Advertising requirements, guidelines and policies
When applying to explore or mine in NSW there are certain advertising requirements, guidelines and policies you will need to follow:
Advertising requirements
- Secretary requirements - advertising a notice of an exploration licence application (coal or oil shale)
- Secretary requirements - advertising for ELA groups 1-8 and 10-12
- Secretary requirements - advertising a notice of an assessment lease application
- Secretary requirements - advertising a notice of a mining lease application
- Secretary requirements - advertising a notice in an application for a petroleum exploration licence (PDF, 580.03 KB)
Guidelines
- Guideline: Archival research (PDF, 3.91 MB)
- Guideline: Exploration rehabilitation security deposits guidelines (PDF, 92.73 KB)
- Guideline: Completing a renewal justification statement (PDF, 188.75 KB)
- Exploration guideline: Work programs for prospecting titles (PDF, 251.39 KB)
Policies
- Policy on the renewal of mineral and coal exploration licences (from 1 March 2023)
- Policy on the grant and renewal of mineral and coal assessment leases (from 3 October 2022) (PDF, 214 KB)
- Policy on offshore exploration and mining (PDF, 93.93 KB)
- Policy on suspension of mining operations (PDF, 87.55 KB)
- Policy on annual report release (PDF, 390.66 KB)
- Policy on annual report redaction information (how to guide) (PDF, 449.73 KB)
Other
- Mineral and coal exploration statement
- Overview of exploration in NSW (PDF, 917.45 KB)
- Instructions for maps for identifying mineral claim applications (PDF, 333.48 KB)
- Mineral prospecting minimum standards (PDF, 449.19 KB)
- Minimum standards and merit assessment procedure (Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991) (PDF, 478.12 KB)