54Information requirements for the annual return of expenditure and activities

54 Information requirements for the annual return of expenditure and activities

For the purposes of regulation 53(4)(a), the specified information is—

(a) the number of the licence to which the return relates; and

(b) the reporting period to which the return applies; and

(c) the name and role of the person completing the return; and

(d) the information set out—

(i) in the case of a return relating to an exploration licence—in regulation 55(1); or

(ii) in the case of a return relating to a retention licence—in regulation 55(1) and (2); or

(iii) in the case of a return relating to a mining licence that covers an area of more than 5 hectares—in regulation 56(1), (3) and (4); or

(iv) in the case of a return relating to a prospecting licence or mining licence covering an area of 5 hectares or less—in regulation 56(2), (3) and (4).

55 Additional information requirements for the annual return of expenditure and activities—exploration licences and retention licences

(1) For the purposes of regulation 54(d)(i) and (ii), the information is—

(ii) office-based activities; and

(iii) equipment, plant or machinery; and

(iv) administration and consumables; and

(v) rehabilitation; and

(b) expenditure during the reporting period on, and details of the nature and extent of, airborne or remote reconnaissance activities including—

(i) airborne exploration and surveys; and

(ii) remote sensing; and

(c) expenditure during the reporting period on, and details of the nature and extent of, ground exploration activities including—

(i) geological mapping; and

(ii) ground geophysics; and

(iii) geochemical surveying and sample collection; and

(iv) preparation, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of surface samples; and

(d) expenditure during the reporting period on, and details of the nature and extent of, subsurface exploration activities including—

(i) drilling; and

(ii) well logging and other downhole geophysics; and

(iii) preparation, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of drill samples; and

(iv) costeaning or ditchwitching and related subsurface mapping and sampling; and

(v) bulk sampling and related subsurface mapping and sampling; and

(vi) shaft restoration or other underground development and related subsurface mapping and sampling; and

(vii) preparation, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of subsurface samples; and