Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts[s. 2]
[Heading amended: No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]
THIS AGREEMENT under seal made the eighteenth day of November, One thousand
nine hundred and sixty-four BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE DAVID BRAND M.L.A. Premier
and Treasurer of the State of Western Australia acting for and on behalf of
the said State and instrumentalities thereof from time to time (hereinafter
called “the State”) of the one part AND BASIC MATERIALS PTY.
LIMITED a company incorporated under Companies Act 1961 of the State of
Western Australia and having its registered office and principal place of
business at 25 William Street Perth in the State of Western Australia
(hereinafter called “the Company” which expression will include
the successors and assigns the Company including where the context so admits
the assignees and appointees of the company under clause 13 hereof) of the
other part.
and
WHEREAS:
(a) The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cliffs International Inc. a Delaware Corporation registered in Western
Australia as a foreign corporation under the provisions of the
Companies Act 1961 . Cliffs International Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company an Ohio Corporation. The Company is the
holder of the Mining Areas defined in Clause 1 hereof.
(b) The parties hereto believe that the mining
areas contain large deposits of iron ore with an average iron content
appreciably below 60% and with physical characteristics which render such iron
ore unsaleable as direct shipping ore (as defined in clause 1 hereof) under
the quality requirements of the world steel industry.
(c) Attempts were made to improve and upgrade the
said iron ore but test work indicated that either such iron ore was not
amenable to then known concentrating techniques or the degree of beneficiation
was very slight and consequently uneconomic.
(d) Exhaustive research in Western Australia and
in the United States of America (culminating in full scale pilot plant tests)
satisfied the Company that iron ore pellets equal to or superior to pellets
currently produced in the United States of America could be produced from this
iron ore by the Pelletisation process.
(e) The pelletisation process is an advanced
treatment process of iron ore and requires considerable technical organisation
and skill. As contrasted to mining of direct shipping ore (as defined in
clause 1) the process requires extensive additional facilities and utilises a
process with vastly increased technical and consumable supply and electric
power requirements. The necessary pelletisation plant or plants crushing and
fine grinding facilities electric power generating plant petroleum handling
and storage facilities represent a very large investment which amounts to
approximately one half of the total investment including port railroad mining
and other facilities needed to commercially develop the iron ore deposits
included in the mining areas to the extent hereinafter mentioned.
(f) Power requirements are expected to amount to
75,000,000 kilo watt hours per annum for the initial plant and to increase to
225,000,000 kilo watt hours when the proposed pellet plant capacity is
expanded. Fuel oil used as the fuel media for the thermal application portion
of the process will amount to approximately 10,000,000 gallons per annum
initially and will increase to 30,000,000 gallons per annum when the proposed
production capacity is installed. Other consumable industrial supplies and
materials such as iron, steel, oil and lubricants will also be used in
substantial quantities.
(g) Raymond International Inc. (consulting and
construction Engineers) has made a feasibility study of possible port sites
and railroad facilities, plant sites, townsites and necessary auxiliary
facilities.
(h) The Company has informed the State that it is
prepared to carry out the works referred to in clause 9 hereof provided that:
(i)
contracts satisfactory to the Company are concluded for
the sale of not less than 1,800,000 tons of iron ore pellets during the first
two years from the export date (as hereinafter defined in clause 1) and not
less than 3,000,000 tons in subsequent years;
(ii)
arrangements, satisfactory to the Company, are made for
financing by any means the works referred to in clause 9 hereof; and
(iii)
a grant is made to the Company of a licence or licences
under Commonwealth law for the export of iron ore pellets of not less than
3,000,000 tons per annum.
(i) The State acknowledges that prior to the 22nd
day of October 1964 an agreement was entered into between the Company and the
State whereby (subject to the provisions of this agreement relating to the
submission of detailed proposals and matters referred to in clause 5(2)
hereof) the State had agreed to make the grants of lands referred to in clause
8(1)(b) of this Agreement and that prior to such date the State had consented
to the Company making the improvements set out in clause 9 hereof on the land
comprised in any lease granted by the State to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement.
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH: —
Interpretation 4
1. In this Agreement subject to the context
—
“associated company” means —
(a) any
company having a paid-up capital of not less than one million pounds
(£1,000,000) notified in writing by the Company to the Minister which is
incorporated in the United Kingdom the United States of America or the
Commonwealth of Australia and which —
(i)
is a subsidiary of the parent Company within the meaning
of the term “subsidiary” in section 6 of the Companies Act 1961 ;
(ii)
holds directly or indirectly not less than twenty per
cent (20%) of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company;
(iii)
is promoted by the parent company or by any company that
holds directly or indirectly not less than twenty per cent (20%) of the issued
ordinary share capital of the parent company for all or any of the purposes of
this Agreement and in which the parent company or such other company holds not
less than twenty per cent (20%) of the issued ordinary share capital; or
(iv)
is related within the meaning of that term in the
aforesaid section to the parent company or to any company in which the parent
company holds not less than twenty per cent (20%) of the issued ordinary share
capital, and
(b) any
company approved in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this Agreement
which is associated directly or indirectly with the parent company in its
business or operations hereunder;
“commencement date” means the date
referred to as the commencement date in clause 7(3) hereof;
“Commonwealth” means the Commonwealth
of Australia and includes the Government for the time being thereof;
“Company’s wharf” means the
wharf to be constructed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement for the
shipment of iron ore from the mineral lease and includes the commercial wharf
to be constructed by the Company for the reception of inward cargoes or
(except for the purposes of definition of “harbour”) other the
temporary wharf for the time being approved by the Minister as the
Company’s wharf for the purposes hereof during the period to which such
approval relates;
“deposits townsite” means the townsite
to be established on or near the mining areas pursuant to this Agreement;
“direct shipping ore” means iron ore
which has an average pure iron content of not less than sixty per cent (60%)
which will not pass through a one half (½) inch mesh screen and which is
sold without concentration or other beneficiation other than crushing and
screening;
“export date” means the earlier of the
following dates namely —
(a) the
date or extended date if any referred to in clause 9(1) of this Agreement;
(b) the
date when the Company first exports iron ore or iron ore pellets hereunder
(other than iron ore shipped solely for testing purposes);
“financial year” means a year
commencing on and including the 1st day of July;
“fine ore” means iron ore which has an
average pure iron content of not less than sixty per cent (60%) which will
pass through a one half (½) inch mesh screen and which is sold without
concentration or other benefaction other than crushing and screening;
“fines” means iron ore (not being
direct shipping ore or fine ore) which will pass through a one half (½)
inch mesh screen;
“f.o.b. revenue” means the price for
iron ore from the mineral lease the subject of any shipment or sale and
payable by the purchaser thereof to the Company or an associated company less
all export duties and export taxes payable to the Commonwealth on the export
of the iron ore and all costs and charges properly incurred and payable by the
Company from the time the ore shall be placed on ship at the Company’s
wharf to the time the same is delivered and accepted by the purchaser
including —
(1) ocean freight;
(2) marine insurance;
(3) port and handling
charges at the port of discharge;
(4) all costs properly
incurred in delivering the ore from port of discharge to the smelter and
evidenced by relevant invoices;
(5) all weighing
sampling assaying inspection and representation costs;
(6) all shipping
agency charges after loading on and departure of ship from the Company’s
wharf; and
(7) all import taxes
by the country of the port of discharge;
“harbour” means the port or harbour at
or near Cape Preston or such other port or place mutually agreed on and
serving the Company’s wharf;
“iron ore pellet contracts” means the
contract or contracts referred to in clause 5(1) hereof;
“iron ore pellets” means iron ore in
pellet or other form produced by Pelletisation or more advanced reduction or
other more advance treatment process from iron bearing material mined from the
mining areas.
“Land Act” means the Land Act 1933 ;
“mineral lease” means the mineral
lease referred to in clause 8(1)(a) hereof and includes any renewal thereof;
“Mining Act” means the Mining Act 1904
;
“mining areas” means the areas
delineated and coloured red on the Plan marked “A” initialled by
or on behalf of the parties hereto for the purposes of identification;
“Minister” means the Minister in the
Government of the said State for the time being responsible (under whatsover
title) for the administration of the Ratifying Act and pending the passing of
that Act means the Minister for the time being designated in a notice from the
State to the Company and includes the successors in office of the Minister;
“month” means calendar month;
“notice” means notice in writing;
“parent company” means and includes
both Cliffs International Inc. and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company;
“person” or “persons”
includes bodies corporate;
“plant site” means the area near the
harbour at Cape Preston on which the pellet plant or plants crushing and
grinding facilities stockpiling yards electric power generating plant
petroleum storage and other ancillary facilities there to (or such other site
as shall be approved by the State) shall be situated;
“port townsite” means the townsite to
be established pursuant to this Agreement near the harbour;
“Ratifying Act” means the Act to
ratify this Agreement and referred to in clause 3 hereof;
“said State” means the State of
Western Australia;
“special lease” means a special lease
or license to be granted in terms of this Agreement under the Ratifying Act
the Land Act or the Jetties Act 1926 and includes any renewal thereof;
“this Agreement” “hereof”
and “hereunder” include this Agreement as from time to time added
to varied or amended;
“ton” means a ton of two thousand two
hundred and forty (2,240) lbs. net dry weight;
“townsite” in relation to the townsite
to be established near the harbour means a townsite (whether or not
constituted and defined under section 10 of the Land Act) primarily to
facilitate the Company’s operations in and near the harbour and for
employees of the Company and in relation to the mining areas means such a
townsite or townsites or any other townsite or townsites which is or are
established by the Company for the purposes of its operations and employees on
or near the mining areas in lieu of a townsite constituted and defined under
section 10 of the Land Act ;
“wharf” includes any jetty structure;
“year 1” means the year next following
the export date and “year” followed immediately by any other
numeral has a corresponding meaning;
reference in this Agreement to an Act shall
include the amendments to such Act for the time being in force and also any
Act passed in substitution therefor or in lieu thereof and the regulations for
the time being in force thereunder;
power given under any clause of this Agreement
other than clause 17 hereof to extend any period or date shall be without
prejudice to the power of the Minister under the said clause 17;
marginal notes shall not affect the interpretation
or construction hereof 4 ;
the phases in which it is contemplated that this
Agreement will operate are as follows —
(a)
Phase 1 — the period from the execution hereof by the parties hereto
until the commencement date; and
(b)
Phase 2 — the period thereafter.
Obligations of the State during Phase 1 4
2. The State shall —
(a) upon
application by the Company at any time prior to the 31st day of March, 1965
(and surrender of the then existing rights of occupancy already granted in
respect of any portions of the mining areas) cause to be granted to the
Company and to the Company alone rights of occupancy for the purposes of this
Agreement (including the sole right to search and prospect for iron ore) over
the whole of the mining areas under section 276 of the Mining Act at a rental
at the rate of four pounds (4) per square mile per annum payable quarterly in
advance for the period expiring on the 31st December, 1965 and shall then and
thereafter subject to the continuance of this Agreement cause to be granted to
the Company as may be necessary successive renewals of such last-mentioned
rights of occupancy (each renewal for a period of twelve (12) months at the
same rental and on the same terms) the last of which renewals notwithstanding
its currency shall expire —
(i)
on the date of application for a mineral lease by the
Company under clause 8(1)(a) hereof;
(ii)
at the expiration of one month from the commencement
date;
(iii)
on the determination of this Agreement pursuant to its
terms; or
(iv)
on the day of the receipt by the State of a notice from
the Company to the effect that the Company abandons and cancels this
Agreement,
whichever shall first
happen;
(b)
introduce and sponsor a Bill in the Parliament of Western Australia to ratify
this Agreement and endeavour to secure its passage prior to the 30th day of
November, 1964;
(c) to
the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes of clause 5 hereof allow the
Company to enter upon Crown lands (including land the subject of a pastoral
lease) and survey possible sites for a plant site and harbour wharf railway
townsite (both in or near the harbour and on or near the mining areas) and
other areas required for the purposes of this Agreement; and
(d) take
the administrative steps set out in Clause 5(5)(b) hereof.
Ratification and operation 4
3. (1) Clauses 8 9 10
(other than paragraphs (d) and (1) of clause 10) 11-15 both inclusive and 17
of this Agreement shall not operate unless and until the Bill to ratify this
Agreement as referred to in clause 2(b) hereof is passed as an Act before the
thirtieth day of November, 1964 or such later date if any as the parties
hereto may mutually agree upon. If the Bill is not so passed before that date
or later date (as the case may be) this Agreement will then cease and
determine and neither of the parties hereto will have any claim against the
other of them with respect to any matter or thing arising out of done
performed or omitted to be done or performed under this Agreement except as
hereinafter provided in clause 10(d) hereof.
(2) If the Bill to
ratify this Agreement is passed as an Act before the date or later date if any
referred to in subclause (1) of this clause the following provisions of this
clause shall notwithstanding the provisions of any Act or law thereupon
operate and take effect namely —
(a) the
provisions of subclauses (1) (2) (3) and (4) of clause 8 the proviso to
paragraph (a) of subclause (2) of clause 9 subclause (3) of clause 9
paragraphs (a) (f) (g) (h) (i) (k) and (m) of clause 10 and clauses 14 16 17
and 20 shall take effect as though the same had been brought into force and
had been enacted by the Ratifying Act;
(b)
subject to paragraph (a) of this subclause the State and the Minister
respectively shall have all the powers discretions and authorities necessary
or requisite to enable them to carry out and perform the powers discretions
authorities and obligations conferred or imposed upon them respectively
hereunder;
(c) no
future Act of the said State will operate to increase the Company’s
liabilities or obligations hereunder with respect to rents or royalties; and
(d) the
State may as for a public work under the Public Works Act 1902 , resume any
land or any estate or interest in land required for the purposes of this
Agreement and may lease or otherwise dispose of the same to the Company.
Initial obligations of Company 4
4. The company will actively and conscientiously
endeavour to conclude the contracts and make the arrangements set out in
Clause 5(1) hereof and will from time to time and on request keep the State
informed on these matters.
Company to give notice 4
5. (1) At any time
prior to the 31st December, 1965, the Company may give notice to the Minister
that:
(a) The
Company has entered into or intends to enter into contracts satisfactory to
the Company for the sale by the Company of iron ore pellets.
(b) The
Company has made or is about make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for
financing by any means the works referred to in clause 9 hereof and that the
Company proposes to proceed with the works set out in clause 9 hereof.
Company to submit proposals 4
(2) The Company may at
any time and shall as soon as possible after giving the notice referred to in
Clause 5(1) hereof submit to the Minister:
(a) to
the fullest extent reasonably practicable its detailed proposals (including
plans where practicable and specifications where reasonably required by the
Minister) with respect so far as relevant to the mining from the mining areas
(or so much thereof as shall be comprised within the mineral lease) by the
Company during the three (3) years next following the commencement of such
mining with a view to the transport to the plant site of iron ore the
pelletisation and shipment before or after pelletisation of the iron ore mined
and its outline proposals with respect to such mining during the next
following seven (7) years including the location area lay-out design number
materials and time programme for the commencement and completion of
construction or the provision (as the case may be) of each of the following
matters namely —
(i)
the harbour and harbour development including dredging
the depositing of spoil the provision of navigational aids the Company’s
wharf (the plans and specifications for which wharf shall be submitted to and
be subject to the approval of the State) the berth and swinging basin for the
Company’s use and harbour installations facilities and services all of
which shall permit of adaptation so as to enable the use of the harbour and
wharf by vessels having a draught of 42 feet;
(ii)
the railway between the mining areas and the
Company’s wharf and works ancillary to or connected with the railway and
its proposed operation including fencing (if any) and crossing places;
(iii)
townsites on the mining areas and near the harbour and
development services and facilities in relation thereto;
(iv)
housing;
(v)
water supply;
(vi)
roads (including details of roads in respect of which it
is not intended that the provisions of clause 9(2)(b) shall operate); and
(vii)
any other works services or facilities proposed or
desired by the Company other than those set out in sub-paragraph (b) of this
subclause; and
(b) the
location and respective production and storage capacities of the pelletisation
plant and facilities.
(3) (a)
If, within one (1) month of the 31st December,
1965 the Company gives notice to the Minister that it has been unable to make
the contracts and arrangements set out in clause 5(1) hereof the Minister will
grant such extension of time as the Company requests, up to the 31st December,
1969.
(b) If
an extension is granted under paragraph (a) of this subclause and if within
one (1) month of the 31st December, 1969 the Company demonstrates to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Minister that the Company has duly complied
with its other obligations and has genuinely and actively but unsuccessfully
endeavoured to make the contracts and arrangements set out in clause 5(1)
hereof and the Company reasonably requires an additional period up to the 31st
December, 1972 for the purpose of making such contracts and arrangements and
has reasonable prospects in that regard if granted an extension the Minister
will grant such extension as is warranted in the circumstances up to the 31st
December, 1972.
(c) If
an extension is granted under paragraph (b) of this subclause then prior to
the date such extension expires the Company shall give notice to the Minister
whether or not it has concluded the contracts and arrangements set out in
clause 5(1) hereof. If the notice is to the effect that such matters have been
concluded the Company will within twelve (12) months after such notice
commence and within four (4) years after commencement complete the works set
out in clause 9 hereof and will be ready to commence production therefrom.
If the notice is to the effect that such matters
have not been concluded then the Minister may at any time after the expiration
of the extension granted under paragraph (b) of this subclause give notice to
the Company requiring it within twelve (12) months thereafter to conclude the
iron ore pellet contracts and arrangements for finance referred to in clause
5(1) hereof and to give notice accordingly to the Minister. If the Company
gives such notice the Company will within twelve (12) months of the giving of
the notice commence and within four (4) years thereafter complete the
construction referred to above. If the company fails to give such notice and
no other agreement is made between the State and the Company in regard to the
matter then at any time after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the
giving of the notice by the State either party may by notice to the other
terminate this agreement.
(4) If the Company
fails within the time or extended time as the case may be hereinbefore in this
clause mentioned to give the notice referred to in subclause (1) of this
clause or to submit the proposals referred to in subclause (2) of this clause
or fails duly and punctually to carry out its proposals as agreed or
determined hereunder and to remedy the failure within reasonable time after
notice specifying the failure is given to the Company by the State (or —
if the alleged failure is contested by the Company and promptly submitted to
arbitration — within a reasonable time fixed by the arbitration award
where the question is decided against the Company the arbitrator finding that
there was a bona fide dispute and that the Company had not been dilatory in
pursuing the arbitration) then subject to the provisions of clause 16 hereof
(relating to delays) the State may by notice to the Company given at any time
thereafter determine this Agreement whereupon the rights of the Company
hereunder and under any lease licence easement or right granted hereunder or
pursuant thereto shall cease and determine but without prejudice to any
liability on the part of the Company for any antecedent breach of or liability
under any of the provisions hereof.
Reservation of harbour site 4
(5) (a)
At any time prior to the 31st December, 1965 the
Company may give notice to the State that it reasonably requires the
reservation until the 31st December, 1966 of an area or areas of Crown Land
and or land the subject of a pastoral lease at or near Cape Preston for
possible development by the Company for the plant site the Company’s
wharf and harbour and road and rail access thereto from the mining areas.
(b)
Until the 31st December, 1965 (or if such notice is given until the 31st
December, 1966) the State (unless the Company otherwise agrees) shall take all
practicable administrative steps to prevent any development at Cape Preston
which would be likely to interfere with the development by the Company of the
plant site wharf harbour and road and rail access thereto under the terms of
this Agreement.
(c) If
the Company should desire to establish the Company’s wharf at Cape
Preston it will consult with a company to be nominated by the State
(hereinafter called “the nominated company”) and will not without
the consent of the nominated company submit proposals in regard thereto
without providing and ensuring therein —
(i)
that a plant site suitable for a pelletising plant and
ancillary facilities capable of producing not less than four million
(4,000,000) tons of iron ore pellets for shipment from the Company’s
wharf remains available to the nominated company;
(ii)
that suitable road and rail access from the nominated
company’s mining areas to its plant site and from the plant site to the
Company’s wharf remains available to the nominated company;
(iii)
that the Company’s wharf and associated facilities
will be so constructed as to cater for the berthing of ships requiring at
least forty-two feet (42′) of water and so as to be adequate to handle
the outward shipment of an aggregate of at least ten million (10,000,000) tons
of iron ore and iron ore pellets per annum and to make suitable provision for
inward cargo
and except with the consent of the Minister the Company in developing the Cape
Preston area will ensure that effect is given to the factors in this paragraph
mentioned.
(d) If
no agreement is reached between the Company and the nominated company and if
at any time after the 31st December, 1966 the Company has not submitted its
own full and acceptable proposals to the State including the requirements of
paragraph (c) of this subclause and the nominated company submits proposals to
the Minister for the construction of a wharf and associated facilities at Cape
Preston then subject to the remaining paragraphs of this subclause and
provided this Agreement is still in force the Minister shall require that such
proposals provide and ensure —
(i)
that there remains available to the Company a plant site
suitable for a pelletising plant and ancillary facilities capable of producing
not less than four million (4,000,000) tons of iron ore pellets for shipment
from the wharf to be constructed by the nominated company;
(ii)
that there remains available to the Company suitable road
and rail access from the Company’s mining areas to such plant site and
from the plant site to the wharf of the nominated company;
(iii)
that the wharf and associated facilities of the nominated
company will be so constructed as to cater for the berthing of ships requiring
at least forty-two feet (42′) of water and subject to paragraph (f) of
this subclause will be adequate to handle the outward shipment of an aggregate
of at least ten million (10,000,000) tons of iron ore and iron ore pellets per
annum and to make suitable provision for inward cargo.
(e) The
proposals of the nominated company (insofar as they relate to the matters
referred to in paragraph (d) of this subclause) shall before approval by the
Minister be submitted by him to the Company to enable it to make such
representations thereon as it sees fit either to the Minister or to the
nominated company as to requiring the nominated company to —
(i)
extend or enlarge the wharf so as to be adequate to
handle a greater capacity than ten million (10,000,000) tons per annum;
(ii)
make provision for the facilities associated with the
wharf in excess of the facilities stated by the nominated company in its
proposals as desired for its purposes and for the wharf to be so constructed
and with such facilities as may be required to handle additional inward
cargoes for the Company;
but subject to the Company making arrangements which are mutually satisfactory
with the nominated company for payment of the cost of such additional work. In
the event of the Company and the nominated company being unable to agree on
the basis for such payment the Minister shall determine the method of payment
and the necessary security. In the event of a dispute as to the cost of such
additional work the matter shall be referred to arbitration. The Minister may
require accordingly.
(f) If
either company demonstrates to the State that at Cape Preston it would not be
reasonably practicable for the proposals to include the matters or all matters
referred to in paragraphs (c) (d) and (e) (as the case may be) of this
subclause the Minister shall either waive compliance with the whole or part of
the matters or shall submit alternative proposals for an equitable sharing of
the harbour’s capacity by both companies. The nominated company may
accept the alternative proposals failing which the nominated company shall
refer the matter to arbitration in which event the Company may be joined as a
party to the arbitration.
(g) If
prior to the 31st December, 1966 any company desires to submit proposals to
the Minister for the establishment of a wharf at Onslow the Minister shall
require it to first consult with the Company and that subject to paragraph (j)
of this subclause such company does not (without the consent of the Company)
submit proposals in regard thereto unless such proposals provide and ensure
for the matters set out in paragraph (h) of this subclause.
(h) If
the Company should after the 31st December, 1966 desire to establish the
Company’s wharf at Onslow it will consult with the nominated company and
subject to paragraph (j) of this subclause will not without the consent of the
nominated company submit proposals in regard thereto if the nominated company
has previously submitted its own full and acceptable proposals to the State
pursuant to an agreement with the State relating to the mining within the said
State and shipment from Onslow of iron ore. If the nominated company has not
so submitted proposals and no agreement is reached between the Company and the
nominated company within three (3) months from the commencement of
consultations the Company may submit proposals under clause 5(2) of this
Agreement for the construction of a wharf and harbour at Onslow but subject to
the remaining subclauses the Minister may require that any such proposals
shall provide and ensure —
(i)
that a plant site suitable for a pelletising plant and
ancillary facilities capable of producing not less than four million
(4,000,000) tons of iron ore pellets per annum for shipment from the wharf to
be constructed by the Company remains available to the nominated company
provided that this does not unduly prejudice the selection of a site by the
Company;
(ii)
that suitable road and rail access from the nominated
company’s mining areas to such plant site and from the plant site to the
Company’s wharf remains available to the nominated company provided that
this does not unduly prejudice the selection of road and rail access by the
Company;
(iii)
that the Company’s wharf and associated facilities
will be so constructed that they will cater for the berthing of ships of forty
thousand (40,000) tons and also make provision for inward cargo required by
the nominated company.
(i)
The Minister shall refer the Company’s proposals
under paragraph (h) before approval thereof to the nominated company to enable
it to make such representations thereon as it sees fit to the Minister as to
requiring the Company to —
(i)
extend or enlarge the wharf;
(ii)
make provision for facilities associated with the
Company’s wharf in excess of the facilities stated by the Company in its
proposals as desired by it for its purposes and for the wharf to be so
constructed and with such facilities as may be required to handle additional
inward cargoes for the nominated company;
but subject to the Company making arrangements which are mutually satisfactory
with the nominated company for payment for the cost of such additional work.
In the event of the Company and the nominated company being unable to agree on
the basis for such payment the Minister shall determine the method of payment
and the necessary security. In the event of a dispute as to the cost of such
additional work the matter shall be referred to arbitration. The Minister may
require accordingly.
(j) If
either company demonstrates to the State that at Onslow it would not be
reasonably practicable for the proposals to include all or any of the matters
referred to in paragraphs (h) and (i) of this subclause the Minister shall
either waive compliance with the whole or part of the matters or shall submit
alternative proposals for an equitable sharing of the harbour’s capacity
by both companies. The Company may accept the alternative proposals failing
which the Company shall refer the matter to arbitration in which event the
nominated company may be joined as a party to the arbitration.
Consideration of other proposals under clause 5(2) 4
6. (1) Within two (2)
months after receipt of the detailed proposals of the Company in regard to any
of the matters mentioned in clause 5(2) hereof the Minister shall give to the
Company notice either of his approval of the proposals or of alterations
desired thereto and in the latter case shall afford to the Company opportunity
to consult with and to submit new proposals to the Minister. The Minister may
make such reasonable alterations to or impose such reasonable conditions on
the proposals or new proposals (as the case may be) as he shall think fit
having regard to the circumstances including the overall development and use
by others as well as the Company of the port and other facilities but the
Minister shall in any notice to the Company disclose his reasons for any such
alteration or condition. Within two (2) months of the receipt of the notice
the Company may elect by notice to the State to refer to arbitration and
within two (2) months thereafter shall refer to arbitration as hereinafter
provided any dispute as to the reasonableness of any such alteration or
condition. If by the award on arbitration the dispute is decided against the
Company then (subject to clause 5(3) hereof) unless the Company within three
(3) months after delivery of the award satisfies and obtains the approval of
the Minister as to the matter or matters the subject of the arbitration this
Agreement shall on the expiration of that period of three (3) months cease and
determine (save as provided in clause 10(d) hereof) but if the question is
decided in favour of the Company the decision will take effect as a notice by
the Minister that he is so satisfied with and approves the matter or matters
the subject of the arbitration.
Extension of time 4
7. (1) The arbitrator
arbitrators or umpire (as the case may be) of any submission to arbitration
hereunder is hereby empowered upon application by either party hereto to grant
any interim extension of time or date referred to herein which having regard
to the circumstances may reasonably be required in order to preserve the
rights of either or both parties hereunder and an award in favour of the
Company may in the name of the Minister grant any further extension of time
for that purpose.
(2) Notwithstanding
that under clause 6 hereof any detailed proposals of the Company are approved
by the State or the Minister or determined by arbitration award unless each
and every such proposal and matter is so approved or determined by the 31st
day of December, 1965 or by such extended date if any as the Company shall be
entitled to or shall be granted pursuant to the provisions hereof then at any
time after the said 31st day of December, 1965 or if any extension or
extensions should be granted under clause 5(3) hereof or any other provision
of this Agreement then on or after the expiration of the last of such
extensions the Minister may give to the Company twelve (12) months notice of
intention to determine this Agreement and unless before the expiration of the
said twelve (12) months period all the detailed proposals and matters are so
approved or determined this Agreement shall cease and determine subject
however to the provisions of clause 10(d) hereof.
Commencement date 4
(3) Subject to the
approval of the Minister or determination by arbitration as herein provided of
each hand every of the detailed proposals and matters referred to in clause
5(2) hereof the date upon which the last of those proposals of the Company
shall have been so approved or determined or the date upon which the Company
gives notice to the Minister that it proposes to proceed with the works set
out in clause 9 hereof (whichever shall be the later) shall be the
commencement date for the purposes of this Agreement.
(4) If under any
arbitration under clause 6 hereof the dispute is decided against the Company
and subsequently but before the commencement date this Agreement ceases and
determines the State will not for a period of three (3) years after such
determination enter into a contract with any other party for the mining
transport and shipment of iron ore from the mining areas on terms more
favourable on the whole to the other party than those which would have applied
to the Company hereunder if the question had been determined in favour of the
Company.
Terms “not more favourable” 4
(5) In deciding
whether for the purposes of clause 7(4) or clause 12 hereof the terms granted
by the State to some company or party are not more favourable on the whole
than those proposed by or available to the Company regard shall be had inter
alia to all the obligations which would have continued to devolve on the
Company had it proceeded with the works set out in clause 9 hereof including
its obligations to mine transport by rail and ship iron ore pellets and
restrictions relating thereto to pay rent additional rental and royalty and
also to the need for the other company or party to pay on a fair and
reasonable basis for or for the use of property accruing to the State under
paragraph (e) of clause 10 hereof and made available by the State to that
company or party but also to any additional or equivalent obligations to the
State assumed by that company or party.
Phase 2. Obligations of State Mineral Lease 4
8. (1) As soon as
conveniently may be after the commencement date the state shall —
(a)
after application is made by the Company for a mineral lease of any part or
parts (not exceeding in total area three hundred (300) square miles and in the
shape of a parallelogram or parallelograms) of the mining areas in conformity
with the Company’s detailed proposals under clause 5(2) hereof as
finally approved or determined cause any necessary survey to be made of the
land so applied for (the cost of which survey to the State will be recouped or
repaid to the State by the Company on demand after completion of the survey)
and shall cause to be granted to the Company a mineral lease thereof for iron
ore in the form of the Schedule hereto for a term which subject to the payment
of rents and royalties hereinafter mentioned and to the performance and
observance by the Company of its obligations under the mineral lease and
otherwise under this Agreement shall be for a period of twenty-one (21) years
commencing from the commencement date with rights to successive renewals of
twenty-one (21) years upon the same terms and conditions but subject to
earlier determination upon the cessation or determination of this Agreement
PROVIDED HOWEVER that the Company may from time to time (without abatement of
any rent then paid or payable in advance) surrender to the State all or any
portion or portions (of reasonable size and shape) of the mineral lease;
Under Company’s proposals 4
(b) in
accordance with the Company’s proposals as finally approved or
determined under clause 6 hereof and as required the State to accept
obligations —
Lands 4
(i)
grant to the Company in fee simple or for such terms or
periods and on such terms and conditions (including renewal rights) as subject
to the proposals (as finally approved or determined as aforesaid) shall be
reasonable having regard to the requirements of the Company hereunder and to
the overall development of the harbour and access to and use by others of
lands the subject of any grant to the Company and of services and facilities
provided by the Company —
for nominal consideration — townsite lots;
at peppercorn rental — special leases of
Crown lands within the harbour area the townsites and the railway; and
at rentals as prescribed by law or are otherwise
reasonable —leases rights mining tenements easements reserves and
licenses in on or under Crown lands
under the Mining Act
the Jetties Act 1926 or under the provisions of the Land Act modified as in
subclause (2) of this clause provided (as the case may require) as the Company
reasonably requires for its works and operations hereunder including the
construction or provision of the railway wharf roads airstrip water supplies
and stone and soil for construction purposes; and
Services and facilities 4
(ii)
provide any services or facilities subject to the
Company’s bearing and paying the capital cost involved and reasonable
charges for maintenance and operation except operation charges in respect of
education hospital and police services and except where and to the extent that
the State otherwise agrees —
subject to such terms and conditions as may be
finally approved or determined as aforesaid PROVIDED THAT from and after the
thirtieth anniversary of the export date the Company will in addition to the
rentals already referred to in this paragraph pay to the State during the
currency of this Agreement after such anniversary as aforesaid a rental (which
subject to its being payable by the Company to the State may from time to time
at the option of the Company be payable in respect of such one or more of the
special leases or other leases granted to the Company under this paragraph and
remaining current as the Company may from time to time designate in a notice
to the Minister) equal to two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.) per ton on all
iron ore and iron ore concentrates and iron ore pellets in respect of which
royalty is payable under clause 9(2)(j) hereof in any financial year such
additional rental to be paid within three (3) months after shipment sale or
use or in the case of iron ore concentrates production as the case may be of
the iron ore or iron ore concentrates or iron ore pellets; and
Other rights 4
(c) on
application by the Company cause to be granted to it such machinery and
tailings leases (including leases for the dumping of overburden) and such
other leases licenses reserves and tenements under the Mining Act or under the
provisions of the Land Act modified as in subclause (2) of this clause
provided as the Company may reasonably require and request for its purposes
under this Agreement on or near the mineral lease.
(2) For the purposes
of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) of subclause (1) of
this clause the Land Act shall be deemed to be modified by —
(a) the
substitution for subsection (2) of section 45A of the following subsection:
(2)
Upon the Governor signifying approval pursuant to subsection (1)
of this section in respect of any such land the same may subject to this
section be sold or leased;
(b) the
deletion of the proviso to section 116;
(c) the
deletion of section 135;
(d) the
deletion of section 143;
(e) the
inclusion of a power to offer for sale or leasing land within or in the
vicinity of any townsite notwithstanding that the townsite has not been
constituted a townsite under section 10; and
(f) the
inclusion of a power to offer for sale or grant leases or licenses for terms
or periods and on such terms and conditions (including renewal rights) and in
forms consistent with the provisions of this Agreement in lieu of for the
terms or periods and upon the terms and conditions and in the forms referred
to in the Act and upon application by the Company in forms consistent as
aforesaid in lieu of in the forms referred to in the Act.
(3) The provisions of
subclause (2) of this clause shall not operate so as to prejudice the rights
of the State to determine any lease license or other right or title in
accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement.
(4) The State further
covenants with the Company that the State —
Non-interference with Company’s rights 4
(a)
shall not during the currency of this Agreement register any claim or grant
any lease or other mining tenement under the Mining Act or otherwise by which
any person other than the Company or an associated company will obtain under
the laws relating to mining or otherwise any rights to mine or take the
natural substances (other than petroleum as defined in the Petroleum Act 1936
) within the mineral lease unless the Minister reasonably determines that it
is not likely to unduly prejudice or to interfere with the operations of the
Company hereunder assuming the taking by the Company of all reasonable steps
to avoid the interference;
No resumption 4
(b)
subject to the performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement shall not during the currency hereof without the consent of the
Company resume nor suffer nor permit to be resumed by any State
instrumentality or by any local or other authority of the said State any of
the works installations plant equipment or other property for the time being
belonging to the Company and the subject of or used for the purposes of this
Agreement nor any of the lands the subject of any lease or license granted to
the Company in terms of this Agreement AND without such consent (which shall
not be unreasonably withheld) the State will not create or grant or permit or
suffer to be created or granted by any instrumentality or authority of the
State as aforesaid any road right-of-way or easement of any nature or kind
whatsoever over or in respect of any such lands which may unduly prejudice or
interfere with the Company’s operations hereunder;
Labour requirements 4
(c)
shall if so requested by the Company and so far as its powers and
administrative arrangements permit use reasonable endeavours to assist the
Company to obtain adequate and suitable labour for the construction and the
carrying out of the works and operations referred to in this Agreement
including suitable immigrants for that purpose;
No discriminatory rates 4
(d)
except as provided in this Agreement shall not impose nor permit nor authorise
any of its agencies or instrumentalities or any local or other authority of
the State to impose discriminatory taxes rates or charges of any nature
whatsoever on or in respect of the titles property or other assets products
materials or services used or produced by or through the operations of the
Company in the conduct of the Company’s business hereunder nor will the
State take or permit to be taken by any such State authority any other
discriminatory action which would deprive the Company of full enjoyment of the
rights granted and intended to be granted under this Agreement;
Rights to other minerals 4
(e)
shall where and to the extent reasonably practicable on application by the
Company from time to time grant or assist in obtaining the grant to the
Company of prospecting rights and mining leases with respect to limestone
dolomite and other minerals and substances reasonably required by the Company
for its purposes under this Agreement; and
Consents to improvements on leases 4
(f)
shall as and when required by the Company (but without prejudice to the
foregoing provisions of this Agreement relating to the detailed proposals and
matters referred to in clause 5(2) hereof) consent in writing where and to the
extent that the Minister considers to be reasonably justified to the
Company’s making improvements other than those required in clause 5(2)
hereof for the purposes of this Agreement on the land comprised in any lease
granted by the State to the Company pursuant to this Agreement PROVIDED THAT
the Company shall also obtain any other consents legally required in relation
to such improvements.
(5) The Company shall
not have any tenant rights in improvements made by the Company on the land
comprised in any lease granted by the State to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement in any case where pursuant to clause 10(e) hereof such improvements
will remain or become the absolute property of the State.
Phase 2. Obligations of the Company to construct 4
9. (1) The Company
shall within four (4) years next following the commencement date (or within
such extended at period not exceeding a further two years as the Company may
satisfy the Minister that the Company reasonably requires and the Minister
approves) and at a total cost of not less than thirty-five million pounds
(£35,000,000) construct install provide and do all things necessary to
enable it to mine from the mineral lease to transport by rail to the plant
site pelletise and transport to the Company’s wharf and to commence
shipment therefrom in commercial quantities at an annual rate of not less than
one million (1,000,000) tons of iron ore pellets and will within a further
period of five (5) years increase the capacity of such plant to a minimum of
3,000,000 tons of iron ore pellets per annum and without lessening the
generality of this provision the Company shall within the first mentioned
period or extended period as the case may be —
On mining areas and plant site 4
(a)
construct install and provide upon the mineral lease or plant site or in the
vicinity thereof mining plant and equipment crushing screening stockpiling and
car loading plant and facilities power house workshop and other things of a
design and capacity adequate to enable the Company to meet and discharge its
obligations hereunder and under the iron ore pellet contracts and to mine
handle load and deal with not less than three thousand (3,000) tons of iron
ore per diem such capacity to be built up progressively to not less than ten
thousand (10,000) tons of iron ore per diem within five (5) years next
following the export date;
To commence exports 4
(b)
actually commence to mine transport by rail and ship from the Company’s
wharf iron ore pellets produced from iron ore from the mineral lease so that
the average annual rate during the first two years shall not be less than one
million (1,000,000) tons;
To construct railway 4
(c)
subject to the State having assured to the Company all necessary rights in or
over Crown lands available for the purpose construct in a proper and
workmanlike manner and in accordance with recognised standards of railways of
a similar nature operating under similar conditions and along a route approved
or determined under clause 6 hereof (but subject to the provisions of the
Public Works Act 1902 to the extent that they are applicable) a four feet
eight and one-half inches (4′ 8½″) gauge railway (with all
necessary signalling switch and other gear and all proper or usual works) from
the mining areas to the plant site and will provide for crossing places and
the running of such railway with sufficient and adequate locomotives freight
cars and other railway stock and equipment to haul at least one million
(1,000,000) tons of iron ore per annum to the Company’s wharf or as
required for the purposes of this Agreement;
To make roads 4
(d)
subject to the State having assured to the Company all necessary rights in or
over Crown lands or reserves available for the purpose construct such new
roads as the Company reasonably requires for its purposes hereunder of such
widths with such materials gates crossings and passovers for cattle and for
sheep and along such routes as the parties hereto shall mutually agree after
discussion with the respective shire councils through whose districts any such
roads may pass and subject to prior agreement with the appropriate controlling
authority (being a shire council or the Commissioner of Main Roads) as to
terms and conditions the Company may at its own expense and risk except as
otherwise so agreed upgrade or realign any existing road;
To construct wharf 4
(e)
construct the Company’s wharf in accordance with plans and
specifications for the construction thereof previously approved or determined
under clause 6 hereof on the site previously approved or determined for the
purpose; and
To carry out proposals 4
(f) in
accordance with the Company’s proposals as finally approved or
determined under clause 6 hereof and as require the Company to accept
obligations —
(i)
dredge the berth at the Company’s wharf and the
channel and approaches thereto and any necessary swinging basin;
(ii)
lay out and develop the townsites and provide adequate
and suitable housing recreational and other facilities and services;
(iii)
construct and provide roads housing school water and
power supplies and other amenities and services; and
(iv)
construct and provide other works (if any) including an
airstrip.
(2) Throughout the
continuance of this Agreement the Company shall —
Operation of railway 4
(a)
operate its railway in a safe and proper manner and where and to the extent
that it can do so without unduly prejudicing or interfering with its
operations hereunder allow crossing places for roads stock and other railways
and transport the passengers and carry the freight of the State and of third
parties on the railway subject to and in accordance with by-laws (which shall
include provision for reasonable charges) from time to time to be made altered
and repealed as provided in subclause (3) of this clause and subject thereto
or if no such by-laws are made or in force then upon reasonable terms and at
reasonable charges (having regard to the cost of the railway to the Company)
PROVIDED THAT in relation to its use of the said railway the Company shall not
be deemed to be a common carrier at common law or otherwise;
Use of roads by others 4
(b)
except to the extent that the Company’s proposals as finally approved or
determined under clause 6 hereof otherwise provide allow the public to use
free of charge any roads constructed or upgraded under this clause PROVIDED
THAT such use shall not unduly prejudice or interfere with the Company’s
operations hereunder;
Compliance with laws 4
(c) in
the construction operation maintenance and use of any work installation plant
machinery equipment service or facility provided or controlled by the Company
comply with and observe the provisions hereof and subject thereto the laws for
the time being in force in the said State;
Maintenance 4
(d) at
all times keep and maintain in good repair and working order and condition and
where necessary replace all such works installations plant machinery and
equipment and the railway wharf roads (other than the public roads referred to
in clause 10(b) hereof) dredging and water and power supplies for the time
being the subject of this Agreement;
Shipment of and price for ore 4
(e) ship
from the Company’s wharf all iron ore mined from the mineral lease and
sold and use its best endeavours to obtain therefor the best price possible
having regard to market conditions from time to time prevailing PROVIDED THAT
this paragraph shall not apply to iron ore used for the production of iron ore
pellets or for the manufacture of iron or steel in any part of the said State
lying north of the twenty-sixth parallel of latitude;
Use of wharf and facilities 4
(f)
subject to and in accordance with by-laws (which shall include provision for
reasonable charges) from time to time to be made and altered as provided in
subclause (3) of this clause and subject
thereto or if no such by-laws are
made or in force then upon reasonable terms and at reasonable charges (having
regard to the cost thereof to the Company) allow the State and third parties
to use the Company’s wharf and harbour installations wharf machinery and
equipment and wharf and harbour services and facilities PROVIDED THAT such use
shall not unduly prejudice or interfere with the Company’s operations
hereunder and that the entire control and all personnel for or in respect of
such use shall be provided by or with the approval of the Company;
Access through mining areas 4
(g)
allow the State and third parties to have access (with or without stock
vehicles and rolling stock) over the mineral lease (by separate route road or
railway) PROVIDED THAT such access over shall not unduly prejudice or
interfere with the Company’s operations hereunder;
Protection for inhabitants 4
(h)
subject to and in accordance with by-laws (which shall include provision for
reasonable charges) from time to time to be made and altered as provided in
subclause (3) of this clause and subject thereto or if no such by-laws are
made or in force then upon reasonable terms and at reasonable charges (having
regard to the cost thereof to the Company) allow the inhabitants for the time
being of the port townsite being employees licensees or agents of the Company
or persons engaged in providing a legitimate and normal service to or for the
Company or their employees licensees or agents to make use of the water power
recreational health and other services or facilities provided or controlled by
the Company;
Use of local labour and materials 4
(i)
so far as reasonably and economically practicable use
labour materials plant equipment and supplies available within the said State
where it is not prejudicial to the interests of the Company so to do;
Royalties 4
(j) pay
to the State royalty on all iron ore (or on iron ore pellets produced from
iron ore) from the mineral lease shipped or sold (other than ore shipped
solely for testing purposes) or (in the circumstances mentioned in
subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph) on iron ore concentrates produced from
iron ore from the mineral lease or on other iron ore from the mineral lease
used as mentioned in subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph as follows —
(i)
on direct shipping ore (not being locally used ore) at
the rate of seven and one half percentum (7½%) of the f.o.b. revenue
(computed at the rate of exchange prevailing on date of receipt by the Company
of the purchase price in respect of ore shipped or sold hereunder) PROVIDED
NEVERTHELESS that such royalty shall not be less than six shillings (6/-d) per
ton (subject to subparagraph (viii) of this paragraph) in respect of ore the
subject of any shipment or sale;
(ii)
on fine ore (not being locally used ore) at the rate of
three and three quarter percentum (3¾%) of the f.o.b. revenue (computed
as aforesaid) PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS that such royalty shall not be less than
three shillings (3/-d) per ton (subject to subparagraph (ix) of this
paragraph) in respect of ore the subject of any shipment or sale;
(iii)
on fines (not being locally used ore) at the rate of one
shilling and sixpence (l/6d) per ton;
(iv)
on iron ore concentrates produced from locally used ore
and on other locally used ore at the rate of one shilling and sixpence (1/6d)
per ton;
(v)
on iron ore pellets produced in Western Australia north
of the 26th parallel of latitude from iron ore with a combined average iron
content of less than 60% at the rate of:
(a) one
shilling (1/-d) per ton for all iron ore pellets shipped or sold during year
one to year fifteen (both inclusive);
(b) one
shilling and threepence (1/3d) per ton for all iron ore pellets shipped or
sold during year sixteen to year twenty-five (both inclusive);
(c) one
shilling and sixpence (1/6d) per ton for all iron ore pellets shipped or sold
after year twenty-five;
(vi)
on iron ore pellets produced in Western Australia north
of the 26th parallel of latitude from iron ore with a combined average iron
ore content of 60% or over at the rate of one shilling and sixpence (1/6d) per
ton;
(vii)
on all other iron ore (not being locally used ore) at the
rate of seven and one half per centum (7½%) of the f.o.b. revenue
(computed as aforesaid) without any minimum royalty;
(viii)
(for averaging purposes) if the amount ascertained by
multiplying the total tonnage of direct shipping ore shipped or sold (and
liable to royalty under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph) in any financial
year by six shillings (6/-d) is less than the total royalty which would be
payable in respect of that ore but for the operation of the proviso to that
subparagraph then that proviso shall not apply in respect of direct shipping
ore shipped or sold in that year and at the expiration of that year any
necessary adjustments shall be made accordingly;
(ix)
(for averaging purposes) if the amount ascertained by
multiplying the total tonnage of fine ore shipped or sold (and liable to
royalty under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph) in any financial year by
three shillings (3/-d) is less than the total royalty which would be payable
in respect of that ore but for the operation of the proviso to that
subparagraph then that proviso shall not apply in respect of fine ore shipped
or sold in that year and at the expiration of that year any necessary
adjustments shall be made accordingly; and
(x)
the royalty at the rate of one shilling and sixpence
(1/6d.) per ton referred to in subparagraphs (iii) (iv) and (vi) of this
paragraph shall be adjusted up or down (as the case may be) as at the first
day of January, 1969 and as at the beginning of every fifth year thereafter
proportionately to the variation of the average of the prices payable for
foundry pig iron f.o.b. Adelaide during the last full calendar year preceding
the date at which the adjustment is to be made as compared with the average of
those prices during the calendar year 1963.
(xi)
the respective royalties referred to in subparagraph (v)
of this paragraph shall be adjusted up or down (as the case may be) as at the
first day of January 1970 and as at the beginning of every fifth year
thereafter proportionately to the variation of the average of the prices
payable for foundry pig iron f.o.b. Adelaide during the last full calendar
year preceding the date at which the adjustment is to be made as compared with
the average of those prices during the calendar year 1968.
For the purposes of
this paragraph “locally used ore” means iron ore (other than iron
ore from which iron ore pellets are produced which are subject to royalty
under subparagraph (v) or (vi) of this paragraph) used by the Company or an
associated company both within the Commonwealth and within the limits referred
to in paragraph (o) of this clause for the production of iron ore pellets or
in an integrated iron and steel industry and includes iron ore used by any
other person or company north of the twenty-sixth parallel of latitude in the
said State for the production of iron ore pellets or in an integrated iron and
steel industry;
Payment of royalties 4
(k)
within fourteen days after the quarter days the last days of March June
September and December in each year commencing with the quarter day next
following the first commercial shipment of iron ore or iron ore pellets from
the Company’s wharf furnish to the Minister a return showing the
quantity of all iron ore or iron ore pellets or iron ore concentrates the
subject of royalty hereunder and shipped sold used or produced (as the case
may be) during the quarter immediately preceding the due date of the return
and shall not later than two (2) months after such due date pay to the
Minister the royalty payable in respect of iron ore pellets shipped or sold or
iron ore concentrates produced or iron ore used and in respect of all iron ore
shipped or sold pay to the Minister on account of the royalty payable
hereunder a sum calculated on the basis of invoices or provisional invoices
(as the case may be) rendered by the Company to the purchaser (which invoices
the Company shall render without delay simultaneously furnishing copies
thereof to the Minister) of such iron ore and shall from time to time in the
next following appropriate return and payment make (by the return and by cash)
all such necessary adjustments (and give to the Minister full details thereof)
when the f.o.b. revenue realised in respect of the shipments shall have been
ascertained;
Rent for mineral lease 4
(l) by
way of rent for the mineral lease pay to the State annually in advance a sum
equal to three shillings and sixpence (3/6d) per acre of the area for the time
being the subject of the mineral lease commencing on and accruing from the
commencement date PROVIDED THAT after the Company commences production in
commercial quantities within the said State of iron ore pellets if and during
the period that the total area for the time being comprised within the mineral
lease —
(i)
is not more than one hundred (100) square miles the
annual rent shall be two shillings (2/-d) per acre;
(ii)
is over one hundred (100) square miles but not more than
one hundred and fifty (150) square miles the annual rent shall be two
shillings and sixpence (2/6d) per acre; and
(iii)
is over one hundred and fifty (150) square miles but not
more than two hundred (200) square miles the annual rent shall be three
shillings (3/-d) per acre;
Other rentals 4
(m) pay
to the State the rental referred to in the proviso to clause 8(1) (b) hereof
if and when such rental shall become payable;
Inspection 4
(n)
permit the Minister or his nominee to inspect at all reasonable times the
books of account and records of the Company relative to any shipment or sale
of iron ore or iron ore pellets hereunder and to take copies or extracts
therefrom and for the purpose of determining the f.o.b. Revenue payable in
respect of any shipment of iron ore or iron ore pellets hereunder the Company
will take reasonable steps to satisfy the State either by certificate of a
competent independent party acceptable to the State or otherwise to the
Minister’s reasonable satisfaction as to all relevant weights and
analyses and will give due regard to any objection or representation made by
the Minister or his nominee as to any particular weight or assay of iron ore
which may affect the amount of royalty payable hereunder; and
Export to places outside the Commonwealth 4
(o)
ensure that without the prior written approval of the Minister all iron ore
shipped pursuant to this Agreement will be off-loaded at a place outside the
Commonwealth and if it fails so to ensure the Company will subject to the
provisions of this paragraph be in default hereunder. Where any such shipment
is off-loaded within the Commonwealth without such prior written approval the
Company shall forthwith on becoming aware thereof give to the State notice of
the fact and pay to the State in respect of the iron ore the subject of the
shipment such further and additional rental calculated at a rate not exceeding
ten shillings (10/-d) per ton of the iron ore as the Minister shall demand
without prejudice however to any other rights and remedies of the State
hereunder arising from the breach by the Company of the provisions hereof. If
ore is shipped in a vessel not owned by the Company or an associated company
or any other company in which the Company has a controlling interest and such
ore is off-loaded in the Commonwealth the Company will not be or be deemed to
be in default hereunder if it takes appropriate action to prevent a recurrence
of such an off-loading PROVIDED FURTHER that the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply in any case (including any unforeseeable diversion
of the vessel for necessary repairs or arising from force majeure or
otherwise) where the Company could not reasonably have been expected to take
steps to prevent that particular off-loading PROVIDED ALSO that the provisions
of this paragraph shall not apply to iron ore pellets or iron and steel or
steel manufacture by the Company or an associated company within the said
State.
By-laws 4
(3) The Governor in
Executive Council may upon recommendation by the Company make alter and repeal
by-laws for the purpose of enabling the Company to fulfil its obligations
under paragraphs (a) (b) and (f) of subclause (2) of this clause and (unless
and until the port townsite is declared a townsite pursuant to section 10 of
the Land Act) under paragraph (h) of subclause (2) of this clause and under
clause 10(a) hereof upon terms and subject to conditions (including terms and
conditions as to user charging and limitation of the liability of the Company)
as set out in such by-laws consistent with the provisions hereof. Should the
State at any time consider that any by-law made hereunder has as a result of
altered circumstances become unreasonable or inapplicable then the Company
shall recommend such alteration or repeal thereof as the State may reasonably
require or (in the event of there being any dispute as to the reasonableness
of such requirement) then as may be decided by arbitration hereunder.
Mutual covenants 4
10. The parties hereto covenant and agree with
each other as follows: —
Water and power supplies 4
(a) that
subject to and in accordance with proposals approved or determined under
clause 6 hereof the Company for its purposes hereunder and for domestic and
other purposes in relation to a townsite may to the extent determined by the
Minister but notwithstanding any Act bore for water construct catchment areas
store (by dams or otherwise) take and charge for water from any Crown lands
available for the purpose and generate transmit supply and charge for
electrical energy and the Company shall have all such powers and authorities
with respect to water and electrical energy as are determined by the Minister
for the purposes hereof which may include the powers of a water board under
the Water Board Act 1904 and of a supply authority under the
Electricity Act 1945 . The State acknowledges that large quantities of potable
water up to four million (4,000,000) gallons a day will be required by the
Company for its operations under this Agreement. The Company proposes to sink
bores in the Fortescue area of the said State for the purposes of ascertaining
and testing the availability of supplies. The Company will on request by the
State from time to time give to the State particulars of the number depth and
kind of bores sunk by it the precise situation of each and the quantities and
quality of water obtained therefrom and will notify the State when supplies
sufficient for the Company’s purposes aforesaid have been proved. After
such notice has been given the State will not itself and will not authorise
any other to sink any new bore in any position which in the opinion of the
State may injuriously affect the supply of water from the bore or bores sunk
and required by the Company without making available to the Company adequate
alternative supplies. The Company however shall not bore for or store water in
any position which in the opinion of the State may injuriously affect any
existing water supply of the lessee or occupier of any land;
Use of public roads 4
(b) that
the Company may use any public roads which may from time to time exist in the
area of its operations hereunder for the purpose of transportation of goods
and materials in connection with such operations PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS that
the Company shall on demand pay to the State or the shire council concerned
the cost of making good any damage to such roads occasioned by —
(i)
such user by the Company prior to the export date; and
(ii)
user by the Company for the transportation of iron ore
won from the mineral lease;
Upgrading of existing roads 4
(c) that
the State will at the request and cost of the Company (except where and to the
extent that the Commissioner of Main Roads agrees to bear the whole or part of
the cost involved) widen upgrade or realign any public road over which the
State has control subject to the prior approval of the said Commissioner to
the proposed work;
Effect on determination of Agreement 4
(d) that
on the cessation or determination of this Agreement —
(i)
except as otherwise agreed by the Minister the rights of
the Company to in or under this agreement and the rights of the Company or of
any assignee of the Company or any mortgagee to in or under the mineral lease
and any other lease license easement or right granted hereunder or pursuant
hereto shall thereupon cease and determine but without prejudice to the
liability of either of the parties hereto in respect of any antecedent breach
or default under this Agreement or in respect of any indemnity given hereunder
AND the Company will without further consideration but otherwise at the
request and cost of the State transfer or surrender to the State or the Crown
all land the subject of any Crown Grant issued under the Land Act pursuant to
this Agreement;
(ii)
the Company shall forthwith pay to the State all moneys
which may then have become payable or accrued due; and
(iii)
save as aforesaid and as provided in clause 7(4) hereof
and in the next following paragraph neither of the parties hereto shall have
any claim against another of them with respect to any matter or thing in or
arising out of this Agreement;
Effect of determination of lease 4
(e) that
on the cessation or determination of any lease license or easement granted
hereunder by the State to the Company or (except as otherwise agreed by the
Minister) to an associated company or other assignee of the Company under
clause 13 hereof of land for the plant site or the Company’s wharf for
any installation within the harbour for the Company’s railway or for
housing at the port or port townsite the improvements and things erected on
the relevant land and provided for in connection therewith other than plant
and equipment shall remain or become the absolute property of the State
without compensation and freed and discharged from all mortgages and
encumbrances and the Company will do and execute such documents and things
(including surrenders) as the State may reasonably require to give effect to
this provision. In the event of the Company immediately prior to such
expiration or determination or subsequent thereto deciding to remove its
locomotives rolling stock plant and equipment or any of them from any land it
shall not do so without first notifying the State in writing of its decision
and thereby granting to the State the right or option exercisable within three
months thereafter to purchase at valuation in situ the said plant and
equipment or any of them. Such valuation shall be mutually agreed or in
default of agreement shall be made by such competent valuer as the parties may
appoint or failing agreement as to such appointment then by two competent
valuers one to be appointed by each party or by an umpire appointed by such
valuers should they fail to agree;
No charge for the handling of cargoes 4
(f) that
subject to the Company at its own expense providing all works buildings
dredging and things of a capital nature reasonably required for its operations
hereunder at or in the vicinity of the harbour no charge or levy shall be made
by the State or by any State authority in relation to the loading of outward
or the unloading of inward cargoes from the Company’s wharf whether such
cargoes shall be the property of the Company or of any other person or
corporation but the State accepts no obligation to undertake such loading or
unloading and may make the usual charges from time to time prevailing in
respect of services rendered by the State or by any State agency or
instrumentality or other local or other authority of the State and may charge
vessels using the Company’s wharf ordinary light conservancy and tonnage
dues;
Zoning 4
(g) that
the mineral lease and the lands the subject of any Crown Grant lease license
or easement granted to the Company under this Agreement shall be and remain
zoned for use or otherwise protected during the currency of this Agreement so
that the operations of the Company hereunder may be undertaken and carried out
thereon without any interference or interruption by the State by any State
agency or instrumentality or by any local or other authority of the State on
the ground that such operations are contrary to any zoning by-law or
regulation;
Rentals and evictions 4
(h) that
any State legislation for the time being in force in the said State relating
to the fixation of rentals shall not apply to any houses belonging to the
Company in any townsite and that in relation to each such house the Company
shall have the right to include as a condition of its letting thereof that the
Company may take proceedings for eviction of the occupant if the latter shall
fail to abide by and observe the terms and conditions of occupancy or if the
occupant shall cease to be employed by the Company;
Labour conditions 4
(i)
that during the currency of this Agreement and subject to
compliance with its obligations hereunder the Company shall not be required to
comply with the labour conditions imposed by or under the Mining Act in regard
to the mineral lease;
Subcontracting 4
(j) that
without affecting the liabilities of the parties under this Agreement either
party shall have the right from time to time to entrust to third parties the
carrying out of any portions of the operations which it is authorised or
obliged to carry out hereunder;
Rating 4
(k) that
notwithstanding the provisions of any Act or anything done or purported to be
done under any Act the valuation of all lands (whether of a freehold or
leasehold nature) the subject of this Agreement (except as to any part upon
which a permanent residence shall be erected or which is occupied in
connection therewith) shall for rating purposes be deemed to be on the
unimproved value thereof and no such lands shall be subject to any
discriminatory rate;
Determination of Agreement 4
(l) that
in any of the following events namely if the Company shall make default in the
due performance or observance of any of the covenants or obligations to the
State herein or in any lease sublease license or other title or document
granted or assigned under this Agreement on its part to be performed or
observed and shall fail to remedy that default within reasonable time after
notice specifying the default is given to it by the State (or if the alleged
default is contested by the Company and promptly submitted to arbitration
within a reasonable time fixed by the arbitration award where the question is
decided against the Company the arbitrator finding that there was a bona fide
dispute and that the Company had not been dilatory in pursuing the
arbitration) or if the Company shall abandon or repudiate its operations under
this Agreement or shall go into liquidation (other than a voluntary
liquidation for the purpose of reconstruction) then and in any of such events
the State may by notice to the Company determine this Agreement and the rights
of the Company hereunder and under any lease license easement or right granted
hereunder or pursuant hereto or if the Company shall surrender the entire
mineral lease as permitted under clause 8.(1)(a) this Agreement and the rights
of the Company hereunder and under any lease license easement or right granted
hereunder or pursuant hereto shall thereupon determine; PROVIDED HOWEVER that
if the Company shall fail to remedy any default after such notice or within
the time fixed by the arbitration award as aforesaid the State instead of
determining this Agreement as aforesaid because of such default may itself
remedy such default or cause the same to be remedied (for which purpose the
State by agents workmen or otherwise shall have full power to enter upon lands
occupied by the Company and to make use of all plant machinery equipment and
installations thereon) and the costs and expenses incurred by the State in
remedying or causing to be remedied such default shall be a debt payable by
the Company to the State on demand; and
(m) that
—
(i)
for the purposes of determining whether and the extent to
which —
(A) the Company is liable to any person or
body corporate (other than the State); or
(B) an action is maintainable by any such
person or body corporate
in respect of the death or injury of any person or
damage to any property arising out of the use of any of the roads for the
maintenance of which the Company is responsible hereunder and for no other
purpose the Company shall be deemed to be a municipality and the said roads
shall be deemed to be streets under the care control and management of the
Company; and
(ii)
for the purposes of this paragraph the terms
“municipality” “street” and “care control and
management” shall have the meanings which they respectively have in the
Local Government Act 1960 .
Alteration of works 4
11. If at any time the State finds it necessary to
request the Company to alter the situation of any of the installations or
other works (other than those on the plant site and other than the
Company’s wharf) erected constructed or provided hereunder and gives to
the Company notice of the request the Company shall within a reasonable time
after its receipt of the notice but at the expense in all things (including
increased operating costs and loss of profits if any) of the State (unless the
alteration is rendered necessary by reason of a breach by the Company of any
of its obligations hereunder) alter the situation thereof accordingly.
Indemnity 4
12. The Company will indemnify and keep
indemnified the State and its servants agents and contractors in respect of
all actions suits claims demands or costs of third parties arising out of or
in connection with the construction maintenance or use by the Company or its
servants agents contractors or assignees of the Company’s wharf railway
or other works or services the subject of this Agreement or the plant
apparatus or equipment installed in connection therewith.
Assignment 4
13. (1) Subject to the
provisions of this clause the Company may at any time —
(a)
assign mortgage charge sublet or dispose of to an associated company as of
right and to any other company or person with the consent in writing of the
Minister the whole or any part of the rights of the Company hereunder
(including its rights to or as the holder of any lease license easement grant
or other title) and of the obligations of the Company hereunder; and
(b)
appoint as of right an associated company or with the consent in writing of
the Minister any other company or person to exercise all or any of the powers
functions and authorities which are or may be conferred on the Company
hereunder —
subject however to the assignee or (as the case may be) the appointee
executing in favour of the State a deed of covenant in a form to be approved
by the Minister to comply with observe and perform the provisions hereof on
the part of the Company to be complied with observed or performed in regard to
the matter or matters so assigned or (as the case may be) the subject of the
appointment.
(2) Notwithstanding
anything contained in or anything done under or pursuant to subclause (1) of
this clause the Company shall at all times during the currency of this
Agreement be and remain liable for the due and punctual performance and
observance of all the covenants and agreements on its part contained herein
and in any lease license easement grant or other title the subject of an
assignment under the said subclause (1).
Variation 4
14. (1) The parties
hereto may from time to time by mutual agreement in writing add to cancel or
vary all or any of the provisions of this Agreement or of any lease license
easement or right granted hereunder or pursuant hereto for the purpose of
implementing or facilitating the carrying out of such provisions or for the
purpose of facilitating the carrying out of some separate part or parts of the
Company’s operations hereunder by an associated company as a separate
and distinct operation or for the establishment or development of any industry
making use of the minerals within the mineral lease or such of the
Company’s works installations services or facilities the subject of this
Agreement as shall have been provided by the Company in the course of work
done hereunder.
(2) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subclause (1) of this clause the Minister may with the
consent of the Company from time to time add to cancel or vary any right or
obligation relating to the works set out in Clause 9 hereof to the extent that
the addition cancellation or variation implements or facilitates the method of
achieving any of the purposes of the export of iron ore (or iron ore pellets
produced from iron ore) from the mining areas.
(3) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this clause the Minister may from time to time
approve variations or require reasonable variations in the detailed proposals
relating to any railway or harbour site and/or port facilities or dredging
programme or townsite or town planning or any other facilities or services or
other plans specifications or proposals which may have been approved pursuant
to this Agreement and in considering such variations shall have regard to any
changes consequent upon proposals for joint user or joint construction or both
of any such works facilities or services and other relevant factors arising
after the date hereof.
(4) The Company shall
be entitled at any time and from time to time with the prior approval in
writing of the Minister to enter into an agreement with any third party for
the joint construction maintenance and user or for the joint user only of any
work constructed or agreed to be constructed by the Company pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or by such other party pursuant to any agreement
entered into by it with the State and in any such event any amount expended in
or contributed to the cost of such construction by the Company shall for the
purpose of the calculation of the said sum of thirty-five million pounds
agreed to be expended by the Company under Clause 9 hereof so long as the
pelletising plant capacity stipulated hereunder and the processing capacity
stipulated under the other agreement of each and every category of material
shall not be reduced and provided such construction is part of the
constructions to which the said sum of thirty-five million pounds relates be
taken and accepted as an amount equal to the total amount expended (whether by
the Company or the said third party or by them jointly) in the construction of
such work.
(5) When any agreement
entered into by the Company with some other company or person results in that
other company or person discharging all or any of the obligations undertaken
by the Company under this Agreement or renders it unnecessary for the Company
to discharge any obligation undertaken by it hereunder the Minister will
discharge or temporarily relieve the Company from such part of its said
obligations as is reasonable having regard to the extent of and period for
which the other company or person actually effects the discharge of those
obligations.
Export license 4
15. (1) On the request
by the Company the State shall make representations to the Commonwealth for
the grant to the Company of a license or licenses under Commonwealth law for
the export of iron ore or iron ore pellets in such quantities and at such rate
or rates as shall be reasonable having regard to the terms of this Agreement
the capabilities of the Company and to maximum tonnages of iron ore or iron
ore pellets for the time being permitted by the Commonwealth for export from
the said State and in a manner or terms not less favourable to the Company
(except as to rate or quantity) than the State has given or intends to give in
relation to such a license or licenses to any other exporter of iron ore or
iron ore pellets from the said State.
(2) If at any time the
Commonwealth limits by export license the total permissible tonnage of iron
ore or iron ore pellets (as the case may be) for export from the said State
then the Company will at the request of the State and within three (3) months
of such request inform the State whether or not it intends to export to the
limit of the tonnage permitted to it under Commonwealth licenses in respect of
the financial year next following and if it does not so intend will co-operate
with the State in making representation to the Commonwealth with a view to
some other producer in the said State being licensed by the Commonwealth to
export such of the tonnage permitted by the Commonwealth in respect of that
year as the Company does not require and such other producer may require. Such
procedure shall continue to be followed year by year during such time as the
Commonwealth limits by export license the total permissible tonnage of iron
ore or iron ore pellets (as the case may be) for export from the said State.
(3) The Company shall
be in default hereunder if at any time it fails to obtain any license or
licenses under Commonwealth law for the export of iron ore or iron ore pellets
as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling the Company to fulfil its
obligations hereunder or if any such license is withdrawn or suspended by the
Commonwealth and such failure to obtain or such withdrawal or suspension (as
the case may be) is due to some act or default by the Company or to the
Company not being bona fide in its application to the Commonwealth or
otherwise having failed to use its best endeavours to have the license granted
or restored (as the case may be) but save as aforesaid if at any time any
necessary license is not granted or any license granted to the Company shall
be withdrawn or suspended by the Commonwealth and so that as a result thereof
the Company is not for the time being permitted to export at least the tonnage
it has undertaken with the State it will export then the Company shall not be
obliged to export the tonnage not so permitted until such time as it is so
permitted and thereafter it will export the tonnage it has undertaken with the
State it will export. The State shall at all times be entitled to apply on
behalf of the Company (and is hereby authorised by the Company so to do) for
any license or licenses under Commonwealth law for the export of iron ore or
iron ore pellets as may from time to time be necessary for the purposes of
this Agreement.
Delays 4
16. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made
subject to any delays in the performance of obligations under this Agreement
and to the temporary suspension of continuing obligations hereunder which may
be occasioned by or arise from circumstances beyond the power and control of
the party responsible for the performance of such obligations including delays
or any such temporary suspension as aforesaid caused by or arising from Act of
God force majeure floods storms tempests washaways fire (unless caused by the
actual fault or privity of the Company) act of war act of public enemies riots
civil commotions strikes lockout stoppages restraint of labour or other
similar acts (whether partial or general) shortages of labour or essential
materials reasonable failure to secure contractors delays of contractors and
inability (common in the iron ore pellets export industry) to profitably sell
iron ore pellets or factors due to overall world economic conditions or
factors which could not reasonably have been foreseen PROVIDED ALWAYS that the
party whose performance of obligations is affected by any of the said causes
shall minimise the effect of the said causes as soon as possible after their
occurrence.
Power to extend periods 4
17. Notwithstanding any provision hereof the
Minister may at the request of the Company from time to time extend any period
or date referred to in this Agreement for such period or to such later date as
the Minister thinks fit and the extended period or later date when advised to
the Company by notice from the Minister shall be deemed for all purposes
hereof substituted for the period or date so extended.
Arbitration 4
18. Any dispute or difference between the parties
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any agreed amendment or
variation thereof or agreed addition thereto or as to the construction of this
Agreement or any such amendment variation or addition or as to the rights
duties or liabilities of either party thereunder or as to any matter to be
agreed upon between the parties under this Agreement shall in default of
agreement between the parties and in the absence of any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary be referred to and settled by arbitration under the
provisions of the Arbitration Act 1895 .
Notices 4
19. Any notice consent or other writing authorised
or required by this Agreement to be given or sent shall be deemed to have been
duly given or sent by the State if signed by the Minister or by any senior
officer of the Civil Service of the said State acting by the direction of the
Minister and forwarded by prepaid post to the Company at its registered office
for the time being in the said State or other address of which such Company
has given the State prior notice and by the Company if signed on its behalf by
a director manager or secretary of the Company or by any person or persons
authorised by the Company in that behalf or by its solicitors as notified to
the State from time to time and forwarded by prepaid post to the Minister and
any such notice consent or writing shall be deemed to have been duly given or
sent on the day on which it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
Exemption from stamp duty 4
20. (1) The State
shall exempt from any stamp duty which but for the operation of this clause
would or might be chargeable on —
(a) this
Agreement;
(b) any
instrument executed by the State pursuant to this Agreement granting to or in
favour of the Company or any permitted assignee of the Company any tenement
lease easement license or other right or interest;
(c) any
assignment sublease or disposition (other than by way of mortgage or charge)
or any appointment made in conformity with the provisions of subclause (1) of
clause 13 hereof; and
(d) any
assignment sublease or disposition (other than by way of mortgage or charge)
or any appointment to or in favour of the Company or an associated company of
any interest right obligation power function or authority which has already
been the subject of an assignment sublease disposition or appointment executed
pursuant to subclause (1) of clause 13 hereof;
PROVIDED THAT this clause shall not apply to any instrument or other document
executed or made more than seven years from the date hereof.
(2) If prior to the
date on which the Bill referred to in clause 2 (b) hereof to ratify this
Agreement is passed as an Act stamp duty has been assessed and paid on any
instrument or other document referred to in subclause (1) of this clause the
State when such Bill is passed as an Act shall on demand refund any stamp duty
paid on any such instrument or other document to the person who paid the same.
Interpretation 4
21. This Agreement shall be interpreted according
to the law for the time being in force in the said State.
SCHEDULE
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
IRON ORE (CLEVELAND-CLIFFS) AGREEMENT ACT 1964
MINERAL LEASE
Lease No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . Goldfield(s)
ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Australia and
Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of
the Faith:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS shall come GREETINGS: KNOW YE that WHEREAS by
an Agreement made the day of , 1964 between the State
of Western Australia of the one part and Basic Materials Pty. Limited
(hereinafter called “the Company” which expression will include
the successors and assigns of the Company including where the context so
admits the assignees of the Company under clause 13 of the said Agreement) of
the other part the said State agreed to grant to the Company a mineral lease
of portion or portions of the lands referred in the said Agreement as
“the mining areas” AND WHEREAS the said Agreement was ratified by
the Iron Ore (Cleveland-Cliffs) Agreement Act 1964 which said Act (inter alia)
authorised the grant of a mineral lease to the Company NOW WE in consideration
of the rents and royalties reserved by and of the provisions of the said
Agreement and in pursuance of the said Act DO BY THESE PRESENTS GRANT AND
DEMISE unto the Company subject to the said provisions ALL THOSE pieces and
parcels of land situated in the Goldfield(s)
containing by admeasurement be the same more or less and particularly
described and delineated on the plan in the Schedule hereto and all those
mines, veins, seams, lodes and deposits of iron ore in on or under the said
land (hereinafter called “the said mine”) together with all
rights, liberties, easements, advantages and appurtenances thereto belonging
or appertaining to a lessee of a mineral lease under the Mining Act 1904
including all amendments thereof for the time being in force and all
regulations made thereunder for the time being in force (which Act and
regulations are hereinafter referred to as “the Mining Act”) or to
which the Company is entitled under the said Agreement TO HOLD the said land
and mine and all and singular the premises hereby demised for the
full term of twenty-one years from the day of
, 19 with the right to renew the same from time to time for further
periods each of twenty-one years as provided in but subject to the said
Agreement, for the purposes but upon and subject to the terms covenants and
conditions set out in the said Agreement and to the Mining Act (as modified by
the said Agreement) YIELDING and paying therefor the rent and royalties as set
out in the said Agreement. AND WE do hereby declare that this lease is subject
to the observance and performance by the Company of the following covenants
and conditions, that is to say:—
1. The Company shall and will use the land bona
fide exclusively for the purposes of the said Agreement.
2. Subject to the provisions of the said Agreement
the Company shall and will observe, perform, and carry out the provisions of
the Mines Regulation Act 1946 , and all amendments thereof for the time being
in force and the regulations for the time being in force made thereunder and
subject to and also as modified by the said Agreement the Mining Act so far as
the same affect or have reference to this lease.
PROVIDED THAT this lease and any renewal thereof
shall not be determined or forfeited otherwise than under and in accordance
with the provisions of the said Agreement.
PROVIDED FURTHER that all mineral oil on or below
the surface of the demised land is reserved to Her Majesty with the right to
Her Majesty or any person claiming under her or lawfully authorised in that
behalf to have access to the demised land for the purpose of searching for and
for the operations of obtaining mineral oil in any part of the land under the
provisions of the Petroleum Act 1936 .
IN WITNESS whereof we have caused our Minister for
Mines to affix his seal and set his hand hereto at Perth in our said State of
Western Australia and the
common seal of the Company has been affixed hereto this day of
, 19 .
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE HONOURABLE DAVID BRAND
M.L.A. has hereunto set his hand and seal and the COMMON SEAL of the Company
has hereunto been affixed the day and year first hereinbefore mentioned.
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SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED by the said THE HONOURABLE |
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DAVID BRAND |
C. W. COURT
Minister
for Industrial Development
ARTHUR GRIFFITH
Minister for Mines
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THE COMMON SEAL OF |
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[C.S.] |
W. E. DOHNAL
Director.
J. H. WILLIAMS
Secretary.
