Resources
Carter Newell is a leading dynamic Queensland-based firm providing specialist legal advice to Australian and international corporate clients.
Led by partner Bronwyn Clarkson, the Resources team has extensive experience acting for resource-based publicly listed companies and petroleum and mineral exploration companies.
Our range of services include:
- Joint venture and other operating agreements
- Legal due diligence for acquisitions
- Tenement acquisitions, applications and other dealings
- Environmental and contractual aspects of acquisitions
- Managing landholder issues
- Dealing with the key regulators, including the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water and the Environmental Protection Agency
- Regulatory compliance
- Representing resource industry players in Native Title proceedings
- Applying and maintaining tenements including mining tenements
- Managing data acquisition
- Landholder issues, such as access, compensation and Native Title considerations
- Partnering agreements
- Joint venture agreements
- Alliances
- Environmental issues
- Workplace health and safety issues
Several members of our team have worked in-house at a leading publicly listed resources company, which has provided additional skills in relation to operational, commercial and regulatory issues.
Related Publications
15 Dec 2008
Greenhouse Gas Storage BillFollowing the release of legislation in draft form to allow industry comment earlier this year, the Queensland parliament introduced the Greenhouse Gas Storage Bill 2008 on 4 December 2008. The Bill as drafted provides a tenure framework for Carbon Capture and Storage onshore in Queensland...
11 Nov 2008
Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Bill - a ban on oil shale mining in Queensland? The Mines and Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (Qld) was passed on 30 October 2008. This Bill has made amendments to various pieces of legislations and most importantly the Mineral Resources Act 1989 (Qld). What does this mean for you ...
