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To whom it may concern.
Can I view Vacant Crown Land, in the vicinity of where I am at any given time, with this app?

If yes, please advise the procedure.

Thank you

No private info on the open forum thanks.
Welcome to P.A.
 
You can prospect on:

unallocated or vacant Crown land not covered by a granted mining tenement
Crown land that is the subject of a pastoral lease, or lease for grazing and timber and is not covered by a granted mining tenement, provided prior notice is given to the lessee
mining tenements, provided you have written permission from the tenement holder
granted exploration licences, provided you have a Section 40E Permit. These permits provide access to nominated Crown land areas on granted exploration licences, described as graticular blocks. Permits are valid for three months and only allow the use of handheld tools.
Note: Mining tenement is the general term used in the Mining Act 1978 to refer to all granted leases and licences. Tenement application is the term used for a lease or licence not yet granted.

You cannot prospect on national parks, nature reserves, within town sites or other classified reserves such as cemeteries. A Permit to Enter is required to search for any mineral on private property (farm land). The permit can be issued by the department. Contact with the landowner should be made before entry.

Permission from the Native Title party is required to enter land where exclusive native title rights have been determined to exist. Protection is also given to Aboriginal heritage sites, and prospectors must not interfere with them. Large penalties and fines exist for breaches.
You should check your state govt rules as well.
 
Do you mean an actual "App" or wanting to know if such info is on the forum???

You don't indicate what state you're in .... assuming Victoria then yes crown land can be identified in various ways (probably the same in other states but I don't live there) but NOT via this forum.

Crown land can be identified through GeoVic, a free site or VicPlan, also free .... as well as a few prospecting map providers, but at a cost.
I use and can recommend Goldmapsonline (www.goldmapsonline.com.au) but there are others. A free Ballarat version is there for anybody to use.

If you provide a map of the particular area I'm willing to check it out for you (best via Personal Msg).
Think there might be a minimum number of posts required before you can do that though.

This is a GeoVic example .... the grey areas are Public/crown land.
The VicPlan site will even tell you what type of crown land and who controls it.

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