Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28190 · Leichhardt 6
EPM 28190 (Leichhardt 6) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by RIO TINTO EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 9 December 2022, expires 8 December 2027. 32,291 ha in the Carpentaria Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100187150.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto
- Project or name
- Leichhardt 6
- Lodged
- 15 December 2021
- Granted
- 9 December 2022
- Expires
- 8 December 2027
- Area
- 32,290.73 hectares (322.9 km²)
- Region
- Carpentaria Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100187150 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 210 drill holes, 328 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -19.49016, 140.18449 (centre)