32Information requirements for renewal of retention licences

32 Information requirements for renewal of retention licences

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

(c) the area of land applied for in hectares; and

(d) details of any proposed program of work under the licence, including matters set out in regulation 17(1)(e); and

(e) if a program of work is proposed—

(i) evidence demonstrating that the proposed program of work is suitable to establish the economic viability of the mineral resource; and

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

(iii) evidence demonstrating that the estimated expenditure is appropriate for the proposed program of work; and

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

(i) 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

(ii) any evidence demonstrating that the area of land applied for is land which may be required for the purpose of mining a mineral resource 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 that second renewal.