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AMEC is committed to advocating for practical policy reform and meaningful change that supports Australia’s exploration and mining industry. This Campaigns section highlights AMEC’s major advocacy initiatives and recent priorities.
These are coordinated efforts to influence government policy and regulatory outcomes. From environmental approvals and land access to critical minerals and cultural heritage reform, this hub showcases the issues that matter most to AMEC members and the work being done to drive positive outcomes for the sector.
Purpose
Land access is one the main issues facing mineral explorers and miners in Western Australia. As part of a review into ACH processes, AMEC members contributed to a survey in late 2025, that provided important information about the current landscape and what is being experience by companies on the ground.
With the outcome of the Glen Kelly Native Title and Cultural Heritage Processes Review imminent, AMEC is calling for a more efficient process that builds cultural heritage capability among traditional owner groups. In doing so, it should curb the growing business of Aboriginal Cutural Heritage and ensure investment finds its way to Aborignal communities, not the consultants currently benefiting most.
The Member Survey is: The Cost of Complying with Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Requirements and was prepared by Acil Allen.
Commissioned by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, in collaboration with rare earth developers and independent experts, this briefing paper responds directly to the Australian Government’s election commitment, to develop a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) for Australia. This is a growing imperative to strengthen supply chain resilience for critical minerals, particularly rare earths.
The paper is entitled Design Paper for Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve and was prepared by Mandala.
Coexistence is defined as the state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place. This presents a social, environmental, technical, and economic challenge for land-based developments both in Australia and globally.
Australia’s project development landscape is currently congested, as projects from various sectors concurrently but independently progress through similar developmental phases, at different speeds, within common jurisdictions.
The report titled Coexistence – The key to unlocking productivity, was prepared by Modifying Factors.
The Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive (JMEI) provided $190 million of tax credits between 2017 – 2024, that resulted in a net-positive impact on the Australian economy of $769 million in GDP value.
Find out more about the importance of the JMEI towards the exploration sector, in a telling report prepared by BDO Australia, titled Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive Economic Impact Assessment.
Australia’s critical minerals are central to the global energy transition; however, we are missing out on opportunities to refine our raw materials. This report analysis four minerals that will play important roles in the energy transition: lithium, nickel, vanadium and rare-earths.
It leverages member company-level data to inform findings, the report is titled Production Tax Credit for value-add processing of Australia’s critical minerals, commissioned by AMEC and prepared by Mandala.