On 4 October 2024, via the Government Gazette, the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (the Department) under delegation from the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, pursuant to section 28(1a) of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967, declared a number of graticular blocks shall not be the subject of a geothermal exploration permit, geothermal drilling reservation, geothermal retention lease, geothermal production license, geothermal special prospecting authority or geothermal access authority.
The reservation of those blocks is to remain in effect until 31 October 2025, unless otherwise varied or revoked.
Registered users of Tengraph Web and Geoview.WA will soon be able to view this publicly available layer on those platforms under the Geothermal Prime Areas (Declared Reserved Blocks) filtered layer.
