Step 5. Documents required to be lodged before a mining tenement is granted - General Purpose Lease

Documents required to be lodged before a general purpose lease may be granted

A Form 32 security in the sum of $5000 must be lodged in respect to all applications within 28 days of the application being made - Sec 126 and Reg 112.

An application for a general purpose lease shall be accompanied by:

Affidavit of compliance

An applicant or agent for an application for a mining tenement must lodge an Affidavit of Compliance under oath to swear that the applicant/agent has complied with certain requirements of the Mining Act 1978.

In the affidavit of compliance it must be sworn that:

  • details of all notices have been served
  • the application complies with the relevant marking out provisions of the Mining Act 1978 and Regulations (if applicable)
  • if private land has been marked out the permit to enter number issued is inserted

The affidavit is lodged after all notices has been served. There are different affidavits of compliance for each tenement application type.

Affidavit - General Purpose Lease - 38 Kb

Affidavit for General Purpose Lease-Word

Affidavit - General Purpose Lease (Private Land) - 35 Kb

Affidavit for General Purpose Lease for Private Land

Affidavit - Standard - 32 Kb

Minerals Affidavit

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