Current Exploration Licence Moratorium Period Areas

The areas occur usually when part of an Exploration Licence is relinquished. It means that no-one can apply over the vacant ground for usually 3 months from when the moratorium began. Refer to the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act (MRSDA) for more detail.

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Published (Metadata Record) 27/09/2023
Last updated 25/11/2025
Organisation Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Full metadata URL https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8d639737-e4f9-5083-85ed-67849bfaa7f6/formatters/sdm-html?root=html&output=html
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