Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Queensland Mining and
Petroleum Operations
Resources Legislation administered by Mines, DEEDI
Exploration and Production
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Petroleum Act 1923
Mineral Resources Act 1989
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
Geothermal Energy Act 2010
Authorise access to land for exploring for and production of
petroleum, mineral, gas, geothermal and greenhouse gas
resources
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Main Interacting Legislation
• Environmental Protection Act 1994;
• Land Court Act 2000;
• Commonwealth Native Title Act 1993;
• Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003.
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Districts and Regions within Queensland
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Whole of Mine Life Cycle
Infrastructure
Provision
Legacy of Mining
(Abandoned Mines
& Contaminated
Land)
Mine Closure
(Rehabilitation &
Future Use)
Information &
Knowledge
(products &
services)
Stewardship of
Minerals &
Petroleum
Resources
Mining
Development
& Production
Distribution of Wealth
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Land Use
Planning
Exploration
(Access to
Land &
Resources)
PreDevelopment
(Feasibility)
Acceptance of Mining &
Social Licence to
Operate
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Queensland Tenure –
Terminology and Hierarchy
Mineral and Coal
Petroleum
Geothermal
Production
Mining Lease
(ML)
Petroleum Lease
(PL)
Geothermal Lease
(GL)
(Proposed Mid-2011)
Development
Mineral Development
Licence (MDL)
Potential Commercial
Area (PCA)
Potential Geothermal
Commercial Area
(PGCA)
Exploration
Exploration Permit
for Minerals (EPM)
Exploration Permit
for Coal (EPC)
Authority to Prospect
(A to P or EPP)
Geothermal Exploration
Permit (GEM)
Application forms available at: www.dme.qld.gov.au/mines/land_access_and_tenure_forms.cfm
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EXPLORATION PERMITS
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EXPLORATION
• Exploration permits are the main
exploration tenement used by the
mining industry throughout the State.
They are issued for first-stage,
broad-scale exploration.
• Exploration usually involves activities with no significant or lasting
impacts, but these may be followed by more intensive activities such
as trenching and close-spaced drilling.
• Allows the holder to take action to determine the existence, quality
and quantity of minerals on, in or under land by methods which
include prospecting, geophysical surveys, drilling and sampling and
testing of minerals to determine mineral bearing capacity or
properties of mineralisation.
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Queensland Mineral Exploration Expenditure
by Mineral Sought - 2005 to 2010
90
Wet
80
70
Coal
GFC
A$ Millions
60
Selected
base metals
50
Copper
40
30
Gold
20
Total other
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Source: ABS (8412.0 - Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Australia, Jun 2010)
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Current Queensland Exploration and
Development Activity
Coal (70 companies)
600
500
Minerals (258 companies)
96
400
No. of
Projects 300
200
42
89
473
315
100
260
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76
0
Grassroots
Exploration
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Advanced
Exploration
Feasibility Study
Source: Intierra – September 2010
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MINING LEASE (ML)
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MINING LEASE (ML)
• Mining leases are granted for the purposes of carrying out mining
operations and are the main production tenure. They are used by a
wide range of holders from the individual prospector to the largest
mining companies and may be for any term and have no size
restrictions, except in specified restricted areas.
• Term – no restriction on term however the term sought must be
justified. Holder has a right to apply for renewal of term.
• Mining leases require a Prospecting Permit, an Exploration Permit or
a Mineral Development Licence as a prerequisite.
• There are provisions for notification of applications and objections
from any person, and any objections are heard in the land Court.
Environmental conditions are set by the Environmental Protection
Agency after various impact assessment processes which depend
on the size and nature of the operation proposed.
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MINING LEASE (ML)
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Before a mining lease is granted, compensation to landowners must be
determined, either by negotiated agreement or determination in the Land
Court.
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Mining leases may also be granted for infrastructure purposes associated
with mining.
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The application fee is prescribed in the Mineral Resources Regulation 2003.
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No maximum or minimum area. May require survey.
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Rental is calculated by multiplying the number of hectares contained in the
lease, by the prescribed rent date as detailed in the Mineral Resources
Regulation 2003.
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COAL MINING AND COAL SEAM EXTRACTION
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A petroleum authority and a coal tenement may co-exist over the same area
of land (overlapping tenures).
Commercial production of petroleum (coal seam gas) must be undertaken
under a petroleum lease.
Coal miners retain a right to use – “incidental coal seam gas”.
Legislation requires the two parties to engage in a consultation process.
IMPACTS
– The applicant for a petroleum lease must identify possible impacts on
the coal resources and consult with the coal mining lease holder.
– This consultation process ensures that the extraction techniques for the
coal seam gas also optimise coal production.
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Queensland Coal Basins
Galilee Basin
Bowen Basin
Surat Basin
Clarence-Moreton Basin
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Queensland Coal
•
34 billion tonnes of proven coal resources
(45% of Australia’s total)
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Largest seaborne exporter of coal in the world
(almost 20% of total seaborne trade)
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54 operating coal mines
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Produced ~207 Mt of saleable coal in 2009-10
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Queensland Coal Exports by Type
– Thermal and Metallurgical
Million tonnes
200
Coal exports 2009-10 = 183 Mt*
THERMAL
COKING
180
160
58
140
40.0
120
100
36.6
36.9
42.3
43.1
39.7
49.7
110
112
109.6
42.8
44.8
31
80
25.7
31.8
24.2
60
106
40
55
61
62
74
81
86
87
90
100
125
20
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year ending 30 June
* Provisional figures subject to revision
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Queensland Coal Export
Destinations 2009-10
Total coal exports 2009-10 = 183 million tonnes
KOREA
23.7 Mt
12.9%
EUROPE
16.7 Mt
9.0%
TAIWAN
13.7 Mt
7.6%
INDIA
28.1 Mt
15.2%
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CHINA
30.8 Mt
16.7%
OTHER
EAST
ASIA
AMERICAS
WEST
AFRICA
3.0
Mt
6.8 Mt
ASIA
1.9 Mt
1.6%
4.0%
1.7 Mt
1.0%
0.9%
JAPAN
57.1 Mt
31.1%
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Major Infrastructure Developments
Ports
Rail
Abbot Point (Upgrade)
Capacity: 50 Mtpa
Completion target: 2011
Balaclava Island (New)
Capacity: Approx. 35 Mtpa
Completion target: Jun 2014
Mount Isa – Townsville
Rail (Upgrade)
Wiggins Island (New)
Capacity: 30Mtpa
Completion: 2014
Capacity: Approx 7.5 Mtpa
Northern Missing Link
(GAPE Project) (New)
Surat Basin Railway
Project (New)
More details at www.dip.qld.gov.au/projects
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Queensland Coal and CSG Basins
~ 34 billion tonnes of proven coal resources
~ 28,000 Petajoules of 2P Coal Seam Gas
reserves
Bowen Basin
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major source of export coal
all of Queensland’s export coking coal
Surat and Clarence Moreton Basins
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Galilee
Basin
Bowen
Basin
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high volatile thermal coals for export,
domestic markets
conversion coal
Galilee Basin
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Surat Basin
ClarenceMoreton Basin
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planned, large-scale, open-cut mining
projects to supply high volatile thermal coal
to the export market
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Mr Jim Grundy
General Manager
Mining and Petroleum Operations
Phone:
Email:
Web:
+61 7 3237 0210
jim.grundy@deedi.qld.gov.au
www.deedi.qld.gov.au
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