Skip to main content
About us
Media & events
Contact us
Mining, Exploration and Geoscience
MENU
Search box
Miners & explorers
Geoscience information
Applications & approvals
Compliance & reporting
Programs & initiatives
Rules & forms
Fossicking in NSW
Investors
Geoscience information
Applications & approvals
Compliance & reporting
Programs & initiatives
Rules & forms
Fossicking in NSW
Landholders & community
Geoscience information
Applications & approvals
Compliance & reporting
Programs & initiatives
Rules & forms
Fossicking in NSW
Resources Regulator
Geoscience information
Applications & approvals
Compliance & reporting
Programs & initiatives
Rules & forms
Fossicking in NSW
Geoscience information
Geological Survey of NSW
NSW State Emblems
NSW geology overview
Projects
Services
Products and data
Geotrails
Key contacts
MinEx CRC
Applications & approvals
Titles Management System
Mining & exploration in NSW
Mineral Prospecting Minimum Standards
Petroleum minimum standards and merit assessment procedure
Environmental assessment
Application forms & fees
Current titles status reports, maps & services
Opal mining
Mineral Exploration Minimum Standards
Compliance & reporting
Exploration reporting
Environmental reporting
Incident reporting
Paying mining royalties
Community consultation requirements
Compliance management
Programs & initiatives
Future of Coal Statement
Ernst & Young Report
Service delivery standards
New Frontiers Cooperative Drilling
Staged repeal of mining and petroleum regulations
Land resources legislation
SEED Portal: Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data
Inclosed Lands, Crimes and Law Enforcement Amendment (Interference) Bill 2016
Lightning Ridge Voluntary Surrender Scheme
Explorer rights and obligations – access to land FAQs
Costs payable by the explorer for reaching a land access arrangement
NSW Minerals Strategy
Minerals and Petroleum Administrative Fund and Investment Fund Annual Utilisation Report
Rules & forms
Titles policies, Advertising requirements & Guidelines
Environmental policies, guidelines, forms & templates
Fossicking in NSW
Exploration and mining in New South Wales
Fit-for-purpose platform for the end-to-end management of exploration and mining titles launched
Introducing the Environmental Mapping for Miners and Explorers Tool
Negotiating land access for mineral exploration
Explore our Common Ground web application
Download Lightning Ridge opal prospecting maps
Previous slide
Next slide
Quick Links
Ancillary Mining Activity (AMA)
Strategic release framework for exploration
Explore Common Ground for titles and resources in NSW
Application forms - minerals & coal
Geological maps
Subscribe to Division of Resources and Geoscience communications
Titles Management System
Online services
TMS
New electronic platform for management of exploration and mining titles.
DIGS
Search for exploration and geoscience reports
EROL
Online lodgement of reports for exploration title holders
GDW
Discover geoscientific data using Google Earth and simple web queries
MinView
Display and query exploration tenement and geoscience information
News
Georgina Beattie appointed Deputy Secretary of Mining, Exploration and Geosciences
5th February 2021
Greater transparency in new features for Mining Titles Management System
18th December 2020
Information on study pathways into the mining industry
20th November 2020
Covid-19 Policy 2020
3rd November 2020
Exploration NSW webinars showcase latest GSNSW information for explorers
2nd September 2020
Events
16
Mar
2021
Opal mine safety workshop - Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge
18
Mar
2021
Lightning Ridge environmental awareness course
Online
20
Apr
2021
Opal mine safety workshop - Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge
22
Apr
2021
Lightning Ridge environmental awareness course
Online
8
Jun
2021
Opal mine safety workshop - Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge
Tweets
Tweets by @NSWDPIE
