EXPLORATION

Mining exploration up in WA

THE Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has given itself a pat on the back over the pace with which it has processed prospecting licence applications over the first quarter of 2016.

Andrew Snelling
The WA Department of Mines and Petroleum is processing prospecting licences apace.

The WA Department of Mines and Petroleum is processing prospecting licences apace.

The DMP said 97% of mineral prospecting licence applications were approved within 65 business days. Perhaps more interesting, however is that the number of mineral exploration licence applications increased...

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