Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28700 · The Desert
EPM 28700 (The Desert) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by RIO TINTO EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 29 July 2024, expires 28 July 2029. 9,363 ha in the Mount Isa Province area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100388139.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto
- Project or name
- The Desert
- Lodged
- 24 January 2023
- Granted
- 29 July 2024
- Expires
- 28 July 2029
- Area
- 9,362.86 hectares (93.6 km²)
- Region
- Mount Isa Province
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100388139 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 26 drill holes, 28 company reports, 26 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -19.46518, 139.22617 (centre)