Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 7031 · ALCAN WEIPA
ML 7031 (ALCAN WEIPA) is a Queensland mining lease held by ALCAN SOUTH PACIFIC PTY LTD (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 1 January 1964, expires 31 December 2047. 138,900 ha in the Carpentaria Basin area. Commodities: Bauxite. Environmental authority EPML00562613.
- Type
- Mining lease
Mineral - Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto (subsidiary: Weipa and Amrun bauxite (Alcan acquired by Rio Tinto in 2007))
- Project or name
- ALCAN WEIPA
- Lodged
- 1 January 1964
- Granted
- 1 January 1964
- Expires
- 31 December 2047
- Area
- 138,900.00 hectares (1,389.0 km²)
- Region
- Carpentaria Basin
- Commodities
- Bauxite
- Native title
- Granted before 1 January 1994
- Previous references
- SBML8
- Environmental authority
- EPML00562613 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 1,772 drill holes, 21 company reports, 1 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -12.14569, 142.04923 (centre)