Western Australia
The state of Western Australia regulates mineral rights onshore and within 3 nautical miles of the shoreline.
The Department of Minerals and Petroleum is responsible for administering mineral tenure and other acts to do with mining and industrial safety. There is a basic provisions guideline here, with the mineral titles home page here. There are also some useful Information Pamphlets here.
The schedule of fees and charges is located on this page.
The DMP Notice Board is here for notice of tenement applications, surrenders and withdrawals.
Mineral Tenure Types
- Prospecting Licence (including special prospecting licence for gold)
- Exploration Licence
- Retention Licence
- Mining Lease
- General Purpose Lease
- Miscellaneous Licence (WA)
Actions
- WA Critical Actions - Understanding and Interpretation
- WA Forms
- Fees, Charges and Expenditure Details
- Statutory Declarations and Affidavits execution
Tenement Process Guide
- Marking Out Tenements
- Tenement Application
- Objections to Tenement Applications
- Form 5 and Exemption from Expenditure
- Exploration Licence Partial Surrender
- Expiry and Renewal
- Rents
- Rates
- Plaints
- Amalgamations
- Reporting
Exploration on Different Land Tenure
- Types of Land
- Description of Land Types in Tengraph
- Private Land Provisions
- Crown Land
- Public Reserves
- Native Title
- Pastoral Leases
- Local Government Areas