Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28456 · ERNESTINA PLAINS
EPM 28456 (ERNESTINA PLAINS) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by LONGHORN RESOURCES PTY LTD. Status granted, granted 25 August 2025, expires 24 August 2030. 32,080 ha in the Eromanga Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100261213.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Project or name
- ERNESTINA PLAINS
- Lodged
- 27 May 2022
- Granted
- 25 August 2025
- Expires
- 24 August 2030
- Area
- 32,079.50 hectares (320.8 km²)
- Region
- Eromanga Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100261213 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 11 drill holes, 16 company reports, 4 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -20.49849, 141.25115 (centre)