Policy and procedure for mining and resources (BQ)
Minerals and coal guidelines
Minerals and coal guidelines
Application guidelines
- Mineral and coal exploration guideline (PDF, 252.6KB)
- Exploration permit for coal in a coal mining project guideline (PDF, 102.6KB)
- Mining claim guideline (PDF, 510.7KB)
- Mineral development licence application guideline (PDF, 230.9KB)
- Mining lease application guideline (PDF, 189.6KB)
- Prospecting permit application guideline (PDF, 233.5KB)
Work program and development plan guidelines
- Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 115.8KB)
- Initial and later development plan guideline for coal mining leases (PDF, 528.0KB)
- Mineral mining lease development plan guideline (PDF, 470.9KB)
- Work program guideline (MRA) (PDF, 188.2KB)
- Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 101.6KB)
Miscellaneous guidelines
Petroleum and gas authority guidelines
Petroleum and gas authority guidelines
Application guidelines
- Petroleum lease application guideline (PDF, 243.9KB)
- Coal seam gas statement and coal seam gas assessment criteria (PDF, 115.8KB)
- Potential commercial area application guideline (PDF, 264.7KB)
Work program and development plan guidelines
- Work program guideline (ATP) (PDF, 391.2KB)
- Initial and later development plan guideline for petroleum leases (PDF, 360.3KB)
- Later development plan guideline for a petroleum lease (PDF, 330.9KB)
- Project-based development plan guideline (PDF, 193.7KB)
- Financial and technical capability guideline (PDF, 101.6KB)
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, 90.1KB)
- Permit administration guideline (PDF, 447.4KB)
- Permit transfer guideline (PDF, 553.1KB)
- Relinquishment guideline (PDF, 275.9KB)
- Authorised holder representative guide (PDF, 248.5KB)
- Coordination arrangement guideline (PDF, 231.1KB)
Reporting guideline
Native title guidelines
Land and environment guidelines
Land and environment guidelines
- Protocol for managing uncontrolled gas emissions from legacy boreholes (PDF, 339.6KB)
- Land information template (XLSX, 16.9KB)
- Adjoining land information template (XLSX, 16.7KB)
- Permit description template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 72.6KB)
- Adjoining authorities and land template to be used with MyMinesOnline (PDF, 62.3KB)
- At risk agreement (PDF, 21.8KB)
- At risk procedures (PDF, 14.2KB)
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, 83.9KB) | 2.3 |
Practice direction 2 | Production and/or storage testing (PDF, 169.0KB) | 2.1 |
Practice direction 3 | Submission of statistical data relating to coal production and sales (PDF, 219.6KB) | 2.3 |
Practice direction 4 | Boundary identification for mining resource authorities (PDF, 227.4KB) | 2.3 |
Practice direction 5 | Minerals and coal reporting (PDF, 474.0KB) | 1.3 |
Practice direction 6 | Petroleum and gas reporting (PDF, 1.7MB) | 1.1 |
Practice direction 7 | Submission of Minerals Annual Statistics relation to production and sales (PDF, 332.1KB) | 1.2 |
- Last updated
- 22 April 2024
- Last reviewed
- 21 February 2023