Description: Areas available for resource extraction under the Statewide planning scheme, which are also considered to be highly prospective for all Categories of Mineral as defined in the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995.
Description: Current Exploration Licence polygons (including applications and exploration release areas) across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth.Exploration licence polygons delineate areas in which licence holders are permitted to explore for the listed categories of minerals. Exploration licences may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mineral exploration activities may include: geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys, drilling, and taking samples of rock, soil, water or other substances for analysis. Mining is not an exploration activity and cannot occur on an exploration licence.
Description: Category 1 Exploration Licence polygons and Exploration Release Areas across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Category 1 comprises any metallic mineral or atomic substance.
Description: Category 2 Exploration Licence polygons and Exploration Release Areas across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Category 2 comprises coal, peat, lignite, oil shale and coal seam gas.
Description: Category 3 Exploration Licence polygons and Exploration Release Areas across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Category 3 comprises any rock, stone, gravel, sand and clay used in construction, bricks and ceramics.
Description: Category 4 Exploration Licence polygons and Exploration Release Areas across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Category 4 comprises petroleum products except oil shale.
Description: Category 5 Exploration Licence polygons and Exploration Release Areas across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Category 5 comprises, industrial minerals, prescribed precious stones, and prescribed semi-precious stone.
Description: Category 6 Exploration Licence polygons and Exploration Release Areas across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Category 6 is any geothermal substance.
Description: Mining Lease polygons and production licence polygons for all mineral categories across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the Tasmanian Information on Geoscience and Exploration Resources (TIGER) system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth.