Geothermal titles and activities

Forms and fees

You can get the forms you will need to apply for a geothermal exploration permit, and fee information, below.

Forms

Use these forms to apply for a geothermal exploration permit, surrender exploration blocks or other activities regarding permits.

Name of formUse it for this purpose

Geothermal exploration permit application DOCX (71.3 KB)
Geothermal exploration permit application PDF (685.0 KB)

Use this form to apply for a permit to explore for geothermal resources

Nomination of registered holders for service of documents DOCX (166.9 KB)
Nomination of registered holders for service of documents PDF (169.2 KB)

Use this form to give the department information about who should receive documents regarding a permit application 

Transfer of a geothermal authority DOCX (67.7 KB)
Transfer of a geothermal authority PDF (181.3 KB)

Use this form to apply for approval to transfer all right, title and interest in an exploration permit to someone else

Dealing application for a geothermal authority interest DOCX (65.6 KB)
Dealing application for a geothermal authority interest PDF (172.3 KB)

Use this form to apply for approval for a dealing in a geothermal authority e.g devolution

Application for surrender DOCX (60.7 KB)
Application for surrender PDF (166.5 KB)

Use this form to apply for consent to surrender either part or all of the blocks in a permit area
Appropriate person to hold a permit or licence PDF (218.9 KB)
Appropriate person to hold a permit or licence DOCX (83.0 KB)
Use this form when applying for, renewing or transferring an exploration permit, retention licence or production licence.

Fees

An initial application for a geothermal exploration permit costs $5,826 which must be paid when the application is submitted to the department.

An application to renew a permit also costs $5,826.

Title type

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Geothermal exploration permit

$5,826

Retention licence

$11,652

Production licence

$58,265

Renewal - exploration permit

$5,826

Renewal - retention licence/lease

$11,652

Variation - exploration permit

$232

Title type

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Exploration permit - per block

$23 for year 1, 2 ,3, 4 and 5
$46 for year 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
$93 for each remaining year

Retention licence/lease - per block

$2,232

Production licence/lease - per block

$2,330

Transaction type

Geothermal Energy Act 2009

Transfer of Title

$874

Approval of dealing - that creates or assigns an interest in a title

Caveat - $117

Devolution of title [devolved by operation of law]

$291

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