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Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005
32Purpose of a retention lease
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32 Purpose of a retention lease
A retention lease enables the holder of an exploration permit to retain certain rights to a geothermal energy discovery that it is not commercially viable to develop under an extraction licence at the time the lease is granted, but which might become viable to develop within 15 years.