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Mining Lease Updates in New South Wales

Every Sunday we check every mining lease, claim, licence and exploration licence on the New South Wales register and list what was granted, applied for, changed or ended, with a map of each.

Titles now

2,342

Granted

0

New

4

Changed

5

Gone

6

Week to 11 November 2026

15 changes in New South Wales

Satellite map of EL9969

New exploration licence

EL9969

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 9 Nov 2026 · Expires 9 Nov 2032

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of EL9970

New exploration licence

EL9970

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 10 Nov 2026 · Expires 10 Nov 2032

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of ELA7145

New exploration licence application

ELA7145

Exploration licence application · Minerals: Group 1

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of ML1899

New mining title

ML1899

Mining lease · Minerals: Coal

Granted 30 Oct 2026 · Expires 30 Oct 2047

Off limits without the holder's permission, whatever mineral you're after.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of EL6126

Changed

EL6126

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 15 Sept 2003 · Expires 15 Sept 2031

  • Expiry: 2026-09-14 to 2031-09-15

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of EL8782

Changed

EL8782

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 31 July 2018 · Expires 31 July 2028

  • Expiry: 2026-07-31 to 2028-07-31
  • Minerals: Group 1, Group 1 to Group 1

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of EL9288

Changed

EL9288

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 15 Sept 2021 · Expires 15 Sept 2032

  • Expiry: 2026-09-15 to 2032-09-15

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of EL9601

Changed

EL9601

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 31 Aug 2023 · Expires 31 Aug 2032

  • Expiry: 2026-08-31 to 2032-08-31

Inside a fossicking district you don't need the holder's consent. Outside one, you do.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Satellite map of EPL3365

Changed

EPL3365

EPL · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 20 Aug 1969 · Expires 20 Aug 2028

  • Expiry: 2026-08-20 to 2028-08-20

Off limits without the holder's permission, whatever mineral you're after.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Gone: exploration licence ended or withdrawn

EL9491

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 10 Nov 2022 · Expires 10 Nov 2026

No longer on the register. Check the map before you go: the land may now be open, or covered by something else.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Gone: exploration licence ended or withdrawn

EL9492

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 10 Nov 2022 · Expires 10 Nov 2026

No longer on the register. Check the map before you go: the land may now be open, or covered by something else.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Gone: exploration licence ended or withdrawn

EL9493

Exploration licence · Minerals: Group 1

Granted 10 Nov 2022 · Expires 10 Nov 2026

No longer on the register. Check the map before you go: the land may now be open, or covered by something else.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Gone: exploration licence ended or withdrawn

ELA7093

Exploration licence application · Minerals: Group 1

No longer on the register. Check the map before you go: the land may now be open, or covered by something else.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Gone: exploration licence ended or withdrawn

ELA7106

Exploration licence application · Minerals: Group 1

No longer on the register. Check the map before you go: the land may now be open, or covered by something else.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Gone: mining title ended or withdrawn

MLA609

Mining lease application · Minerals: Coal

No longer on the register. Check the map before you go: the land may now be open, or covered by something else.

Open on the map (turn on Current leases)

Source: the New South Wales mining title register, checked weekly (map data from 11 Nov 2026). Titles change between checks: confirm on the state register before you go.

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Every change in New South Wales. Outside Queensland we can't narrow alerts to fossicking areas yet, so you get the whole state.

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Mining lease updates in other states

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