The Department for Energy and Mining administers policy, collection and reporting of all royalties sourced from South Australian producers for both mineral and petroleum resources.

The reported mineral production royalties for 2022–23 was $287 million, up from last year's $240 million.

In 2022–23 the royalty audit compliance program:

  • audited 98% of mineral royalty revenue
  • subjected 25 mineral producers to a comprehensive audit
  • recovered $230,000 in mining royalty revenue.

Mineral tenement royalty audits, 2022-23

Number of royalty audits 2018-19 to 2022-23