Mining Act 1978

An application for a prospecting licence —

shall be made in the prescribed form; and

shall be accompanied by the amount of the prescribed rent for the first year or portion thereof as prescribed; and

shall be made by reference to a written description of the area of land in respect of which the licence is sought, and be accompanied by a map on which are clearly delineated the boundaries of that area; and

shall be lodged in the prescribed manner; and

shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.

Within the prescribed period the applicant shall serve such notice of the application as may be prescribed, on the owner and occupier of the land to which the application relates and on such other persons as may be prescribed.

An applicant for a prospecting licence shall at the request of the mining registrar or warden furnish such further information in relation to his application, or such evidence in support thereof, as the mining registrar or warden may require but the mining registrar or warden shall not require information or evidence relating to assays or other results of any testing or sampling that the applicant may have carried out on the land the subject of his application.