RE: Rudall30 Jun 2020 17:01
Apologies if someone has put something like this up before but I thought it interesting ( taken from a Proactive article in 2018) - I'm assuming it's still the same, someone may pour cold water on this!! :
A ballot process is conducted under the West Australian Mining Act when multiple applications are made for an exploration license at the same time.
The process entitles multiple parties to form an ownership sharing agreement between themselves prior to the ballot being held.
If no agreement is made, a ballot will be held whereby a mining warden, who oversees tenement matters, will use a container with a number of hollow balls similar to ping pong balls.
The names of the competing applicants are placed into the hollow balls, which go into a box.
The box is shaken in front of members of the public and the winning ball is drawn.