Rents (WA)

DMP Mining Act fees and charges can now be paid at the Customer Service Counter Perth and regional offices by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFTPOS) or credit card. At this stage, mining tenement rentals cannot be made by credit card except when making an application.

Rents are paid annually, in advance and should be paid within a month of the anniversary (Mining Regulations 1981 109(4)), except where a tenement is renewed and then are required to be paid with the renewal application.

This is a link to the Fees, Charges and Expenditure Details including rents

Failure to pay rents will result in the tenement being listed in the government gazette for forfeiture (link to Government Gazette) and then forfeited if the rent is not paid. As a fail safe measure it pays to monitor the Gazzette for any tenements whose rent may have not been paid.

The Department of Mines and Petroleum accepts Visa and Mastercard. A credit card limit of $30,000 applies per transaction and anything over this amount is rejected. It is important to remember this this when making an tenement application as it places the application in jeopardy.