Permitting

The Tenements Administration Branch is headed by a manager who is also the Registrar of Tenements .The Registrar’s Office administers  the PNG Mining Act 1992 which is the Law that regulates mineral exploration and mining in Papua New Guinea.

Apart from administering permitting the branch also oversees the revenue from  alluvial gold exports. It also maintains repository of mine production and royalty data.

In June 2013, Spatial Dimension (now Trimble) was sponsored by the World Bank to ‘Develop a Fully Integrated Mineral Tenement Management System’ (Landfolio) for the Mineral Resources Authority. This system has transformed the paper based permitting process to a more efficient paper less electronic tenement management system. The permitting process will be fully electronic soon should the revised Law is enacted.