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, 692KB)
- Exploration permit for coal in a coal mining project guideline (PDF, 103KB)
- Mining claim guideline (PDF, 521KB)
- Mineral development licence application guideline (PDF, 413KB)
- Mining lease application guideline (PDF, 523KB)
- Prospecting permit application guideline (PDF, 234KB)
Work program and development plan guidelines
- Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 116KB)
- Initial and later development plan guideline for coal mining leases (PDF, 528KB)
- Mineral mining lease development plan guideline (PDF, 471KB)
- Work program guideline (MRA) (PDF, 188KB)
- Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 102KB)
Miscellaneous guidelines
Petroleum and gas authority guidelines
Petroleum and gas authority guidelines
Application guidelines
- Petroleum lease application guideline (PDF, 449KB)
- Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 116KB)
- Potential commercial area application guideline (PDF, 265KB)
Work program and development plan guidelines
- Work program guideline (ATP) (PDF, 391KB)
- Initial and later development plan guideline for petroleum leases (PDF, 360KB)
- Later development plan guideline for a petroleum lease (PDF, 331KB)
- Project-based development plan guideline (PDF, 194KB)
- Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 102KB)
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, 90KB)
- Permit administration guideline (PDF, 447KB)
- Permit transfer guideline (PDF, 604KB)
- Relinquishment guideline (PDF, 276KB)
- Authorised holder representative guide (PDF, 205KB)
- Coordination arrangement guideline (PDF, 231KB)
Reporting guideline
Native title guidelines
Native title guidelines
Land and environment guidelines
Land and environment guidelines
- Protocol for managing uncontrolled gas emissions from legacy boreholes (PDF, 340KB)
- Land information template (XLSX, 17KB)
- Adjoining land information template (XLSX, 17KB)
- Permit description template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 73KB)
- Adjoining authorities and land template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 62KB)
- At risk agreement (PDF, 22KB)
- At risk procedures (PDF, 14KB)
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
- Disqualification criteria and assessment (PDF, 822KB)
- Exceptional circumstances and exceptional events (PDF, 135KB)
- Excluding land subject to native title from authorities to prospect (PDF, 335KB)
- Excluding land subject to native title from mineral and coal resource authorities (PDF, 371KB)
- Minister’s power to impose, vary or remove a condition of an exploration permit or authority to prospect due to an exceptional event (PDF, 514KB)
Practice manual
Practice manual
The practice manual provides guidance on the provision of information for tenure administration.
| Practice number | Title | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Practice direction 1 | Submission of geophysical survey data under resource legislation (PDF, 84KB) | 2.3 |
| Practice direction 2 | Production and/or storage testing (PDF, 169KB) | 2.1 |
| Practice direction 3 | Submission of statistical data relating to coal production and sales (PDF, 220KB) | 2.3 |
| Practice direction 4 | Boundary identification for mining resource authorities (PDF, 227KB) | 2.3 |
| Practice direction 5 | Minerals and coal reporting (PDF, 474KB) | 1.3 |
| Practice direction 6 | Petroleum and gas reporting (PDF, 2MB) | 1.1 |
| Practice direction 7 | Submission of Minerals Annual Statistics relation to production and sales (PDF, 332KB) | 1.2 |