South Australian Current Acts

MINING ACT 1971 - SECT 29

29—Nature of exploration licence

        (1)         An exploration licence authorises the holder of the licence to carry out exploration operations of a kind described in the licence in respect of land described, or referred to, in the licence.

        (2)         An exploration licence must not be granted in respect of extractive minerals.

        (3)         An exploration licence does not (and cannot) authorise the holder of the licence to carry out exploration operations for precious stones on land within a precious stones field that is outside an opal development area, or on land within an exclusion zone under the Opal Mining Act 1995 .