Vymetal v Gummi Junga Aboriginal Corporation

The case of Vymetal v Gummi Junga Aboriginal Corporation involved a dispute between the applicant, Vymetal, and the Gummi Junga Aboriginal Corporation over the compensation payable for a mining claim. The claim, MC300441, involved metal detecting and was subject to the Mineral Resources Act 1989. The applicants sought a declaration that the compensation payable under section 85 of the Act was nil, or alternatively, that the compensation payable was $10.00 per annum. The Aboriginal Corporation argued that the compensation payable was $34.10 per annum.

The court was required to determine the correct amount of compensation payable under section 85 of the Mineral Resources Act 1989. The relevant provision provided for the payment of compensation to a person who held a mining lease or mining claim over land that was held under a native title determination. The court had to determine whether the compensation payable was nil, $10.00 per annum, or $34.10 per annum.

The court held that the compensation payable was $34.10 per annum. The court found that the amount of compensation payable was determined by the nature of the land over which the mining claim was held, and the fact that the land was held under a native title determination was irrelevant. The court also found that the compensation payable was not affected by the fact that the mining claim involved metal detecting. The court held that the compensation payable was $34.10 per annum, and that the applicant was required to pay this amount to the Aboriginal Corporation within one month of the grant of the mining claim.

The court ordered that the applicant must pay to the Gummi Junga Aboriginal Corporation compensation in respect of MC300441 as follows: (a) Thirty-four dollars and ten cents ($34.10) per annum; (b) The applicant must pay the amount set out in order 1(a) to the Gummi Junga Aboriginal Corporation within one (1) month of the grant of MC300441 by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development and then annually on the day of the grant.