Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 26336 · Answer Downs South
EPM 26336 (Answer Downs South) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by SOUTH32 CANNINGTON PROPRIETARY LIMITED (South32 group). Status granted, granted 17 November 2017, expires 16 November 2027. 10,487 ha in the Eromanga Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority EPSX00904713.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- South32
- Project or name
- Answer Downs South
- Lodged
- 6 September 2016
- Granted
- 17 November 2017
- Expires
- 16 November 2027
- Area
- 10,486.92 hectares (104.9 km²)
- Region
- Eromanga Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- EPSX00904713 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 104 drill holes, 42 company reports, 8 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.9235, 140.94282 (centre)