Policies and guidelines for mining and resources
Use our mining policies and guidance material to help you complete your application forms and comply with the requirements of your resource authority. Click on a heading to either expand or collapse the heading content.
Information on using MyMinesOnline to lodge your applications is included in the guidelines where applicable.
Minerals and coal guidelines
Minerals and coal guidelines
Application guidelines
- Mineral and coal exploration guideline (PDF, 253 KB)
- Exploration permit for coal in a coal mining project guideline (PDF, 103 KB)
- Mining claim guideline (PDF, 511 KB)
- Mineral development licence application guideline (PDF, 231 KB)
- Mining lease application guideline (PDF, 424 KB)
- Prospecting permit application guideline (PDF, 234 KB)
Work program and development plan guidelines
- Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 116 KB)
- Initial and later development plan guideline for coal mining leases (PDF, 528 KB)
- Mineral mining lease development plan guideline (PDF, 471 KB)
- Work program guideline (MRA) (PDF, 188 KB)
- Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 102 KB)
Miscellaneous guidelines
Petroleum and gas authority guidelines
Petroleum and gas authority guidelines
Application guidelines
- Petroleum lease application guideline (PDF, 244 KB)
- Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 116 KB)
- Potential commercial area application guideline (PDF, 265 KB)
Work program and development plan guidelines
- Work program guideline (ATP) (PDF, 391 KB)
- Initial and later development plan guideline for petroleum leases (PDF, 360 KB)
- Later development plan guideline for a petroleum lease (PDF, 331 KB)
- Project-based development plan guideline (PDF, 194 KB)
- Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 102 KB)
Other
Area description guidelines
Renewal, reporting and general administration guidelines
Renewal, reporting and general administration guidelines
Renewal guideline
General administration guidelines
- Guideline for administrators and liquidators (PDF, 90 KB)
- Permit administration guideline (PDF, 447 KB)
- Permit transfer guideline (PDF, 553 KB)
- Relinquishment guideline (PDF, 276 KB)
- Authorised holder representative guide (PDF, 205 KB)
- Coordination arrangement guideline (PDF, 231 KB)
Reporting guideline
Native title guidelines
Land and environment guidelines
Land and environment guidelines
- Protocol for managing uncontrolled gas emissions from legacy boreholes (PDF, 340 KB)
- Land information template (XLSX, 17 KB)
- Adjoining land information template (XLSX, 17 KB)
- Permit description template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 73 KB)
- Adjoining authorities and land template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 62 KB)
- At risk agreement (PDF, 22 KB)
- At risk procedures (PDF, 14 KB)
Water guidelines
Operational policies
Mineral and coal policies
Exploration
- Application to vary conditions of an exploration permit (PDF, 175KB)
- Applying for a mining lease for coal with a prospecting permit (PDF, 102KB)
- Assessment of applications for exploration permits (PDF, 104KB)
- Conditional surrender of exploration permits (PDF, 99KB)
- Prescribed areas (excess and non-contiguous) (PDF, 108KB)
- Project-based exploration administration (PDF, 103KB)
- Renewal of exploration permits (PDF, 115KB)
- Renewal of exploration resource authorities within proposed national park or conservation park (PDF, 101KB)
- Work program and relinquishment conditions (PDF, 139KB)
- Application for extension of last renewed term of an exploration permit (PDF, 389KB)
Development
- Technical assessment of an application for a mineral development licence (PDF, 420KB)
- Applying for bulk sampling on a mineral development licence or exploration permit (PDF, 462KB)
Mining
- Deciding the term of a mining lease(PDF, 205KB)
- Mining lease notification and transitional arrangements (PDF, 105KB)
- Rock for building or monumental purposes (PDF, 638KB)
General
- Security assessment – mineral and coal resource authorities (PDF, 516KB)
- Security for mining claims (PDF, 750KB)
Petroleum and gas policies
- Declaration of a potential commercial area (PDF, 100KB)
- Project-based development plans (PDF, 161KB)
- Special amendment of an authority to prospect work program (PDF, 161KB)
- Relevant arrangements (PDF, 572KB)
- Complying with the Australian Market Supply Condition (PDF)
Miscellaneous policies
Practice manual
Practice manual
The practice manual provides guidance on the provision of information for tenure administration.
Practice number | Title | Version |
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Practice direction 1 | Submission of geophysical survey data under resource legislation (PDF, 84 KB) | 2.3 |
Practice direction 2 | Production and/or storage testing (PDF, 169 KB) | 2.1 |
Practice direction 3 | Submission of statistical data relating to coal production and sales (PDF, 220 KB) | 2.3 |
Practice direction 4 | Boundary identification for mining resource authorities (PDF, 227 KB) | 2.3 |
Practice direction 5 | Minerals and coal reporting (PDF, 474 KB) | 1.3 |
Practice direction 6 | Petroleum and gas reporting (PDF, 2 MB) | 1.1 |
Practice direction 7 | Submission of Minerals Annual Statistics relation to production and sales (PDF, 332 KB) | 1.2 |
- Last reviewed: 25 Mar 2024
- Last updated: 7 Jun 2024