Licensee statements are written statements by exploration licence holders, setting out their wishes in relation to any proposed permit prospecting activities.
Permit holders are responsible for their safety when operating on Exploration Licences and must always comply with the Mining Act 1978 and Regulations. Holders should be certain what portions of the applied for graticular blocks are not available for prospecting - such as any private or reserved land. The Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (the Department) will supply a TENGRAPH map when permits are issued.
TENGRAPH is a computer-based graphical system that shows the boundaries of mining tenements throughout Western Australia. This system is freely available at the Department’s Mining Registrar offices, head office or website. Registration is required to allow online access to the system by contacting the department’s HELPDESK on (08) 9222 0777.
Graticule or graticular section and a block involve earth surfaces being divided by predetermined lines of latitude and longitude into regular units of land. These lines are known as graticules and the units of land created are called graticular sections. The basic graticular section under the legislation is one minute of latitude by one minute of longitude and is called a block (graticular block). The area of a block in Western Australia averages 310 hectares. Find out more by reading information pamphlet titled ‘Exploration Licences Graticular Boundary System’.
Permits can be granted for graticular blocks within boundaries of non-graticular exploration licences. Where graticular blocks are partially captured within non-graticular licence boundaries, permit holders can only prospect on the portion of the block within the boundaries.
