The Commonwealth Government established the Regional Minerals Program to facilitate regional development in mining and minerals processing. The Western Tasmanian Regional Minerals Program forms part of this program and is a tripartite agreement between the Commonwealth and Tasmanian Governments and the Minerals Industry. The program covers the areas of western and northern Tasmania as far east as the River Tamar including the offshore Bass and Sorell Basins.

The aims of the Western Tasmanian Regional Minerals Program are to:

• propose a regional development plan for up to 15 years, to identify the infrastructure needed to support an expanded industrial base in Tasmania;
• make existing mining and mineral processing operations more cost effective by recommending solutions to common problems such as infrastructure and energy limitations;
• to lower development cost of new projects;
• to determine what remote sensing and ground data is needed to facilitate exploration for minerals, oil and gas; and
• to recommend actions and priorities to industry and governments to implement the plan, including a broad timetable.

The project was co-ordinated by Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT) in conjunction with a Management Committee consisting of representatives from the mineral industry in Tasmania, Tasmanian Minerals Council, Mineral Resources Tasmania and the Commonwealth Department of Industry Science and Resources.

The project team has prepared two reports, the Regional Development Plan and the Guide for Industry Development. These reports summarise the current status of infrastructure development in the region (current to October 1999), recommend a series of actions to set the Minerals Industry on a strong footing for the next 15 years, and present contact information from whom the prospective developer can obtain further information.

The reports will be particularly useful tools for international and interstate developers who are unfamiliar with Tasmania and its infrastructure, data availability and the current approvals process for new developments.

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