Expenditure Reporting Form

Admissible expenditure is always reported in Australian dollars relative to the date of grant of title using the standard form. The form, or the report itself, should discuss any issues dealing with expenditure, particularly where the covenant has not been met (eg statements such as “the planned drilling program of 50 holes was aborted after only 3 due to mechanical failure of the drill rig, consequently the covenant was not met” or “exploration concentrated on the neighbouring EL during this reporting period” or what non-admissible expenditure is relevant). Expenditures are not required for partial surrender reports. Note that in the case of continuing tenure as an SEL or ERL, or in the case of final surrender of an EL, the final year expenditure on the EL(s) must not be overlooked.

If expenditure is claimed for capture of legacy data, the Department expects evidence of that work. This can be either as a summation within the report or preferably as a GIS-style presentation with ASCII data in the same formats as described above.

The expenditure form should be saved as a .pdf file for submission. Hardcopy forms are no longer acceptable. Expenditure forms are to be sent to geoscience.info@nt.gov.au.

Last Updated: 22 January 2009