30Information requirements for renewal of exploration licences

30 Information requirements for renewal of exploration licences

An application for renewal of an exploration licence under section 29(1) of the Act must contain—

(c) details of the proposed program of work under the licence, including matters set out in regulation 14(c); and

(d) the estimated expenditure, for the requested term of renewal, to undertake the proposed program of work and rehabilitation; and

(e) reasons for renewal of the licence, including—

(i) any evidence demonstrating that additional time is necessary to assess the economic viability of those minerals; and

(ii) any evidence demonstrating that mining of the mineral resources covered by the licence is not yet economically viable but may become so in the future; and

(iii) if the application is for the second renewal of the licence, all matters that the applicant considers are exceptional circumstances to warrant a second renewal.