Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The land for which a mining claim may be granted—
(a) must be—
(i) rectangular in shape; or
(ii) of the dimensions prescribed under a regulation; and
(b) must be more or less the prescribed area.
(2) However, the mining registrar may, for a particular mining claim, accept an application for a mining claim over land of a different shape.
(3) The prescribed area of the land over which a mining claim may be granted is—
(a) 1ha; or
(b) where the land is within a mining district or part of a mining district in respect of which, for the purposes of this section, an area is prescribed by regulation, that area;
whichever is the smaller.
(4) Where it is found that the land the subject of a mining claim exceeds the prescribed area the mining claim is not thereby invalidated but the following provisions of this subsection shall be complied with.
(5) The mining registrar for the mining district in which the land the subject of the mining claim is situated shall notify the holder that the land exceeds the prescribed area.
(6) If at the expiration of 20 business days after the giving of a notice pursuant to subsection (5)—
(a) the mining claim has not been varied, by agreement between the mining registrar and the holder, to reduce the area of land to or to less than the prescribed area; or
(b) the holder has not made application to the Land Court to determine whether the subject area exceeds the prescribed area or to determine the variation thereof to reduce the area to the prescribed area;
the mining registrar shall without further notice cancel the mining claim.