Mineral Resources Tasmania is making changes to its reporting requirements. From Monday the 30th of March, MRT no longer requires mineral tenement reports to be submitted in hard copy format and will accept only digital copies. For details of report submission requirements please read on...
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Phone lines have been a little hit and miss over the past few days. MRT's general contact number is (03) 6165 4800. If you're unable to get through to us on that number, please contact us at the following email address: info@mrt.tas.gov.au. This address is monitored during office hours and your query will be forwarded to the appropriate person within our agency.
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Mineral Resources Tasmania keeps exploration and mining records closed file (confidential) for a period of time defined under the Mineral Resources Development Act, 1995 (MRDA). Once that period expires (the MRDA specifies different conditions depending on the type of record) reports, data and other records then become open file and are made available to the public.
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Welcome to the February 2020 issue of MRT News. This issue contains information about the Director's intention to recommend granting of ELA13/2019 at Lake Murchison, ELA14/2019 at Lake Rowallan, and ELA5/2019 at Mount Kershaw, along with news of upcoming mineral shows and MRT's new printing of the much loved classic: Alluvial Gold in Tasmania, which has been out of print for some years now.
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The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that he grant exploration licence EL5/2019 in the Mount Kershaw area to the Pieman Resources Pty Ltd. Anyone claiming an estate or proprietary interest within the application area may make comment or lodge a formal objection to the granting of the application prior to 21 March 2020.
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The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that they grant exploration licence EL14/2019 in the Lake Rowallan area to the Hydro Electric Corporation. Anyone claiming an estate or proprietary interest within the application area may make comment or lodge a formal objection to the granting of the application prior to 21 March 2020.
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The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that they grant exploration licence EL13/2019 in the Lake Murchison area to the Hydro Electric Corporation. Anyone claiming an estate or proprietary interest within the application area may make comment or lodge a formal objection to the granting of the application prior to 21 March 2020.
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Welcome to the first MRT News for 2020. The January issue contains information about the Director's intention to recommend granting of ELA7/2019 at Moores Pimple, and news of MRT's two recent journal publications. Remember to subscribe to the newsletter to receive monthly deliveries directly to the inbox of your choice by clicking SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the PDF.
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The Director of Mines intends to recommend to the Minister for Resources that they grant exploration licence EL7/2019 in the Moores Pimple area to K + S McDermott. Anyone claiming an estate or proprietary interest within the application area may make comment or lodge a formal objection to the granting of the application prior to 15 February 2020.
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The Launceston Gem and Mineral show was held on the weekend of November 16 and 17, 2019, in the Elphin Sports Centre. The weather and crowds were pretty good, some coming to buy treasures, and many just to look at the displays and trade stalls. Word has it that nearly 600 people came to see the displays and what was offered by 21 traders from Tasmania and interstate.
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