Victorian Numbered Regulations

MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 154 OF 2011) - REG 37

r. 37

After Schedule 15 to the Principal Regulations insert —

" SCHEDULE 15A

Regulation 26

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN EXPENDITURE AND ACTIVITIES RETURN—PROSPECTING LICENCE

    1.     Expenditure on wages and salaries.

    2.     Expenditure on equipment, plant or machinery.

    3.     Expenditure on administration and consumables and other costs.

    4.     Expenditure on rehabilitation (see description in item 6).

    5.     Expenditure on exploration (see Note 2 below).

    6.     Details of the mining work during the reporting period including—

        (a)     a detailed current plan of—

              (i)     any surface mine facilities and works; and

              (ii)     any underground mine, including a description of any shaft or underground development with depth or distance developed;

        (b)     a description and quantities of ore and waste mined and treated (see Note 1 below);

        (c)     a description of any development or extensions to surface mine facilities and works such as treatment plant, tailings dams etc.

    7.     Details of land disturbance and rehabilitation, including—

        (a)     the total current area of land disturbed;

        (b)     the area disturbed during the last reporting period;

        (c)     the area rehabilitated over the last reporting period;

        (d)     the percentage of area included in paragraph (c) that is revegetated with local native vegetation;

        (e)     the area of tailings dams;

        (f)     an estimate of the current rehabilitation liability for the licence area.

Note

"Rehabilitated" means landforming complete and planting undertaken. Further land management may be required.

    8.     Details of the environmental management activities undertaken during the reporting period, including—

        (a)     the volume and composition of tailings produced;

        (b)     the volume and composition of other waste streams produced;

        (c)     the results of the environmental monitoring carried out in accordance with the work plan and conditions;

        (d)     details of any failure to meet site-specific environmental targets;

        (e)     details of any unauthorised discharges or failure to meet statutory requirements;

        (f)     details of complaints received and corrective actions undertaken; and

        (g)     details of any environmental management initiatives implemented.

Notes

1.     The production and sale of minerals must be reported for the purposes of royalty assessment and payment in accordance with regulation 10.

2.     Expenditure on exploration must be reported under category headings 4 to 9 of Schedule 14 (wherever relevant).

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SCHEDULE 15B

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Regulation 26

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN EXPENDITURE AND ACTIVITIES RETURN—RETENTION LICENCE

    1.     Retention licence number (one only per return).

    2.     Reporting Period.

    3.     Name and role of person completing the return.

    4.     Expenditure on office studies including—

        (a)     literature search;

        (b)     database compilation;

        (c)     computer modelling;

        (d)     reprocessing of data;

        (e)     general research;

        (f)     report preparation;

        (g)     other (specify).

    5.     Expenditure on airborne exploration surveys and the number of line kilometres flown for—

        (a)     aeromagnetics;

        (b)     radiometrics;

        (c)     electromagnetics;

        (d)     gravity;

        (e)     digital terrain modelling;

        (f)     other (specify).

    6.     Expenditure on remote sensing including—

        (a)     aerial photography;

        (b)     LANDSAT satellite imagery;

        (c)     SPOT satellite imagery;

        (d)     multi spectral scanner;

        (e)     other (specify).

    7.     Expenditure on ground exploration including—

        (a)     geological mapping—

              (i)     regional;

              (ii)     reconnaissance;

              (iii)     prospect;

              (iv)     underground;

              (v)     costean;

        (b)     ground geophysics—

              (i)     radiometrics;

              (ii)     magnetics;

              (iii)     gravity;

              (iv)     digital terrain modelling;

              (v)     electromagnetics;

              (vi)     self potential;

              (vii)     induced polarization;

              (viii)     audio-magnetotelluric;

              (ix)     resistivity;

              (x)     complex resistivity;

              (xi)     seismic reflection;

              (xii)     seismic refraction;

              (xiii)     well logging;

              (xiv)     geophysical interpretation;

              (xv)     petrophysics

              (xvi)     other (specify);

        (c)     geochemical surveying (state number of samples)—

              (i)     drill (cuttings, core etc.);

              (ii)     stream sediment;

              (iii)     soil;

              (iv)     rock chip;

              (v)     laterite;

              (vi)     water;

              (vii)     biogeochemistry;

              (viii)     isotope;

              (ix)     whole rock;

              (x)     mineral analysis;

              (xi)     drill sample;

              (xii)     laboratory analysis (specify element and type);

              (xiii)     other (specify);

        (d)     petrology.

    8.     Expenditure on drilling, number of holes and total metres drilled, for—

        (a)     diamond drilling;

        (b)     reverse circulation;

        (c)     rotary air blast;

        (d)     air core;

        (e)     other (specify).

    9.     Expenditure on development studies including—

        (a)     costeaning/ditchwitching;

        (b)     bulk sampling;

        (c)     mill process testing;

        (d)     ore reserve calculation;

        (e)     shaft restoration or other underground development (describe);

        (f)     mineral processing;

        (g)     other (specify).

    10.     Expenditure and details of the work undertaken during the reporting period in relation to—

        (a)     intensive mineral exploration;

        (b)     mineral resource assessment;

        (c)     technical and economic studies related to—

              (i)     the development of the mineral resource in accordance with the principles of sustainable development;

              (ii)     demonstrating the economic viability of the mineral resource;

        (d)     key milestones under the work program.

    11.     Expenditure on rehabilitation—

        (a)     after drilling;

        (b)     track maintenance;

        (c)     monitoring;

        (d)     other (specify).

    12.     Total reported expenditure.

    13.     Any comment on administrative matters related to exploration on the licence during the reporting period including progress on land owner compensation agreements, purchase of equipment, timing of surveys, etc.

    14.     Date.

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