Retention Licence - Application (WA)
A retention licence can only be applied for by the holder of a current prospecting licence, exploration licence or mining lease. In respect to prospecting or exploration licences these must be applied for prior to the 10th February 2006.
The holder may apply for a Retention Licence if:
- there is an identified mineral resource located in, on or under that land; and
- the mining of that identified mineral resource is impracticable because —
- the resource is uneconomic or subject to marketing problems although the resource may reasonably be expected to become economic or marketable in the future; or
- the resource is required to sustain the future operations of an existing or proposed mining operation; or
- there are existing political, environmental or other difficulties in obtaining requisite approvals.
See Mining Act S69As69A and S69Bs69B.
DMP Resources:
Check ground availability - Retention Licence
Marking out a tenement - Retention Licence
Lodge application with the department
Documents required to be lodged before a mining tenement is granted - Retention Licence
Appeals, Objections and outcomes for Wardens Court and tenement applications - Retention Licence
Native Title explained - Retention Licence
Licence granted - Retention Licence Native Title Act process