Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 27935 · RIVERSLEIGH
EPM 27935 (RIVERSLEIGH) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by RIO TINTO EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 7 April 2022, expires 6 April 2027. 27,817 ha in the Mount Isa Province area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority EA0002927, P-EA-100759487.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto
- Project or name
- RIVERSLEIGH
- Lodged
- 17 June 2021
- Granted
- 7 April 2022
- Expires
- 6 April 2027
- Area
- 27,817.25 hectares (278.2 km²)
- Region
- Mount Isa Province
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authorities
- EA0002927 Granted
P-EA-100759487 Granted - Geological Survey data
- 1,396 drill holes, 170 company reports, 1 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -19.13186, 138.99284 (centre)