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The Mining Register is a register of all mineral tenements issued under the Mining Act 1971 (the Act). The Mining Registrar has full discretion to control the manner, form and content of the Mining Register.

A mineral tenement is a:

Mineral Claim
Exploration Licence
Mining Lease (authorised to produce extractive minerals or minerals)
Retention Lease
Miscellaneous Purposes Licence
An entitlement under the Act in relation to a Private Mine

The register has limited information regarding Private Mines.

Any person may search the register to obtain extracts from the Mining Register, copies of lease or licence documents and copies of instruments determined by the Mining Registrar to be available for download.

Following the implementation of the Mining Regulations 2020 the requirement to pay a fee to search the Mining Register has been removed. Information can be freely downloaded.

This Online Mining Register Search Tool allows you undertake a search of the Mining Register and receive a link to the results promptly via email, however, if you require assistance using the tool or further information please contact the Mineral Tenements Program on telephone: (08) 8463 3103.

Tenements
Instruments

From this Tenements tab any person can get a copy of one or more mineral tenement documents or request an extract of summary information from the Mining Register about a mineral tenement and the instruments registered against a mineral tenement.

An extract from the register – tenement report provides a summary of information regarding the mineral tenement including the holder, the start date, expiry date, and relevant commodities.
An extract from the register - instrument report provides a summary of all instruments registered on the tenement since its grant such as a transfer, mortgage or caveat.
A copy of a mineral tenement document, otherwise known as a lease or licence document, provides further information and may include the terms and conditions

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Tenement Type

Tenement Number

Status

Start Date

Expiry Date

Tenement Holder

Instruments registered in the Mining Register are broken down into three categories;

Where there is a specific requirements of the Mining Act to register an instrument, for example section 15AG(1) of the Act which includes Registerable Dealings such as Agreements; and
it is prescribed by being set out in Schedule 1 of the Mining Regulation 2020, for example an instrument providing for the renewal of a mining tenement; and
discretionary information the Mining Registrar can include on the Mining Register in accordance with section 15AA(3) of the Act, for example, a copy of evidence of public liability insurance.

From this Instrument tab any person can obtain (where available) a copy of an instrument summary report and the instrument supporting document for an instrument.

An instrument summary report will provide evidence of the registration of a specific instrument produced in accordance with Schedule 1 of the Mining Regulation 2020 and published guidelines.
- An example of an instrument summary report would be a record an approved program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR) is registered against a mineral tenement and limited information about the registration of the PEPR, such as the date it was approved and the mineral tenement numbers it was registered over.
- Most instruments will have an instrument summary report available for download.

An instrument supporting document may also be available and will provide additional detail about the relevant instrument.
- An example of an instrument supporting document for download is an approved program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR).
- Not all instrument records will have an instrument supporting document for download. For example a dealing registered under section 15AB of the Act will have an instrument summary report with limited information about the dealing available for download, however an instrument supporting document will not be available for download from the Mining Register.

Each instrument document has a confidentiality status set by the Mining Registrar.

It should be noted limited information will be available for instruments recorded on the Mining Register prior to January 2021.

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Tenement Type

Tenement Number

Status

Start Date

Expiry Date

Tenement Holder

Instrument Category

Instrument Sub-category

For more information, contact:

Department for Energy and Mining
Mineral Tenements
Phone: (08) 8463 3103
Email: DEM.Tenements@sa.gov.au
or visit the DEM website for more information on tenement searches

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