❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the timeline for establishing a reversion licence application scheme, processing mining lease applications, and addressing potential backlogs in Aboriginal heritage surveys. The Minister provides estimated timelines and clarifies the process for heritage surveys.
AnsweredQoN 1041Legislative Council
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(1) When does the minister expect the gazetting of the orders that will establish the reversion licence application scheme? (2) How long does the Government expect it to take before the backlog of 5 000 mining lease applications is processed through the reversion application process? (3) How long does the Government expect it will take for qualified anthropologists to deal with the potential backlog of more than 10 000 tenement applications for which an Aboriginal heritage survey is required? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(2) How long does the Government expect it to take before the backlog of 5 000 mining lease applications is processed through the reversion application process? (3) How long does the Government expect it will take for qualified anthropologists to deal with the potential backlog of more than 10 000 tenement applications for which an Aboriginal heritage survey is required? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(3) How long does the Government expect it will take for qualified anthropologists to deal with the potential backlog of more than 10 000 tenement applications for which an Aboriginal heritage survey is required? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(2) How long does the Government expect it to take before the backlog of 5 000 mining lease applications is processed through the reversion application process? (3) How long does the Government expect it will take for qualified anthropologists to deal with the potential backlog of more than 10 000 tenement applications for which an Aboriginal heritage survey is required? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(3) How long does the Government expect it will take for qualified anthropologists to deal with the potential backlog of more than 10 000 tenement applications for which an Aboriginal heritage survey is required? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(1) March 2005. (2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(2) Progressively over a two-year period. (3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
(3) A backlog of heritage surveys involving qualified anthropologists is not expected. Typically exploration programs develop progressively from office studies to low-impact sampling to drilling programs and significant ground-disturbing activities. Not all tenements survive to the point at which a heritage survey conducted by a qualified anthropologist is required. In general terms, this would occur only in the latter stages of an exploration program.
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