About ERAs

An expired, fully surrendered or cancelled mineral exploration licence area may be released to industry as an 'exploration release area (ERA)'.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 29(1a) of the Mining Act 1971 that the areas shown in the tables below are released.

Note that the Minister for Energy and Mining may also, at various times to be notified, consider exploration licence applications over areas previously held by the Department (e.g. Mining Act Section 15 areas). Should this occur the exploration release areas will be listed here.

A map of South Australia showing the exploration release areas is available via the South Australian Resources Information Gateway (SARIG)

Submitting applications

Applications may be submitted during the application week by completing and lodging the application online, or downloading and completing a PDF or editable word document.

Completing and lodging applications online

The ERA application wizard allows users to apply and lodge an ERA application using a smart pre-populated online form. This is accessed via SARIG.

ERA online application

Downloading application forms

You can also download and complete an Application for Mineral Exploration Release Area - Form29ERA:

Download Form 29ERA as a printable PDF Form 29ERA (PDF 373 KB)
Download Form 29ERA as an editable MS Word document eForm 29ERA (DOCX)

Downloaded complete applications can be submitted by one of the following means:

in person to Level 7, 101 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
by facsimile to +61 8 8463 3101
by email to dpc.tenements@sa.gov.au

Application fees

An ERA application must be accompanied by the statutory EL application fee.

More information

More information about exploration release areas (ERAs) and the application process

A list of ERAs including former tenement holder and status of the ERA is available for download as Information sheet M53: Mineral exploration release areas (ERAs) (PDF) Updated daily

Areas released

Application open dates (Application week): 04 March 2019 to 08 March 2019

ERA number and map	Former holder	Former EL	Locality	Area km²	Moratorium period	Open for application dates	ERA specific criteria
ERA 1033 - Download map (PDF)	Boston Minerals Pty Ltd	6066	Verran area - approx. 100 km north-northeast of Port Lincoln	439 km²	15/12/2018 to 03/03/2019	04/03/2019 to 08/03/2019	Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement area (part)
ERA 1034 - Download map (PDF)	Boston Minerals Pty Ltd	6067	Kielpa area - approx. 130 km north-northeast of Port Lincoln	235 km²	15/12/2018 to 03/03/2019	04/03/2019 to 08/03/2019	Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement area (part)

Application open dates (Application week): 01 April 2019 to 05 April 2019

ERA number and map	Former holder	Former EL	Locality	Area km²	Moratorium period	Open for application dates	ERA specific criteria
ERA 1035 - Download map (PDF)	Minotaur Operations Pty Ltd	5906	Moonaree area - approx. 150 km NE of Streaky Bay	280 km²	06/01/2018 to 31/03/2019	01/04/2019 to 05/04/2019	-
ERA 1036 - Download map (PDF)	Gawler Resources Pty Ltd	5932	Mount Nott area - approx. 80 km NW of Kimba	173 km²	17/01/2018 to 31/03/2019	01/04/2019 to 05/04/2019	-
ERA 1037 - Download map (PDF)	Sunshine Alliance Resources Pty Ltd	4723	Mount Josephine area - approx. 140 km NE of Port Augusta	590 km²	07/04/2016 to 31/03/2019	01/04/2019 to 05/04/2019	-

Application open dates (Application week): 06 May 2019 to 10 May 2019

ERA number and map	Former holder	Former EL	Locality	Area km²	Moratorium period	Open for application dates	ERA specific criteria
ERA 1038 - Download map (PDF)	Renascor Resources Limited	5927	Kokatha area - approx. 50 km WSW of Glendambo	132 km²	15/02/2019 to 05/05/2019	06/05/2019 to 10/05/2019	-
ERA 1039 - Download map (PDF)	Fatjack Pty Ltd	5858	Mulgathing area - approx. 70 km NW of Tarcoola	178 km²	24/02/2019 to 05/05/2019	06/05/2019 to 10/05/2019	Woomera Prohibited Area

Exploration release areas (ERAs)

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