Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project

Ausquest Limited / CLC Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
Category:	Agreement
Binomial Name:	AM
Date:	15 November 2001
Sub Category:	Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) (Native Title Act)
Location:	West and north of Lajamanu, Northern Territory, Australia
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	The area of the ILUA is in two parcels, covering the area of Exploration Licence applications 22642, 22643, 22644 and 22812, which are within the Kirkimbie, Riveren, Bunda, Wallamunga, Birrindudu and Wave Hill Perpetual PastoralLeases ( PPL No.s 1084, 1158, 1027, 1029, 1012 and 1002 respectively). The area is 5759.47 sq km in size and is located along the Buchanan Highway in the north west of the Northern Territory, near the Western Australian border. It is not within any incorporated local government region. It is within the Garrak-Jarru ATSIC region.

	Note: The boundaries shown on the above maps provide approximate locations only. The boundaries should not be used or interpreted for any other reason than to give a general indication of the areas to which agreements apply.
Legal Status:	Registered with the National Native Title Tribunal
Legal Reference:	National Native Title Tribunal File No: DI2001/002
Payments:	Compensation - The ILUA covers compensation for future acts done under the agreement, being the grant of all ELs. The full terms and conditions of the ILUA, including the details of compensation, are not specified in the extract from the Register of Indigneous Land Use Agreements.
Subject Matter:	Cultural Heritage \| Environmental Heritage \| Exploration \| Future Act \| Land Use \| Mining and Minerals \| Native Title \| Recognition of Native Title or Traditional Ownership
Summary Information:
The Ausquest Limited / CLC Indigenous Land Use Agreement (the ILUA) allows exploration for minerals by the company Ausquest, in line with the Exploration Licences (ELs) they have been granted over two areas located west and north of Lajamanu. The ILUA enables four EL applications to be granted and validates any future exploration activity in the area. Without this ILUA, the grant of the ELs may have attracted the right to negotiate and been subject to the future act provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) or may have been granted invalidly. The native title holders are represented by the Central Land Council in this ILUA. Their consent to the exploration is given subject to conditions. The ILUA includes conditional provisions regarding: 'procedures to minimise the environmental impact of exploration and to promote the rehabilitation of any part of the Area which has been subjected to exploration;' 'the protection of any native title rights and interests, including the protection of sacred sites;' and compensation. The full terms and conditions of the ILUA are not specified in the extract from the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements.