❓ Mr. Birney questions the rationale for denying a Mining Act exemption application. The Minister's response details the Department's reasons for denial, citing insufficient evidence of exploration, pre-resource mineralisation status, and lack of supporting reasons in the application.
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(b) if no to (a) why not; and (c) can the Minister state the rationale as to how the criteria for exemption as prescribed were not met?
(c) can the Minister state the rationale as to how the criteria for exemption as prescribed were not met?
(c) can the Minister state the rationale as to how the criteria for exemption as prescribed were not met?
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Answered
14 August 2007
Responded by
Minister for Resources
Response time
54 days
(a) The Department of Industry and Resources considered that a grant of the Application for Exemption could not be justified on the basis of the supporting reasons cited in the application (made pursuant to section 102(2)(b), (f) and (3) of the
Mining Act 1978
) because:
(i) The holders of Mining Lease 38/303 had not submitted to the Department any information capable of proper evaluation that would indicate that any exploration or mining activities had been carried out on the lease during the relevant expenditure year or during the years immediately prior to that year. Also, the lessees had submitted no information in relation to any planned future exploration or mining on the lease or the raising of capital for that purpose;
(ii) The mineralisation in the lease referred to by the lessees could only be considered to be in the pre-resource category, and could not be considered capable of sustaining future mining operations until further work had been carried out to raise it into at least an "inferred" category; and
(iii) The Application for Exemption did not cite any other reason in support of exemption.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) No, the decision was made by the then Minister for State Development.
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Mining Act 1978
) because:
(i) The holders of Mining Lease 38/303 had not submitted to the Department any information capable of proper evaluation that would indicate that any exploration or mining activities had been carried out on the lease during the relevant expenditure year or during the years immediately prior to that year. Also, the lessees had submitted no information in relation to any planned future exploration or mining on the lease or the raising of capital for that purpose;
(ii) The mineralisation in the lease referred to by the lessees could only be considered to be in the pre-resource category, and could not be considered capable of sustaining future mining operations until further work had been carried out to raise it into at least an "inferred" category; and
(iii) The Application for Exemption did not cite any other reason in support of exemption.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) No, the decision was made by the then Minister for State Development.
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