The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) achieved its best-ever quarter for mineral title approvals in December 2015.
“This is a highly satisfying result,” DMP Director General Richard Sellers said. “DMP has surpassed the target of finalising more than 80 per cent of applications within its target timelines.
“DMP has been improving steadily in the approvals area since we identified bottlenecks in 2009.
“A graph of results since then shows a steady climb from 2010, when we started to see results from tackling the problem.”
DMP has published results showing that during the final quarter of 2015, the department approved:
- 91% of Mining Lease applications within 65 business days.
- 92% of Mining Proposal applications within 30 business days.
- 100% of Petroleum Environment Plans within 30 calendar days.
“Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion has praised this achievement as one of the best – if not the best – approvals performance in any mining jurisdiction in the world,” Mr Sellers said.
“I would like to add my congratulations to DMP staff for their efforts.”
Mr Sellers said that the new performance peak was largely due to DMP’s drive into online approvals processing as part of its commitment to conduct all of its transactions online by July this year.
