Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28745 · Mackerel
EPM 28745 (Mackerel) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by MOUNT ISA MINES LIMITED (Glencore group). Status granted, granted 2 December 2024, expires 1 December 2029. 32,295 ha in the South Nicholson Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100399231.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Holder
- MOUNT ISA MINES LIMITED
- Parent group
- Glencore (subsidiary: Mount Isa copper and zinc operations)
- Project or name
- Mackerel
- Lodged
- 9 March 2023
- Granted
- 2 December 2024
- Expires
- 1 December 2029
- Area
- 32,295.07 hectares (323.0 km²)
- Region
- South Nicholson Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100399231 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 2 drill holes, 41 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -19.4152, 138.59284 (centre)