Victorian Numbered Regulations

MINERAL RESOURCES (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) (MINERAL INDUSTRIES) REGULATIONS 2019 (SR NO 48 OF 2019) - REG 30

An application for renewal of an exploration licence under section 29(1) of the Act must contain—

        (a)     the number of the licence to which the application relates; and

        (b)     the requested term of renewal of the licence (in years); and

        (c)     details of the proposed program of work under the licence, including matters set out in regulation 14(c); and

        (d)     the estimated expenditure, for the requested term of renewal, to undertake the proposed program of work and rehabilitation; and

        (e)     reasons for renewal of the licence, including—

              (i)     any evidence demonstrating that additional time is necessary to assess the economic viability of those minerals; and

              (ii)     any evidence demonstrating that mining of the mineral resources covered by the licence is not yet economically viable but may become so in the future; and

              (iii)     if the application is for the second renewal of the licence, all matters that the applicant considers are exceptional circumstances to warrant a second renewal.