Title-search tools, native-title portals, reporting pages and other authoritative government pages.176 links
National minerals investment portal, incl. Australian Mines Atlas data
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development — mining, exploration and geoscience
Petroleum titles and land access arrangements
NSW's separate land rights scheme alongside Commonwealth native title
Federal — applies in every state
Spatial viewer — exploration and mining titles, applications and geoscience data
Lodge and track exploration and mining title applications online
Public register of granted exploration and mining titles
National minerals investment portal, incl. Australian Mines Atlas data
Federal — applies in every state
Spatial viewer and mineral, petroleum and pipeline titles system
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Federal — applies in every state
National minerals investment portal, incl. Australian Mines Atlas data
Formerly the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000
Department for Energy and Mining legislation index
Federal — applies in every state
South Australian Resources Information Gateway — spatial viewer
Login required
National minerals investment portal, incl. Australian Mines Atlas data
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies
Federal — applies in every state
Tasmanian spatial data portal, incl. mineral tenement layers
Mineral licence applications, forms and guidelines
National minerals investment portal, incl. Australian Mines Atlas data
Advertising
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies
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Victoria's out-of-court native title settlement pathway
Federal — applies in every state
Annual technical report and expenditure & activities return requirements
Spatial viewer and mining register search (login)
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
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Login required (single sign-on) — team to confirm
Login required (single sign-on) — team to confirm
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
AMETS SharePoint — sign in with your AMETS account
Application/change/surrender forms for minerals prospecting, exploration and mining permits.
Application/change/surrender forms for petroleum permits.
How to use the public permit map GIS apps.
Prospecting / exploration / mining permit types explained.
Prospecting / exploration / mining (petroleum) permit types explained.
The regulator — part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
Primary Act for Crown-owned minerals — creates the permit system.
Procedural regulations for non-petroleum (minerals/coal) permits.
Procedural regulations for petroleum permits.
Resource consents (land disturbance, discharge, etc.) sit alongside, not instead of, a Crown Minerals permit.
NZP&M's own guidance on iwi/hapū consultation and permit-holder engagement obligations — the closest NZ equivalent to a native title process.
Formerly Te Arawhiti (tearawhiti.govt.nz now redirects here) — the government office for Treaty settlements and Māori Crown relations.
Annual work-programme and technical reporting obligations for minerals permit holders.
Annual summary reporting obligations for petroleum permit holders.
Royalty/fee obligations attaching to a granted permit.
Public GIS map of current minerals permits and applications.
Public GIS map of current petroleum permits and applications.
Search NZP&M's own permit register directly (permit number, holder, status).
Licence applications and required forms
Register for access to the Mining Cadastre Portal
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
Via PacLII (Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute)
Via PacLII (Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute)
Via PacLII (Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute)
Spatial view of mineral tenement licences and applications