Conflicting land tenure and titles in mineral title applications
Conflicting tenures refer to situations where the land has different legal ownership or rights.
In the Northern Territory (NT), you can't apply for a mineral title that covers both Aboriginal freehold and native title affected land.
Conflicting land tenures
If you want to apply for an area that covers both types of land tenure, you will need to make separate applications.
This ensures that they can be processed under the appropriate laws.
For all other land tenure types, you can group them into one application.
Restrictions over existing titles or other applications
In some instances, you can't apply for certain types of mineral titles over existing titles or an application for a title.
The table below shows details of applications for certain types of mineral titles.
| Type of application | Exploration licence (EL) | Exploration licence in retention (ELR) | Mineral lease (ML) | Extraction mineral exploration licence (EMEL) | Extractive mineral permit (EMP) | Extractive mineral lease (EML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application for an EL over existing application for or granted mineral title area | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Application for designation of ELR by holder of granted EL* | ||||||
| Application for an ML over existing application for or granted mineral title area | Only with consent of EL holder | Only with consent of ELR holder | No | Yes | No | No |
| Application for an EMEL over existing application for or granted mineral title area | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Application for an EMP over existing application for or granted mineral title area | Yes | No | No | Only with consent of EMEL holder | No | No |
| Application for an EML over existing application for or granter mineral title area | Yes | No | No | Only with consent of EMEL holder | Yes - only by same holder | No |
*The holder of an EL may apply for all or part of the EL area to be designated as an ELR, including an area of the EL that may contain an application for or a granted EMEL area. They're not entitled to apply for any area within the granted EL (including within the EMEL area) that may be subject to an application for or granted development title area.
Get the interaction of mineral titles - what you can apply for over what DOCX (66.5 KB).
- Apply for a mineral title
- Summary of title types and conditions
- Mineral exploration licence
- Exploration licence in retention
- Extractive mineral exploration licence
- Extractive mineral permit
- Extractive mineral lease
- Mineral lease
- Mineral authority over reserved land
- Supporting materials
- Assessing your mineral title application
- Conflicting land tenure and titles
- Mineral title on native title
- Mineral title on Aboriginal land
- Surveys of mineral title boundaries
- Notify landowner when you apply for a mineral title