Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 27909 · Answer South
EPM 27909 (Answer South) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by RIO TINTO EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 1 February 2022, expires 31 January 2027. 25,122 ha in the Georgina Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority EA0002884.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto
- Project or name
- Answer South
- Lodged
- 17 May 2021
- Granted
- 1 February 2022
- Expires
- 31 January 2027
- Area
- 25,121.93 hectares (251.2 km²)
- Region
- Georgina Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- EA0002884 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 422 drill holes, 101 company reports, 8 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.80684, 140.32617 (centre)