Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 26573 · Tent Pole Creek 3
EPM 26573 (Tent Pole Creek 3) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by RIO TINTO EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 27 September 2019, expires 26 September 2029. 7,350 ha in the Carpentaria Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority EA0000839.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto
- Project or name
- Tent Pole Creek 3
- Lodged
- 1 June 2017
- Granted
- 27 September 2019
- Expires
- 26 September 2029
- Area
- 7,349.52 hectares (73.5 km²)
- Region
- Carpentaria Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Section 31 Agreement
- Environmental authority
- EA0000839 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 21 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -12.45683, 142.20111 (centre)