Mineral titles forms and guidelines
Reporting and geological sample submission forms and guidelines
These forms and guidelines relate to mineral reporting:
- Read this guideline to get detailed instructions about reporting on your exploration program and activities:
Guideline 7: reporting on mineral titles PDF (275.3 KB)
Guideline 7: reporting on mineral titles DOCX (437.6 KB) - Use this template for reporting resources and reserve summaries with annual technical reports:
Guideline 7: resource reserves summary template XLSX (164.8 KB) - To learn how to format your technical exploration data for submission, go to the Australia Minerals website for the Australian requirements for submission of digital exploration data.
- Go to the Australia Minerals website for the mineral exploration reporting template software. Download this software which will help you format your data into the required format
Read more about reporting on mineral titles.
Expenditure reporting
Use this form to report on the expenditure and detail the proposed expenditure for the next year:
Mineral exploration and mining expenditure reporting (approved form 17) PDF (40.4 KB)
Mineral exploration and mining expenditure reporting (approved form 17) DOCX (60.2 KB)
This guideline outlines the requirements under the legislation for exploration licences (EL’s) to comply with expenditure conditions, partial cancellation for non-compliance and approved expenditure project areas:
Guideline 3: expenditure conditions PDF (161.8 KB)
Guideline 3: expenditure conditions DOCX (134.8 KB)
This guideline describes admissible expenditure for EL, ELR and ML titles under the act and also provides an indication of acceptable minimum expenditure for the first two operational years of an exploration licence:
Guideline 6: minimum admissible expenditure PDF (54.1 KB)
Guideline 6: minimum admissible expenditure DOCX (57.3 KB)
Amalgamated/group reporting
Use this form to apply to amalgamate technical and expenditure reports for a project:
Amalgamated reporting - application and amendment (approved form 18) PDF (40.6 KB)
Amalgamated reporting - application and amendment (approved form 18) DOCX (59.1 KB)
This guideline outlines the various requirements under the legislation in making an application for the amalgamation of reports:
Guideline 2: amalgamated reporting PDF (41.1 KB)
Guideline 2: amalgamated reporting DOCX (50.9 KB)
Mining production
Use this form to report extractive mineral production for sand, soil, gravel, crushed rock and dimension stone:
Extractive production return form (approved form 23) PDF (44.4 KB)
Extractive production return form (approved form 23) DOCX (59.0 KB)
Use this form to report extractive mineral production for metallic commodities, diamonds, gemstones, limestone/quicklime, uranium and vermiculite:
Mineral production return form (approved form 22) PDF (45.8 KB)
Mineral production return form (approved form 22) DOCX (60.6 KB)
Mineral resources and ore reserves
Use this form to report mineral resources and ore reserves:
Mineral resources and ore reserves return form (approved form 32) XLSX (188.1 KB)
Geological sample submissions
Use this form when you submit geological drill core and cutting samples:
Geological sample submission (drill core and cuttings) (approved form 20) PDF (41.3 KB)
Geological sample submission (drill core and cuttings) (approved form 20) DOCX (56.9 KB)
Follow this technical instruction for submitting drill cores samples to the department:
Geological sample submission procedure (core and cuttings) PDF (304.2 KB)
Geological sample submission procedure (core and cuttings) DOCX (741.3 KB)
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Last updated: 11 March 2020
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