A WA parliamentary question seeks data on mining and exploration tenement holders exempt from expenditure requirements under the Mines Act, including the amount of expenditure forgone. The Minister states the information is not readily available.

AnsweredQoN 410Legislative Council
Asked
21 August 2001
Portfolio
State Development

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(1) How many current exploration tenement holders have sought, and are exempt from, their expenditure requirements under the Mines Act? (2) Can the minister state how much expenditure has been forgone by tenement holders as a result of these exemptions? (3) How many current mining tenement holders have sought, and are exempt from, their expenditure requirements under the Mines Act? (4) Can the minister state how much expenditure has been forgone by tenement holders as a result of these exemptions? Hon KEN TRAVERS

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.
(2) Can the minister state how much expenditure has been forgone by tenement holders as a result of these exemptions? (3) How many current mining tenement holders have sought, and are exempt from, their expenditure requirements under the Mines Act? (4) Can the minister state how much expenditure has been forgone by tenement holders as a result of these exemptions? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.
(3) How many current mining tenement holders have sought, and are exempt from, their expenditure requirements under the Mines Act? (4) Can the minister state how much expenditure has been forgone by tenement holders as a result of these exemptions? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.
(4) Can the minister state how much expenditure has been forgone by tenement holders as a result of these exemptions? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.
(1)-(4) It is not possible to compile the information sought by the member in the time available. The minister is prepared to provide this information as soon as it becomes available or in an answer to a question on notice.

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