Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 27951 · POLICE CREEK
EPM 27951 (POLICE CREEK) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by RIO TINTO EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 4 July 2022, expires 3 July 2027. 13,266 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
- POLICE CREEK
- Lodged
- 1 July 2021
- Granted
- 4 July 2022
- Expires
- 3 July 2027
- Area
- 13,266.04 hectares (132.7 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
- 983 drill holes, 125 company reports, 5 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -19.09852, 139.0345 (centre)