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Mineral Titles Act 2010
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202 Conversion of existing interest to corresponding mineral title
(1) On the commencement day, each existing interest specified in the
table, column 1, is converted to the corresponding mineral title
specified opposite in the table, column 2:
Column 1 Column 2
exploration licence EL
exploration retention licence ELR
mineral lease ML
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Column 1 Column 2
mining tenement comprising
an area of land the right to
occupation of which is
conferred by section 61(2) of
the repealed Act
ML
mining lease or special mineral
lease continued in force by
section 191(9) or (12) of the
repealed Act
ML
extractive mineral permit EMP
extractive mineral lease EML
authority under section 178 of
the repealed Act
MA
(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1):
(a) applies to an existing interest to which one of the following
Acts applies:
(i) the Merlin Project Agreement Ratification Act 1998;
(ii) the Tanami Exploration Agreement Ratification Act 2004;
and
(b) does not apply to an interest, right or title to which one of the
following Acts applies:
(i) the McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification
Act 1992;
(ii) the Mining (Gove Peninsula Nabalco Agreement)
Act 1968.