Question On Notice No. 449 asked in the Legislative Council on 31 October 2017 by Hon Robin Chapple
Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
(1) Has any analysis been carried out on Form 5 (Operations report - Expenditure on Mining Tenement) for the following to ascertain what percentage of expenditure is for:
(a) desktop analysis; and
(b) on-ground expenditure?
(2) If yes to (1)(a) and/or (1)(b), will the Minister table the data?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
(4) Is the Minister putting in place any guidelines or rules pertaining to how much expenditure must be carried out for on-ground activitiy?
(5) If yes to (4), will the Minister provide further details?
(6) If no to (5), why not?
Answered on 5 December 2017
(1)
(a) No
(b) No
(2) Not applicable
(3) Desktop analysis and on ground exploration activities are both valid reportable expenditure activities. Claimed expenditure is assessed on a case-by-case basis. There is no requirement to analyse categories of exploration expenditure where the expenditure is valid and reportable.
(4) No
(5) Not applicable
(6) Clear instructions for completion of the Form 5 within Schedule 1 to the Mining Regulations 1981, including the description of reportable mineral exploration activity, are included at page 3 and page 4 of the Form 5.