Minerals and coal guidelines

Application guidelines

• Mineral and coal exploration guideline (PDF, 252.6KB)
• Exploration permit for coal in a coal mining project guideline (PDF, 102.6KB)
• Mining claim guideline (PDF, 510.7KB)
• Mineral development licence application guideline (PDF, 230.9KB)
• Mining lease application guideline (PDF, 189.6KB)
• Prospecting permit application guideline (PDF, 233.5KB)

Work program and development plan guidelines

• Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 115.8KB)
• Initial and later development plan guideline for coal mining leases (PDF, 528.0KB)
• Mineral mining lease development plan guideline (PDF, 470.9KB)
• Work program guideline (MRA) (PDF, 188.2KB)
• Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 101.6KB)

Miscellaneous guidelines

• Disqualification guideline (PDF, 150.4KB)
• Indirect control guideline (PDF, 170.7KB)

Petroleum and gas authority guidelines

Application guidelines

• Petroleum lease application guideline (PDF, 243.9KB)
• Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 115.8KB)
• Potential commercial area application guideline (PDF, 264.7KB)

Work program and development plan guidelines

• Work program guideline (ATP) (PDF, 391.2KB)
• Initial and later development plan guideline for petroleum leases (PDF, 360.3KB)
• Later development plan guideline for a petroleum lease (PDF, 330.9KB)
• Project-based development plan guideline (PDF, 193.7KB)
• Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 101.6KB)

Other

• Production testing guideline (PDF, 246.4KB)

Area description guidelines

• Shapefile guide (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Area coordinates generator (XLS, 71.0KB)
• Area coordinates generator (degree, minute, second) (XLSM, 60.1KB)

Renewal, reporting and general administration guidelines

Renewal guideline

• Renewal guideline (petroleum) (PDF, 460.0KB)
• Renewal guideline (minerals and coal) (PDF, 729.1KB)

General administration guidelines

• Guideline for administrators and liquidators (PDF, 90.1KB)
• Permit administration guideline (PDF, 447.4KB)
• Permit transfer guideline (PDF, 553.1KB)
• Relinquishment guideline (PDF, 275.9KB)
• Authorised holder representative guide (PDF, 248.5KB)
• Coordination arrangement guideline (PDF, 231.1KB)

Reporting guideline

• Resources Reporting Lodgement Guideline (PDF, 477.0KB)

Native title guidelines

• Native title process guideline (PDF, 542.3KB)
• Notification and advertising process - native title guideline (PDF, 117.4KB)
• Data acquisition authorities - native title guideline (PDF, 95.2KB)
• Pipeline licences - native title guideline (PDF, 107.0KB)

Land and environment guidelines

• Protocol for managing uncontrolled gas emissions from legacy boreholes (PDF, 339.6KB)
• Land information template (XLSX, 16.9KB)
• Adjoining land information template (XLSX, 16.7KB)
• Permit description template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 72.6KB)
• Adjoining authorities and land template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 62.3KB)
• At risk agreement (PDF, 21.8KB)
• At risk procedures (PDF, 14.2KB)

Water guidelines

• Quantifying the volume of associated water taken under a mining lease or mineral development licence (PDF, 604.5KB).

Mineral and coal policies

Exploration

• Application to vary conditions of an exploration permit (PDF, 175KB)
• Applying for a mining lease for coal with a prospecting permit (PDF, 102KB)
• Assessment of applications for exploration permits (PDF, 104KB)
• Conditional surrender of exploration permits (PDF, 99KB)
• Prescribed areas (excess and non-contiguous) (PDF, 108KB)
• Project-based exploration administration (PDF, 103KB)
• Renewal of exploration permits (PDF, 115KB)
• Renewal of exploration resource authorities within proposed national park or conservation park (PDF, 101KB)
• Work program and relinquishment conditions (PDF, 139KB)
• Application for extension of last renewed term of an exploration permit (PDF, 389KB)

Development

• Technical assessment of an application for a mineral development licence (PDF, 420KB)
• Applying for bulk sampling on a mineral development licence or exploration permit (PDF, 462KB)

Mining

• Deciding the term of a mining lease(PDF, 205KB)
• Mining lease notification and transitional arrangements (PDF, 105KB)
• Rock for building or monumental purposes (PDF, 638KB)

General

• Security assessment – mineral and coal resource authorities (PDF, 516KB)
• Security for mining claims (PDF, 750KB)

Petroleum and gas policies

• Declaration of a potential commercial area (PDF, 100KB)
• Project-based development plans (PDF, 161KB)
• Special amendment of an authority to prospect work program (PDF, 161KB)
• Relevant arrangements (PDF, 572KB)
• Complying with the Australian Market Supply Condition (PDF)
• Obtaining a survey licence for hydrogen (PDF, 310KB)

Miscellaneous policies

• Disqualification criteria and assessment (PDF, 822KB)
• Exceptional circumstances and exceptional events (PDF, 135KB)
• Minister’s power to impose, vary or remove a condition of an exploration permit or authority to prospect due to an exceptional event (PDF, 514KB)

Practice manual

The practice manual provides guidance on the provision of information for tenure administration.