❓ Mr. Tallentire asks about mining leases and exploration licences issued in the Helena Aurora Conservation Park since September 2008. The Department of Mines and Petroleum reports two mining leases and twenty-five exploration licences marginally encroach on the park due to differing boundary definitions.
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How many mining leases or exploration licences have been issued in the Helena Aurora Conservation Park since September 2008, and on what dates and to what companies?
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Answered
18 February 2014
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Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
90 days
The Department of Mines and Petroleum advises:
There have been two (2) mining leases and twenty five (25) exploration licences granted since September 2008 which encroach marginally onto the Helena Aurora Conservation Park.
The grant dates and holder names of these mining tenements are detailed in the attached schedule [see tabled paper ....]. Any encroachment onto the Park is incidental and due to the tenements having graticular block boundaries, whereas the Park boundaries are not defined in the same manner.
There have been two (2) mining leases and twenty five (25) exploration licences granted since September 2008 which encroach marginally onto the Helena Aurora Conservation Park.
The grant dates and holder names of these mining tenements are detailed in the attached schedule [see tabled paper ....]. Any encroachment onto the Park is incidental and due to the tenements having graticular block boundaries, whereas the Park boundaries are not defined in the same manner.
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