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Mineral development licence (offshore) - Queensland

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to evaluate the development potential of a defined resource within Queensland's offshore area. Queensland's offshore area extends three nautical miles out from the coastal baseline. To undertake activities beyond this area, you will need to apply for a Commonwealth licence.

This licence allows you to conduct geoscientific programs (e.g. drilling, seismic surveys), mining feasibility studies, metallurgical testing and marketing and environmental engineering and design studies.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence, you must:

  • hold an exploration licence for the area you intend to evaluate
  • apply for a group with a discrete area made up of no more than 20 blocks
  • give reasons why you intend to apply for a development licence rather than a lease
  • have adequate financial resources
  • hold the relevant technical qualifications.

Duration

Up to five years

Fees

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Forms

Application process

Apply

You must submit your application to the agency together with supporting documents outlining the details of:

  • the reasons that the applicant is applying for a mineral development licence rather than a mining lease
  • the mineral deposit that the applicant has identified and evaluated and that the applicant believes is commercially viable in the longer term
  • the applicant's assessment of the present and potential commercial viability of the mineral deposit
  • the overall work program that the applicant has already carried out under the exploration permit on the sub-blocks covered by the application
  • the amount of money that the applicant has already spent under the exploration permit on and in connection with the sub-blocks covered by the application
  • the activities that the applicant intends to carry out on the sub-blocks covered by the application
  • the amount of money that the applicant intends to spend on and in connection with those activities
  • the technical qualifications of the applicant and of the applicant's employees who are likely to be involved in activities authorised by the tenure
  • the technical advice available to the applicant
  • the financial resources available to the applicant.

Administering agency

Department of Resources

Contact details

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