Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 6A

6A Meaning of mine

(1)
"Mine" means to carry on an operation with a view to, or for the purpose of—

(a) winning mineral from a place where it occurs; or

(b) extracting mineral from its natural state; or

(c) disposing of mineral in connection with, or waste substances resulting from, the winning or extraction.

(2) For subsection (1) , extracting includes the physical, chemical, electrical, magnetic or other way of separation of a mineral.

(3) Extracting includes, for example, crushing, grinding, concentrating, screening, washing, jigging, tabling, electrowinning, solvent extraction electrowinning (SX–EW), heap leaching, flotation, fluidised bedding, carbon-in-leach (CIL) and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) processing.

(4) However, extracting does not include—

(a) a process in a smelter, refinery or anywhere else by which mineral is changed to another substance; or

(b) testing or assaying small quantities of mineral in teaching institutions or laboratories, other than laboratories situated in the area of a mining lease; or

(c) an activity, prescribed under a regulation, that is not directly associated with winning mineral from a place where it occurs.

(5) For subsection (1) , disposing includes, for example, the disposal of tailings and waste rock.

(6) A regulation under subsection (4) (c) may prescribe an activity by reference to the quantities of minerals extracted or to any other specified circumstances.