Complying with your mineral title
After you get your mineral title, you must comply with the conditions and requirements of the title.
What you need to do depends on the type of mineral title you've been granted.
Common requirements that may apply include:
- payment of annual rent and administration fees
- reporting
- renewal
- applying for an environment (mining) licence to carry out any exploration or mining activities that could cause substantial disturbance.
If you have an extractive mineral exploration licence, you don't need to pay ongoing rent, administration fees or lodge reports.
There is no provision to renew this type of title either.
Council or shire rates
Titles that do not relate to exploration may be assessed for local council or shire rates after grant.
To be assessable for rates, a title must also have an environmental (mining) licence granted under the Environment Protection Act 2019.
For more information, contact your local council or shire office.
Offences and penalties
As the holder of a mineral title, you can be prosecuted if you breach the conditions of your title, or the provisions of the Mineral Titles Act 2010 or Mineral Titles Regulations.
Types of offences include:
- engaging in conduct resulting in a breach of title conditions
- conducting exploration or mining without a title or outside title boundaries
- entering into an unlawful agreement about compensation
- intentionally giving misleading information or documents to an official
- obstructing an official doing their job.
Fines, and for more serious breaches, terms of imprisonment may apply.
For more information, read part 9 of the Mineral Titles Act 2010 and Mineral Titles Regulations 2011.
Legislative requirements
Get the relevant process flowchart for your mineral title:
Contact
If you have any questions, contact the Mines branch.