Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28845 · Rankin Plain
EPM 28845 (Rankin Plain) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by MOUNT ISA MINES LIMITED (Glencore group). Status granted, granted 9 December 2024, expires 8 December 2029. 23,968 ha in the Mount Isa Province area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100444697.
- 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
- Rankin Plain
- Lodged
- 2 June 2023
- Granted
- 9 December 2024
- Expires
- 8 December 2029
- Area
- 23,968.40 hectares (239.7 km²)
- Region
- Mount Isa Province
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100444697 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 77 drill holes, 140 company reports, 1 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -18.93185, 138.9095 (centre)