Description: Fossicking areas are declared by order of the Minister under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Any person may fossick in a declared fossick area, where fossicking is defined to mean to search for minerals for a purpose other than for commercial gain to a depth of 2 metres by:(a) digging by hand; or(b) using hand held instruments;
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 1996.
Copyright Text: Areas of high prospectivty are derived, and modified from several sources including:
Large, R.R., and McNeill, A.W., 2012, Minerals Prospectivty Assessment: Proposed Reserve areas for Independent Verification Group, Tasmnaian Forest Intergovernmentl Agreement.
Cumming, G.C., et al, 2019, Sand Prospectivity and Confidence Map for Tasmania (MRT report UR2019_01).
Description: The Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) Act 1993 recognises the high mineral prospectivity of many areas of Tasmania. Within the Strategic Prospectivity Zones (SPZ) there are restrictions on changes of the status of parcels of Crown Land. The status of Crown land parcels <500 ha in size can only be changed with the agreement of the Director of Mines; those of > 500 ha in size cannot be changed without the approval of both houses of parliament. Should a change in land status made by the State have the effect of revoking a mining lease or an exploration licence, the tenement holder is entitled to compensation. The State is, however, not responsible for actions of the Australian Government which may preclude exploration or mining. activity, such as the nomination of parcels of land for World Heritage status.Changes in status of land can also be made in extreme circumstances, for example if a species of flora or fauna was to become rare, vulnerable or endangered as a result of mining activity, or where an area having cultural or natural heritage value could suffer substantial effects as a result of mining operations. In these cases the Crown may, after a recommendation from the Resource Planning and Development Commission and some Ministers, change the status of that piece of land, and compensation is payable for this action.
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: Non-current Exploration Licence polygons 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.Non-current licences includes licences which were registered but never granted (e.g. application was withdrawn, lapsed or refused) as well as licences that were granted and later ceased to be current (expired, surrendered, renewal refused etc.). In cases where a partial surrender was approved during the term of the exploration licence, only the final area is represented in this dataset.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: Mining Lease polygons and production licence polygons for all mineral categories across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the TIGER system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Mining Lease polygons delineate areas in which lease holders are permitted to conduct mining operations. Mining Leases may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mining operations include: obtaining and treating minerals, storing and containing minerals or waste material generated on a lease or another area, and activities associated with mining. Mining also includes production activities in relation to a category 4 mineral or a category 6 mineral.
Description: Non-current mining Lease polygons and production licence polygons for all mineral categories across Tasmania, with tenement information derived from the TIGER system; administered by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT), Department of State Growth. Non-current records include leases that were registered but never granted (application withdraw, lapsed or refused) as well as leases that were granted and later ceased to be current (e.g. expired, surrendered, renewal refused, revoked etc.). In cases where a partial surrender was approved during the term of the lease, only the final area is represented in this dataset.Mining Lease polygons delineate areas in which lease holders are permitted to conduct mining operations. Mining Leases may be granted over both Crown and private land, so long as that land falls under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. Mining operations include: obtaining and treating minerals, storing and containing minerals or waste material generated on a lease or another area, and activities associated with mining. Mining also includes production activities in relation to a category 4 mineral or a category 6 mineral.
Description: Areas unavailable for mineral exploration or mining across Tasmania. Polygons delineate areas in which exploration licence and mining lease holders are not permitted to explore for or extract minerals or atomic substances. Areas include those areas defined as unavailable under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995, or not subject to that Act, and areas which have been administratively excluded by Mineral Resources Tasmania.Unavailable area polygons are a combination of land not available under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 and areas administratively excluded by Mineral Resources Tasmania as they are deemed incompatible with exploration or mining. Land not available under the MRDA includes: Game Reserves, Historic Sites, National Parks, Nature Reserves, State Reserves, Wellington Park, some Private Reserves and areas formally gazetted as exempt from the MRDA. Areas administratively excluded by Mineral Resources Tasmania include (but are not limited to): Aboriginal Land, Commonwealth Land, Ramsar Sites, Fossicking Areas, Fossil Sites, World Heritage Area, a coastal exclusion zone, a buffer along high pressure gas pipelines, and other areas, as determined by Mineral Resources Tasmania, which may or may not follow administrative or geographic boundaries.