WA govt's streamlined processes delivers results
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Western Australian government has boasted that its backlog on mineral title applications was at its lowest levels in nearly two decades, thanks to the state’s streamlined approval processes.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said the state government had committed A$5.5-million during the past six-and-a-half years to assist the Department of Mines and Petroleum to address stalled mining and exploration applications.
The total number of applications waiting for approval was currently around 5 000, nearly 75% less than the February 2007 figure of nearly 19 000.
“We’ve granted applications over nearly 17 000 km2 of land in previously stalled mining and exploration applications during the past year - that’s just over half the size of Belgium,” Marmion said.
“This includes some significant and highly prospective areas across the state.”
Marmion noted that the outcome was helped by a specialist taskforce that worked throughout the past year to reduce applications from 6 400 to 5 050.
“Through the taskforce’s proactive engagement in the native title negotiations, my department was able to help reduce the backlog of applications, and aims to reduce Western Australia’s stalled applications to 4 000 by June 2014,” the Minister said.
“We want to prevent mining companies from so-called ‘application parking’ or ‘land banking’ - where access to land for mineral exploration is purposely stalled in the Native Title Act proceedings, to maintain priority over areas and prevent other companies from developing it.
“This is part of a bigger picture of streamlining government operations and improving approvals processes.”
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