This might answer your question. g) Exploration, evaluation and...

This might answer your question.

g) Exploration, evaluation and development expenditure
Exploration and evaluation costs are written off in the year they are incurred, apart from acquisition costs which are carried forward where right of tenure of the area of interest is current and the expenditure is expected to be recouped through sale or successful development and exploration of the area of interest or where exploration and evaluation activities in the area of interest have not at the reporting date reached a stage which permits a reasonable assessment of the existence or otherwise of economically recoverable reserves, and active and significant operations in, or in relation to, the area of interest are continuing.

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