---
title: "Western Australian mineral royalty lodgement checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/energy-resources-and-mining/wa-mineral-royalty-lodgement"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a13-wa-mineral-royalty-lodgement"
area_id: "A13"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A13-S20261018-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Western Australian mineral royalty lodgement checklist

> The quarterly production report, royalty return and payment timing on the Western Australian mineral royalties fact sheet, and the rate classes that sheet states.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/energy-resources-and-mining/wa-mineral-royalty-lodgement  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Energy, Resources & Mining](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/energy-resources-and-mining.md)
- Jurisdictions: Western Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Western Australia.

## When to use it

Use at the end of a quarter in which a mineral was produced or obtained under a Western Australian mining tenement. It does not calculate the royalty that will be paid.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the royalty return for a mining operation](https://ailawframework.com/practice/energy-resources-and-mining/prepare-the-royalty-return-for-a-mining-operation.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may diary 30 days from the end of the quarter and class the mineral as specific-rate, ad valorem or gold from the fact sheet; the lawyer decides the royalty value and any allowable deduction.

**AI may:**

- Enter the quarter end and the three 30-day dates
- Record tonnes, form of sale, and whether the mineral is on the private-land exclusion list
- Note that monthly gold prices and quarterly exchange rates are looked up on the fact sheet for that quarter

**AI must not:**

- Must not calculate the royalty as the amount to be paid
- Must not apply a State Agreement rate that is not on this fact sheet
- Must not lodge the return or send the payment

**The lawyer checks:**

- The mineral is not one the fact sheet excludes when it occurs on private land, or the exclusion does not apply
- The rate class matches how the mineral is sold in Western Australia, or the gold rule, or a State Agreement that has been read
- Allowable deductions are limited to reasonable transport costs in the form first sold, including packaging, as the fact sheet states
- The production report, the royalty return and the payment are all within 30 days after the end of the quarter, and the payment uses the payer reference

## Authorities

- [Government of Western Australia, Mineral royalties in WA (published 1 October 2026): Mining Act 1978, Mining (Royalties) Regulations 2025, 30-day lodgement, and specific-rate, ad valorem and gold rates](https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/mineral-royalties-wa)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/energy-resources-and-mining/wa-mineral-royalty-lodgement and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*