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Abuse of SPLs

Special Prospecting Licences (SPLs) were added to WA’s Mining Act 1978, a…

Greenfields Exploration Dying

Australia’s mining sector has long been regarded as a cornerstone of the…

Long Road to Resolution in Mineralo...

Title: Delays and Dollars: The Long Road to Resolution in Mineralogy v…

Navigating Mineral Royalty Legislat...

Understanding mineral royalty legislation is crucial for mining operators across Australia due…

WA Budget 2025: Funding Exploration...

The 2025–26 Western Australian State Budget has been widely promoted as a…

Regulatory Reforms and Challenges F...

Regulatory Reforms and the Challenges Facing Mineral Explorers in WA Introduction WA…

Uranium Mining in Australia: Legisl...

Uranium Mining in Australia: A History of Legislation, Protest, and Political Stalemate…

Commentary on the Yindjibarndi Clai...

Commentary on the Yindjibarndi Claim and Application of Timber Creek Principles The…

Exemption Request Failure using an ...

The High-Stakes Saga of Siberia Mining: Ambitions, Setbacks, and Exemptions In the…

Critique of the Government’s Dela...

The Mining Amendment Bill 2024 (MAB 2024) arrives not as a triumph…

Legislative Whirlwind: Rapid Policy...

Legislative Flux: Mining Companies Struggle to Keep Pace with Rapidly Changing Regulations …

42 year M Renewals and Native Title

Western Australia Mining Lease Renewals and Native Title Considerations: Navigating 40-Year Renewals…

Miscellaneous license 51/119

Public Interest: Not a Catch-All fo...

In our February 2024 blog, Review of Objections on Public Interest Grounds,…

WA’s New Objection Fees

Small Players to Feel the Pinch With Western Australia’s new fee for…

Insights from Kestel v Kimminco

JV dispute over Cu Deposit near Horizontal Falls In Kestel Superannuation Pty…

Pegging Discrepancy Renders Applica...

Wilson still haunts us The government recently announced plans to amend the…

Shenanigans in the EV industry lead...

Shenanigans in the EV industry On the weekend, I read an interesting…

Critical Analysis of Nature Positiv...

Proposed reforms to the EPBC Act. On 16 April 2024 the Minister…

$7M Mistake

Costly Consequences: Mining Law Missteps lead to $7M Mistake Mining companies operate…

New Course: Tenement Literacy 101 -...

New Course Tenement Literacy 101; Tenement management for non-tenement managers. This one-day…

Review of Objections on Public Inte...

Objections on Public Interest Grounds Introduction: The recent interlocutory hearing decision delivered…

Review of the EPA Review

Discussion Paper of Review of EPA Processes and Procedures While the recent…

New Kwinana Port

The Government announced recently the proposed relocation of Perth’s container port from…

New Jurisdictional Data for Canada

Introducing New Jurisdictional Data for Ontario and British Columbia. Since the acquisition…

S19 & Blue Ribbon Case

Section 19 Mining Act and Blue Ribbon Case From a recent inquiry…

Environmental Responsibilities

Greens MP Brad Pettitt, announced in Parliament that Rio and Fortescue were…

Scholarship for Tenement Management...

Tenement Management Scholarship 2023 As we begin to wrap up our first…

ACHA Funding Analysis

I missed the brief that the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act (ACHA) and…

Ballot dropped over Section 58 stat...

Despite what the Minister of DMIRS said, It might be time to…

Red Hill Station Objections

This case is a perfect example of the issues that mining companies…

Federal Court Expands Traditional O...

Tipakalippa v NOPSEMA sends the development of law into the unknown, and combined…

Datamine Acquires National Leading ...

LandTrack Systems is delighted to announce its acquisition by Vela Industries…

TrueFella Case Overview

Invalid Exploration Licences caused by True Fella v Pantoro There are a…

Pastoral Leases: A Historical Relic

In 2016, there were 491 registered pastoral leases covering the better part…

Analysis of the ACH Act 2021

Analysis of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 and the approval process…

Tenement Management Scholarship 202...

LandTrack Systems announces its Tenement Management Scholarship 2022. We are well aware…

Easing of Strict Compliance

Mining Lease Applications were Invalid In 2011 the process for mining lease…

Forfeiture risks Billions for WA

This story has evolved over the last 10 years, it demonstrates how…

Hot Air or Hydrogen

Topical at the moment is the use of hydrogen as the fuel…

OnslowDMIRSconditions

Consequence of Ignoring Conditions Tenement conditions imposed by DMIRS may be of…

Henry v Eastone

If it wasn’t so tragic for the people involved, this story is…

Streamlining Mining Amendment Bill

Streamlining Mining Amendment Bill The Government has proposed a Streamlining (Mining Amendment)…

Russian precedent of dividing Commu...

In the previous 15 years social media changed the management of community…

In Good Company by Brooke Leeder an...

In Good Company by Brooke Leeder & Dancers Creativity is something that…

SPECIAL OFFER: Complimentary VIP Ne...

Structural Dependency by Brooke Leeder & Dancers Creativity is something that is…

Bulk Quick Appraisal

Australian’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated in July 2020 “the [mine]…

Scholarship Awarded to Kelly

LandTrack Systems is proud to announce that our Tenement Management scholarship has…

Community Relations with Social Med...

The Australian mining industry faces challenges in improving its social licence to…

Forrest v O’Sullivan

Forrest v O'Sullivan Marking out tenure is an exacting process and there…

Scholarship in Tenement Management

LandTrack Systems announces its Tenement Management Scholarship. We are well aware of…

Win the Battle Lose the War

Kimberley Minerals v Spinifex Abrasives In 2006 Mr Molloy of Spinifex Abrasives…

Good Enviro Data Management

Strong environmental performance is considered to be a key facet of a…

Mining Company Tarnishes the Indust...

The Select Committee into Mining on Pinjin Station report (Pinjin Report) was…

DMIRS fees 1 July 2020

The fees for Mining Industry have been released in the Government Gazette…

The digital safety net for tenement...

June 2020 Volume 1 Issue 283 - Paydirt Australia Despite being the…

Destruction of Juukan Gorge Rock Sh...

In recent days, Rio Tinto has been facing criticism over the destruction…

Pastoralist Objects to M over Meani...

In the last few years there has been litigation around the mining…

Tenement Renewal Change

Remember in 2017, the High Court invalidated numerous mining lease by overturning…

Exploration under COVID-19

Exemption from Expenditure under COVID-19 If you think that the State Government’s…

Working From Home COVID-19

Solutions for Working from Home in the Mining Industry Work from home! …

Expenditure and Rent Relief COVID-1...

The McGowan Government put out a media release regarding expenditure and rent…

Certifying Form 5 Expenditure

LandTrack Systems held a seminar on the 13 March 2020 that addressed…

Environment Business Tools

There has recently been a number of public announcements of companies setting…

Focus v Brosnan & Ors – ...

A recent Warden’s court case has highlighted the need for care when…

It’s a long way to the top...

Ok people, it's time to let your inner rocker loose! 'Going down,…

Invalid P Applications

Not accurately completing the mark out time on a Form 20 attached…

DMIRS Closure Christmas-New Year

For the second year running the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and…

Welcome Thea

LandTrack Systems is proud to announce and welcome Thea van der Hoogt as…

Mining Rehabilitation Fund Data

DMIRS has released the Mine Rehabilitation Fund Data along with interesting statistics…

Flash Alert – Dates Incorrect in ...

UPDATE 31 October 2019: DMIRS have informed us that this has now…

The Circular Economy Gets Us Thinki...

All of a sudden there has been more and more reference to…

SPECIAL OFFER: Complimentary VIP Ne...

RADAR by Brooke Leeder & Dancers Creativity is something that is very…

Section 19 Areas Gazetted for Natio...

The Minister for DMIRS proclaimed section 19 areas being proposed National Parks…

Point Grey Proposal – No Social L...

Environmental approval of the proposed development of a marina at Point Grey…

Negligence of Process has Dire Outc...

https://youtu.be/PCpGtJgGNsQ This Warden Court decision is an example of why a company…

Not Business as Usual

The Directors of LandTrack Systems, Justin & Phillippa are fully supporting the…

How Australia can offset it’s...

If Australia wants to make a difference to Climate Change we…

Emissions Reduction Politicking

Greenhouse gas emissions received a lot of press last week. Some of…

Risk Management

Risk Management in the Mining Industry and preventing loss of assets. [video…

Undertake Exploration or Lose Tenem...

This Wardens Courts decision handed down in Jan 2019, Leichardt Industries v…

Reduce Risk or Lose Tenements

Background Mining tenure is the most intrinsic asset of a mining company…

Preventing a SPL on an Exploration ...

Allison v Sandstone Exploration Pty Ltd [2019] WAMW 7 is an example…

Annual release of mineral explorati...

The following extract is from DMIRS site you have only 2 months…

Timber Creek, High Court Case creat...

The High Court handed down a decision on the NT v A…

DMIRS Auditing Mineral Exploration ...

Reporting expenditure to DMIRS is a common hurdle for small to mid-size…

Priority in E Applications Elizabet...

I thought this may be of interest, a recent Warden Courts hearing…

Ant Hill Mine Application for Forfe...

I noticed this Mining Warden Decision the other day and thought we…

Dangers In Expenditure Reporting

A recent decision ( [2018]WAMW 13 MH Gold & Others v Phoenix…

Midnight Pegging Pitfalls

Warden A Hills-Wright handed down an interesting decision recently about Torian Resources…

WA DMIRS Exploration Expenditure Da...

LandTrack Systems used LandTracker to download all WA Department of Mines Industry…

Kick Start the WA Economy

A number of issues have risen their head above the parapet in…

Mining Ground Available

In WA in the 2018 there are 385 prospecting licences expiring that…

West Australian Mining Tenement Tre...

LandTrack Systems extracted all the Western Australian tenement data for the last…

Pegging Tenements

Why, in this day and age of GPS (where we can locate…

Government Gazette Application for ...

If you want to know why you need to monitor your tenement…

Forfeiture Applications Norseman Go...

An article in the West Australian pique my interest, that stated: “A…

Helena Aurora Range Tenement Applic...

Polaris Metals Pty Ltd a subsidiary of Mineral Resources Ltd applied for…

Expenditure Commitments WA

Spend more on Expenditure Commitment and less on Lawyers In recent times…

How to Lose an Exploration Licence

The latest Warden's Court case of Campbell v Allarrow is an example…

Void Mining Leases

DMIRS have stated that there are 55 mining lease applications are void…

Reporting the Yindjibarndi decision

Investigating the Yinddjibarndi decision and found that FMG's Solomon Hub Mine is…

DMP Project Expenditure Calculation...

It has been brought to our attention that a recent Warden’s court…

Driving industry collaboration with...

The Mining and Exploration industry has undergone major changes in recent times…

Rates Calculations

Recent Local Government rate changes on exploration licences is influenced by policy…

Mandatory Online Submission Of Oper...

1. History of Operations Reports The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP)…

LandTrack Systems saves DMP tens of...

Data Mining and Competitive Exploration land acquisition in 2015 Using the new…

Petition to Make Digital Data avail...

Mineral Titles Online (MTO) is a vital daily resource to Explorers and…

Data mining plan could create deskt...

Amalgamated Prospectors and Leaseholders Association of WA president Mike Lucas believes an…

New plan to hit data miners

The Department of Mines and Petroleum will reform its heavily criticised online…

Data Mining or Data Exploration

Over the past few months there has been much talk about “Data…

Mineral Titles Online site cracks d...

Department of Mines and Petroleum Mineral Titles executive director Ivor Roberts has…

DMP faces uphill battle for online ...

One of the more onerous requirements of holding mineral tenements in WA…

Miners warned over high-speed land ...

FORTESCUE Metals Group and Rio Tinto have been warned they will be…

WA News Tenements Outrage

Prospectors raise data mining woes

Dissent is stirring within the ranks of small-time mining operators in the…

Hard evidence of hard times: Explor...

There has been a lot of talk and speculation over the last…

Lost the Plot?

LandTracker Maps: Tracking tenement boundaries in Google Maps and GPS for free…

Abuse of SPLs

October 2025

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Greenfields Exploration Dying

September 2025

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Long Road to Resolution in Mineralogy v CITIC

July 2025