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The CLC organises and conducts exploration and mining consultation meetings to ensure that the relevant traditional Aboriginal owners of land affected by applications are able to exercise their rights under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act.
Table 1 shows recent data for the processing of applications.
Table 1: Processing of applications for consent to the grant of exploration titles under mining provisions of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act
Performance measures 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Number of exploration titles 43 93 115 85 70
(mainly ELAs and EPAs) effectively progressed to an initial traditional owner meeting 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Total number of exploration titles 58 98 145 102 105 considered at traditional owner meetings (includes first and 2013/ 12/11/10/09 further meetings) 2013/12/11/10/09
Number of exploration titles processed 57 91 69 30 39 to a final decision 2013/12/11/10/09
Number of exploration titles completed 81 88 92 62 67 in total (includes those withdrawn during negotiating period)
2013/ 12/ 11/ 10/ 09 Average time taken (in years) from 3.0 2.0 2.1 2.8 3.0 date application is received to either CLC consent or refusal
In the 2012–2013 year, many resources were again directed to exploration consultations in order to maximise the rate of processing of licences and permits.
Fourteen traditional Aboriginal owner consultation meetings were conducted with a total of 58 individual exploration titles considered. Compared with previous years, where 98 titles at 14 meetings in 2011–2012 and145 at 17 meetings in 2010–2011 were considered, this reporting period shows a significant decrease in the number of titles taken to meetings.
One reason for fewer titles being progressed to meetings is the financial pressures on the exploration industry. Of the 58 titles for 2012–2013, 43 were discussed for the first time.
Five of the 58 individual exploration titles consulted over were oil and gas permit applications covering nearly 47,000 square kilometres in area.
Many of these titles will require multiple meetings as the vast area they cover may be held by several traditional Aboriginal owner estate groups and even different language groups
. Meetings were held at communities and outstations across all CLC regions, including Yuendumu, Papunya, Ti Tree, Kintore, Karrinyarra, Ikuntji, Tanami, Lajamanu, Willowra, Jarra Jarra and Tennant Creek. Achieving this number of remote area meetings takes careful planning and many resources.
These meetings can involve several mining companies, various mineral commodities, numerous Aboriginal traditional owner groups and cover many thousands of square kilometres of land. The successful packaging of tenements at meetings is a complex and challenging process, dependent upon many factors including the number of traditional owner groups, whether it is appropriate to bring groups together, the number of companies, the ability of companies to progress negotiations and the availability of the necessary CLC resources (staff, vehicles) to bring the meeting together.
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