapping and sampling; and

bulk sampling and related subsurface mapping and sampling; and

shaft restoration or other underground development and related subsurface mapping and sampling; and

preparation, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of subsurface samples; and

subsurface geophysical surveys; and

bulk sample processing, testing and analysis; and

mineral processing testing.

For the purposes of regulation 54(d)(ii), the information is—

expenditure on, and details of, any technical and economic studies undertaken under the licence during the reporting period related to—

the development of the mineral resource in accordance with the principles of sustainable development; and

demonstrating the economic viability of the mineral resource; and

progress against key milestones achieved during the reporting period under the program of work to be carried out under the licence.