In today’s Mercury (Sat. the 5th), there is a public notice for a mining exploration lease application. The lease area is around, and includes, the town of Cygnet. I went to the Mineral Resources Tasmania website, but I couldn’t find any info about current lease applications; of course, it is not in MRT’s interest to publish new leases on their website. The law says that they only have to notify by public notice published in a newspaper of record (The Mercury), so once that is done it vanishes into the archives out of public view – so an online source is not needed but would be worthwhile. Of course, if such a database exists and I didn’t find it, I am wrong.
The details, transcribed from the public notice in The Mercury, are:
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
Notice of Application for Exploration Licences
Notice is given that I, Michael Leonard, Director of Mines, intend to recommend to the Minister for Energy and Resources that he grant the following exploration license over the area shown hatched on the plan below:
(map)
Reference No: EL44/2010 Area: 80 km^2
Category of mineral:
1 – Metallic Minerals, Atomic Substances;
2 – Construction Materials; and
3 – Industrial Minerals, Semi/Precious Stone.
Applicant: Frontier Resources Limited
ACN: 095 684 389
Address: 120 Tranquil Place, Stoneville, WA 6081
Vicinity: Cygnet
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For further information in relation to the application, including the effect on private land within the application area, please call Mineral Resources Tasmania, Rosny Park at the above address or phone (03) 6233 8377.
Michael Leonard,
DIRECTOR OF MINES
(From The Mercury, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Page 51)
