An assessment lease is designed to cater for situations between exploration and mining. The lease allows the holder to maintain an authority over a potential project area, without having to commit to further exploration. The holder can, however, continue exploration to further assess the viability of commercial mining.
The Resources Regulator has developed a new online version of the Statement of compliance, environmental performance and financial history form. All relevant Mining Act 1992 application forms link to the online version of this form. For a word version of the Statement of compliance, environmental performance and financial history, please refer to the Resources Regulator website at https://www.resourcesregulator.nsw.gov.au/environment/forms. For any further information about this form, please contact the Resources Regulator on 1300 814 609.
- AL1 Application for an assessment lease (fillable form)
229.5 KB [22 Dec 2020]
- AL1 Application for an assessment lease (print version)
812.5 KB [22 Dec 2020]
- Exploration Guideline: Work Programs for Prospecting Titles
446.0 KB [08 Feb 2021]
- Prospecting authority work program form
2.6 MB [08 Feb 2021]
- Factsheet Proving My Identity
117.4 KB [08 Apr 2016]
- Particulars of the Land
34.0 KB [06 Jul 2015]
- AL3 Renew an assessment lease (fillable form)
221.9 KB [22 Dec 2020]
- AL3 Renew an assessment lease (print version)
762.5 KB [22 Dec 2020]
- Rehabilitation Cost Estimation Tool
3.1 MB [01 Jul 2020]
- ESG1 Rehabilitation cost estimate guideline
459.9 KB [19 Aug 2020]
- ESF2 Rehabilitation completion and/or review of rehabilitation cost estimate and/or notification of mine or petroleum site closure (fillable form)
127.6 KB [17 Feb 2020]
- ESF2 Rehabilitation completion and/or review of rehabilitation cost estimate and/or notification of mine or petroleum site closure (print version)
281.4 KB [19 Dec 2019]
- Exploration Guideline: Work Programs for Prospecting Titles
446.0 KB [08 Feb 2021]
- Prospecting authority work program form
2.6 MB [08 Feb 2021]
- Exploration reporting: a guide for reporting on exploration and prospecting in NSW
1.3 MB [14 May 2018]
- Factsheet Proving My Identity
117.4 KB [08 Apr 2016]