After an administrative error that rendered the licenses of around three thousand opal miners redundant , legislation has inched closer to law to address the issues that forced so many tools down in May this year.
Of the 3343 mineral claims that were impacted by the error, it was revealed that 1230 licenses were indeed invalid, while over 2000 claims were reissued.
The Mining Amendment (Mineral Claim – Opals) Bill 2023 that was introduced in September will retrospectively validate those opal mineral claims, and work to ensure the issue is avoided in the future…