Applying for a P.S.P.P. must be done in person at any P.I.R.S.A. field office, or at the head office in Adelaide. Upon applying and paying for the permit, the applicant will be issued with a set of four plastic tags. These tags show the P.S.P.P. number and the expiry date. If applying for a P.S.P.P. at a field office, you may have to wait several days before the plastic tags are produced at head office and returned to the field office.

The P.S.P.P. tags are attached to the 4 claim pegs for identification purposes, and must be in order before pegging a claim. The P.I.R.S.A. field offices have literature which shows the correct way to set up claim pegs.

Now you are ready to go out into the opal field and peg your claim - and hopefully strike it rich!!!

One important point to remember about a P.S.P.P. is that it expires after 12 months. If you have a registered tenement you intend keeping, there is no need to renew the P.S.P.P.,

however, if you intend to peg a new claim, it is important to know whether or not your P.S.P.P. is current. The date on the P.S.P.P. is the expiry date. Over the years, many miners in opal towns have heard about a rush to a new field, only to find their P.S.P.P. expired. That four or five day wait for a new set of tags was the difference between them getting a claim in a new area, and missing out.