Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered RegulationsSchedule 1—Information required in application for exploration licence
Regulations 12 and 36
1. The name and address of the applicant/s (if the applicant is a company, the registered address of the company).
2. A contact name, telephone number, email address and postal address.
3. If the applicant is a company—
(a) a list of the directors and company secretary of the company; and
(b) a copy of the certificate of registration of the company or certificate of registration on change of name.
4. Area of land applied for in km 2 .
5. An attached map of 1:100 000 scale indicating the land applied for (the map must show graticular sections).
6. If the application includes Crown land, indicate which of the following options will be utilised to comply with the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth or the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (where applicable and if required)—
(a) excision of all Crown land as advised by the Department;
(b) compliance with the right to negotiate provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth;
(c) the entering into of an indigenous land use agreement under the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth;
(d) compliance with a relevant land use activity agreement under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 .
7. The term required (in years).
8. The estimated annual expenditure for each year of the licence.
9. Evidence of financial capability to fund the estimated expenditure to undertake the proposed program of work (refer item 13).
10. The names and qualifications of technical advisers who will be assisting in the exploration program (if the advisers are not employees of the applicant, include evidence that the advisers have agreed to assist in the exploration).
11. Details of the applicant's experience in exploration or mining activities or both.
12. For the purpose of showing that the applicant is a fit and proper person—
(a) if the Minister has taken action under section 83 of the Act to rehabilitate land because the applicant or an associate of the applicant has not complied with Part 7 of the Act, provide details regarding—
(i) the circumstances which led to the taking of that Ministerial action; and
(ii) when those circumstances arose; and
(b) if a licence held by the applicant or an associate of the applicant has been cancelled, provide details regarding—
(i) the circumstances which led to that cancellation; and
(ii) when those circumstances arose; and
(c) if the applicant or an associate of the applicant has been convicted of an offence against the Act, provide details regarding—
(i) the nature of the offence; and
(ii) when the offence was committed; and
(iii) the penalty imposed;
(d) if the applicant or an associate of the applicant has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, provide details regarding—
(i) the nature of the offence; and
(ii) when the offence was committed; and
(iii) the penalty imposed; and
(e) provide an indication of whether the applicant or an associate of the applicant is an insolvent under administration.
13. Details of the proposed program of work for each year of the licence including—
(a) the nature of the work to be undertaken in the following areas—
(i) office-based activities;
(ii) on-ground exploration activities (including, for example, geological mapping, rock and soil sampling (and related geochemistry and mineralogy), ground and airborne geophysical surveys, and remote sensing);
(iii) subsurface evaluation activities (including, for example, drilling, trenching, bulk sampling, underground development, and related geochemistry, mineralogy and metallurgy); and
(b) as far as is practicable, an indication of the location and focus of the proposed activities with location maps; and
(c) a description of the nature of the targets that the program seeks to delineate; and
(d) a description of the geological rationale behind the proposed program; and
(e) a proposed timing schedule of the exploration program.
14. Preferred annual reporting date.
15. Signature of the applicant/s (see notes 4 and 5).
16. The date of application.
Notes
1 See section 4(1) of the Act for the definition of graticular section .
2 An application for an exploration licence under section 15(1) of the Act must specify the mineral or minerals to which the licence will relate (see further section 15(1BA) of the Act).
3 See section 16(4) of the Act for the definition of associate .
4 Applications made by a company must be signed by a company director or company secretary or alternatively by a person who provides written evidence that he or she is authorised to act on behalf of the company with respect to the application.
5 If an application is made and submitted by a person acting on behalf of another party, the applicant must provide written evidence that he or she is authorised to act on behalf of that other party with respect to the application.
6 The Department will advise the applicant about addressing any native title requirements.