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AMEND THE 2011 NT MINING ACT AND REGULATIONS
We the undersigned call on the NT Government to amend the current NT Mining Regs and Act of 2011 and to re-instate the previous conditions of the Fossicker, the N.T. Miners Right and Fossickers Permit as the current act and regulations do not favour or support the NT Prospector – Fossicker in a fair and just way.
The current ACT / REGS 2011 requires that the Fossicker is supposed to give seven days notice of his intentions to the lease holder / pastoralist of which is based on weather conditions at time and time available within the 4 month prospecting window (because too wet, grass too long, too humid, too boggy) that we have. We also venture out at intermittent - ad hoc times to various locations to fossick. These new regulations are most unreasonable for the Fossicker.
With permissions given, the Fossicker is also required to have on his person at all times the documentation associated with the approval process. This is to be carried whilst he is trudging through the bush and when sweating profusely. If the prospector has the good fortune of getting the written permission within the specified time frame from the lease holder / pastoralist (of which tie up huge amounts of land) they can quite easily give a final refusal for whatever reason. The prospector is then forced from his land and to comply with N.T. legislation thereby being denied access after travelling 100’s of kilometers.
Also there are huge tracts of non-grazed pastoral land tied up with an unworked dormant EL slapped on it. We would like to see a limited area assigned to EL leases and not boundless amounts.
Of what land is available for the NT prospector / fossicker is abysmal and has been flogged to death over the years. In addition these fields are way too far from Darwin for many Fossickers.
The current ACT / REGS 2011 requires that the Fossicker is supposed to give seven days notice of his intentions to the lease holder / pastoralist of which is based on weather conditions at time and time available within the 4 month prospecting window (because too wet, grass too long, too humid, too boggy) that we have. We also venture out at intermittent - ad hoc times to various locations to fossick. These new regulations are most unreasonable for the Fossicker.
With permissions given, the Fossicker is also required to have on his person at all times the documentation associated with the approval process. This is to be carried whilst he is trudging through the bush and when sweating profusely. If the prospector has the good fortune of getting the written permission within the specified time frame from the lease holder / pastoralist (of which tie up huge amounts of land) they can quite easily give a final refusal for whatever reason. The prospector is then forced from his land and to comply with N.T. legislation thereby being denied access after travelling 100’s of kilometers.
Also there are huge tracts of non-grazed pastoral land tied up with an unworked dormant EL slapped on it. We would like to see a limited area assigned to EL leases and not boundless amounts.
Of what land is available for the NT prospector / fossicker is abysmal and has been flogged to death over the years. In addition these fields are way too far from Darwin for many Fossickers.
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