22 Remuneration of auditors During the financial year the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by MNSA, the auditor of the Company: 30-June-22 $ 30-June-21 $ Audit services Audit or review of the financial statements 35,000 30,139 35,000 30,139 23 Commitments Guarantee The Consolidated Entity has provided guarantees of $23,467 (2021: $23,467) at 30 June 2022 for occupancy of premises supported by a deposit. Exploration Commitments In order to maintain rights of tenure to petroleum exploration tenements, the Consolidated Entity has minimum exploration requirements to fulfil. These requirements are not provided for in the financial statements. If the Consolidated Entity decides to relinquish certain tenements and/or does not meet these obligations, assets recognised in the Statement of financial position may require review in order to determine the appropriateness of carrying values. The commitments for exploration expenditure in Australia of approximately $1,000,000 include the minimum expenditure requirements that the Consolidated Entity is required to meet in order to retain its present permit interests over the next fiscal year. These obligations may be subject to renegotiation, may be farmed out or may be relinquished. The Company expects that the Zapato-1 exploration well it is currently drilling in Cuba should satisfy the final remaining exploration commitment for Block 9 PSC in the next fiscal year. For Australian exploration permits in the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Australia, the first three-years of a work program are referred to as the primary term. The work program is guaranteed and cannot be reduced. Later years (4, 5 and 6) are referred to as the secondary term and the work program for each year becomes guaranteed upon entry to that year. Whilst failure to complete a guaranteed work program does not result in a financial penalty, it is grounds for cancellation of the permit. Further, the default may be considered by the Regulator in relation to future interactions with the defaulting party for a period of 5 years. WA-544-P and NT/P87 (Melbana 100%) In November 2020 the Company was awarded petroleum exploration permits as a result of applications it had made under the Australian Government’s 2019 Offshore PetroleumExploration Acreage Release. These permits, designated as WA-544-P and NT/P87, were awarded for an initial period of six years each with work commitments consisting of reprocessing and various studies in their primary terms (years 1 to 3). The Company may withdraw from the permits prior to entering their secondary terms, which contain more material expenditure commitments. These permits lie adjacent toWA-488-P and allow the Company to build on the knowledge it has gained in that permit area to pursue other leads in this expanded area. Melbana retains a 100% interest in the adjacent permit areas WA-544-P and NT-P87, which contain the undeveloped oil discoveries Turtle and Barnett. Melbana is currently conducting geoscientific studies over these permit areas. AC/P70 (Melbana 100%) On 16 February 2022, the Company announced that it had been granted petroleum exploration permit AC/P70, located in the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, for an initial period of six years. Melbana made this application for this permit under the Australian Government’s 2020Offshore PetroleumExploration Acreage Release. During the first three years of the licence period, the Company must undertake the following activities: – Licence, reprocess and interpret available seismic survey data – Drill an exploration well 45 Melbana Energy Limited Annual Report 2022
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