Exploration licences are granted to companies or individuals so that they may explore for minerals. The number of exploration licences increased from 127 at 30 June 2003 to 141 at 30 June 2004. The area held under all minerals and non-metallic exploration licences remained constant compared to the previous year.
EXPLORATION RIGHTS HELD, Tasmania - at 30 June 2004
|
 | Number
|  | Area
|
| Mining tenement | June 2003 | June 2004 |  | June 2003 | June 2004 |
|
| Exploration licences |  |  |  |  |  |
| - Metallic minerals | 98 | 115 | | 5,669 km2 | 5,669 km2 |
| - Fuel minerals | 2 | 2 | | 75km2 | 75 km2 |
| - Construction minerals | 7 | 7 |  | 145 km2 | 145 km2 |
| - Oil (onshore) | 2 | 2 | | 60,826 km2 | 60,826 km2 |
| - Industrial minerals | 18 | 15 | | 2,502 km2 | 2,502 km2 |
| - Total exploration licences | 127 | 141 | | 69,217 km2 | 69,217 km2 |
| | | | | |
| Retention licences(a) | | | | | |
| - Metallic minerals | 20 | 14 | | 118 km2 | 118 km2 |
| - Fuel minerals | 5 | 5 | | 170 km2 | 170 km2 |
| - Construction minerals | 5 | 5 | | 23 km2 | 23 km2 |
| - Industrial minerals | 8 | 8 | | 30 km2 | 30 km2 |
| - Total retention licences | 38 | 32 | | 341 km2 | 341 km2 |
| | | | | |
| Prospectors licences issued | 92 | 99 | | | |
| Permits to explore for petroleum under Commonwealth Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act [CPSLA] 1967 | 4 | 7 | | 363 Blocks | 363 Blocks |
| Retention licence under CPSLA 1967 | 1 | 1 | | 5 Blocks | 5 Blocks |
| Pipeline licences held under CPSLA 1967 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| Pipeline licences held under the Tasmanian Petroleum (Submerged Land) Act [TPSLA] 1982 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Production licences held under TPSLA 1982 | - | 1 | | | |
- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Titles to sub-economic deposits issued for up to 5 years and renewable.
Sources: Mineral Resources Tasmania, Annual Review 2002-03, Mineral Resources Tasmania, Annual Review 2003-04. |
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