WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding mining bonds held and released by the government. The question seeks details on the total amount of bonds held, the amount released since November 2012, and a breakdown of which companies received these released bonds.

AnsweredQoN 1247Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 September 2013
Portfolio
Mines and Petroleum

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I refer to the Mining Act 1978 (Western Australia) and I ask: (a) do any bonds remain held by the government, and if yes, what is the current total amount of bonds held by the government; (b) what is the total amount of bonds released by the government since 1 November 2012; and (c) which companies have received bonds released by the government since 1 November 2012, and what amount was received by each company?

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Answered
22 October 2013
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
34 days
(a)
Yes
Number of Unconditional Performance Bonds held:
5 083
Amount of Unconditional Performance Bonds held:
$1 040 701 387
(these figures are as of 23 September 2013)
(b)
Number of Unconditional Performance Bonds Retired:
1 176
Amount of Unconditional Performance Bonds Retired:
$242 887 660
(these figures are as of 23 September 2013)
(c)
Please see tabled paper [...] for a list of tenement holders with the number and amounts of the Unconditional Performance Bonds returned to each (these figures are as of 23 September 2013).

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