Community and land use

Minerals exploration for community and landholders

Land access tool

Before a minerals explorer can access your land, they must seek your consent. The land access tool will help you understand the exploration process and assist in reaching an agreement with a minerals explorer.

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Fact sheets

What does Minerals exploration involve? (PDF, 723.9 KB)
What does Minerals exploration involve? (WORD, 186.6 KB)
Land access and compensation for landholders (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Land access and compensation for landholders (WORD, 20.1 KB)
How minerals exploration is regulated (PDF, 1.2 MB)
How minerals exploration is regulated (WORD, 19.9 KB)
Groundwater and Minerals Exploration Fact sheet (PDF, 3.3 MB)
Groundwater and Minerals Exploration Fact sheet (WORD, 325.6 KB)

Find out more

Newsletters

Stavely Community newsletter

If you live in the local community and would like to be kept up to date on information as the tender progresses you can sign up to our newsletter:

Past Stavely Ground Release newsletters

Goldfields Community Newsletter

If you live in the local community and would like to be kept up to date on information as the North Central Victorian Goldfields Ground Release tender progresses and licence applications are considered, you can sign up to our newsletter.

Past North Central Victorian Goldfields Ground Release newsletters

Page last updated: 01 Dec 2022