Post by cashman on Jul 4, 2012 23:19:34 GMT 10
Conditions Relating to Prospecting Licences in Tasmania
1. A prospecting licence enables the holder to prospect on some lands which are subject to the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995.
2. Prospecting on Private property or existing Mining Leases, Retention Licences or Exploration Licences may only be conducted with the consent of the property owner or the holder of the mineral tenement.
3. Prospecting on land which is subject to an application for an exploration licence or mining lease may only be conducted with the consent of both the applicant and the Director of Mines.
4. Prospecting is allowed on State Forest and Regional Reserves.
5. Prospecting is NOT ALLOWED in National Parks, Nature Reserves, Nature Recreation Areas, Historic Sites, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Areas, Forest Reserves and in Public and Municipal Reserves. ( Tips and Cemeteries, etc.)
6. Only Hand Prospecting for material is allowed, and only hand held tools may be used. The use of Mechanical Machinery or any Explosives is strictly prohibited. The use of Sluices and Trommels and Motorised Pumps is NOT PERMITTED.
7. The use of Suction Dredges is ILLEGAL in Tasmania.
8. Prospectors are to conduct operations in a manner as not to cause or aggravate soil erosion.
9. Excavation on any natural stream bank is NOT PERMITTED. Banks are not to be undermined .( This pertains to undercutting of stream banks.)
10. Prospecting in Roadside Gutters, or extraction from road embankments, is NOT PERMITTED.
11. All care is to be taken in the prospecting of materials and any diggings shall be restored to normal surface level before leaving the area....................... (Just imagine what this would mean to the mining companies in W.A. if this law was imposed on their mining companies - Fill in your big holes boys. - the super pit?)
12. No vegetation is to be cut or removed.
13. Discovery of mineral and fossil specimens not recognised as common should be referred to Mineral Resources Tasmania.
14. No Aboriginal artefacts or site, or historic relics or site, are to be damaged or removed.
15. No Speleotherms (stalactites, etc) are to be removed from caves whether these are previously broken or not. Removal of speleotherms is an offence and offenders can be prosecuted.
16. Excavation in any sinkhole in a karst area or within 10 metres of the entrance thereof or within any cave is not permitted.
17. Vehicles are not to be taken off formed roads or tracks.
18. No fires are to be lit.
Okay guys and gals, the above conditions issued by Mineral Resources give us the rules to abide by in our endeavours to find the precious yellow stuff. I will endeavour to keep these rules up to date on this website when and as they are updated and changed by MRT Legislation. If we follow them, we should have no problems. Condition number 5 conflicts with number 4, but I will ask our resident Minerals Expert Phillsky if he would clarify this with one of his connections at MRT. Hopefully we will soon have an answer to this very soon.........
Cheers, Cashman.
1. A prospecting licence enables the holder to prospect on some lands which are subject to the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995.
2. Prospecting on Private property or existing Mining Leases, Retention Licences or Exploration Licences may only be conducted with the consent of the property owner or the holder of the mineral tenement.
3. Prospecting on land which is subject to an application for an exploration licence or mining lease may only be conducted with the consent of both the applicant and the Director of Mines.
4. Prospecting is allowed on State Forest and Regional Reserves.
5. Prospecting is NOT ALLOWED in National Parks, Nature Reserves, Nature Recreation Areas, Historic Sites, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Areas, Forest Reserves and in Public and Municipal Reserves. ( Tips and Cemeteries, etc.)
6. Only Hand Prospecting for material is allowed, and only hand held tools may be used. The use of Mechanical Machinery or any Explosives is strictly prohibited. The use of Sluices and Trommels and Motorised Pumps is NOT PERMITTED.
7. The use of Suction Dredges is ILLEGAL in Tasmania.
8. Prospectors are to conduct operations in a manner as not to cause or aggravate soil erosion.
9. Excavation on any natural stream bank is NOT PERMITTED. Banks are not to be undermined .( This pertains to undercutting of stream banks.)
10. Prospecting in Roadside Gutters, or extraction from road embankments, is NOT PERMITTED.
11. All care is to be taken in the prospecting of materials and any diggings shall be restored to normal surface level before leaving the area....................... (Just imagine what this would mean to the mining companies in W.A. if this law was imposed on their mining companies - Fill in your big holes boys. - the super pit?)
12. No vegetation is to be cut or removed.
13. Discovery of mineral and fossil specimens not recognised as common should be referred to Mineral Resources Tasmania.
14. No Aboriginal artefacts or site, or historic relics or site, are to be damaged or removed.
15. No Speleotherms (stalactites, etc) are to be removed from caves whether these are previously broken or not. Removal of speleotherms is an offence and offenders can be prosecuted.
16. Excavation in any sinkhole in a karst area or within 10 metres of the entrance thereof or within any cave is not permitted.
17. Vehicles are not to be taken off formed roads or tracks.
18. No fires are to be lit.
Okay guys and gals, the above conditions issued by Mineral Resources give us the rules to abide by in our endeavours to find the precious yellow stuff. I will endeavour to keep these rules up to date on this website when and as they are updated and changed by MRT Legislation. If we follow them, we should have no problems. Condition number 5 conflicts with number 4, but I will ask our resident Minerals Expert Phillsky if he would clarify this with one of his connections at MRT. Hopefully we will soon have an answer to this very soon.........
Cheers, Cashman.