Making applications for mining privileges is a complicated business, made more so by overlapping jurisdiction in matters of land and resource use. In a climate of expectant change to the statutes involved, enhanced public awareness, and not a little opportunity for suspected mischievous or even malicious interference, the applicant for a mining privilege, being technically oriented, tries to anchor the application to the requirements of law, and a logical sequence of events to obtain the necessary consents. Article discusses the environmental study, environmental scoping, the Conservation Act in Australia, and the environmental impact review.