Area relinquishment or surrender for coal and minerals
What's new
A new practice direction and data submission templates are available below. Read more about new reporting requirements and implementation timelines.
You must lodge a report whenever you relinquish or surrender areas from your exploration permit, mineral development licence or coal or oil shale mining lease. This includes partial or final relinquishment of the resource authority.
Each report must provide a full technical summary of the authorised activities, including maps and a digital copy of all geochemical and geophysical surveying data.
This page explains how to meet your notification and reporting obligations under Queensland resources legislation. Download a flowchart of reporting requirements for area relinquishment (PDF, 127KB).
Resource authorities this applies to
- Exploration permit for coal or minerals
- Mineral development licence
- Mining lease for coal or oil shale
How to lodge your notices and reports
The tables below show what you need to submit and how to do it. If you need more help:
- refer to the legislation (references in the tables below)
- read the Practice direction – minerals and coal reporting (PDF, 1.2MB) and use the submission templates
- read about lodging reports into the GSQ Lodgement Portal.
Exploration permit for coal or minerals
| Report/notice and legislation | When to lodge | How to lodge |
|---|---|---|
|
Partial relinquishment report (MRA1 s. 141(1)(e) MRR2 s. 16) | Within 2 months after the reduction takes effect | Follow the practice direction and use the data submission templates above. Upload all files to the GSQ Lodgement Portal. |
|
Final report (MRA s. 141(1)(e) MRR s. 17) | Within 2 months after the exploration permit ends | Follow the practice direction and use the data submission templates above. Upload all files to the GSQ Lodgement Portal. |
1MRA: Mineral Resources Act 1989
2MRR: Mineral Resources Regulation 2013
Mineral development licence
| Report/notice and legislation | When to lodge | How to lodge |
|---|---|---|
|
Partial surrender report (MRA1 s. 194(1)(e) MRR2 s. 16) | Within 2 months after the reduction takes effect | Follow the practice direction and use the data submission templates above. Upload all files to the GSQ Lodgement Portal. |
|
Final report (MRA s. 194(1)(e) MRR s. 17) | Within 2 months after the mineral development licence ends | Follow the practice direction and use the data submission templates above. Upload all files to the GSQ Lodgement Portal. |
1MRA: Mineral Resources Act 1989
2MRR: Mineral Resources Regulation 2013
Mining lease for coal or oil shale
| Report/notice and legislation | When to lodge | How to lodge |
|---|---|---|
|
Relinquishment report (MRA1 s. 318CX) | After partial relinquishment | Follow the practice direction and use the data submission templates above. Upload all files to the GSQ Lodgement Portal. |
|
Surrender report (MRA s. 318CY) | With surrender application | Follow the practice direction and use the data submission templates above. Upload all files to the GSQ Lodgement Portal. |