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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Katanning Gold

Katanning Gold is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Ausgold Limited 100%, on 14 current tenements held by AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTD. Commodities: Gold, Silver.

MINEDEX project
J00007
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Ausgold Limited 100%
Tenement holders
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTD
Parent groups
Ausgold
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Rehabilitation liability
Its rehabilitation liability is in the MCF Mining Index (subscribers): the Mining Rehabilitation Fund estimate, its trend since 2014, company provisions and closure-plan costs

Resources and reserves

CommodityResourcesReservesLatest estimate
Gold159 Mt at 1.01 g/t, 5.16 Moz contained37 Mt at 1.10 g/t, 1.33 Moz contained16 December 2025

Current MINEDEX estimates over all the project's sites; resources may include reserves. MINEDEX (DMPE), CC BY 4.0.

Production recorded in MINEDEX

CommodityLatest yearThat yearAll recorded
Gold19976,752 oz23 koz

Historical: the bulk extract's production records end in 2002.

Mine closure plans

SiteOperatorLatest plan approvedPlan (PDF on GeoDocs)Closure year
KATANNING GOLD PROJECTAUSGOLD EXPLORATION Pty Ltd11 July 2019KATANNING GOLD PROJECT MINE CLOSURE PLAN - VERSION 3

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 70/210
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted27 March 2048Gold, Silver74
M 70/211
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted27 March 2048Gold, Silver314
M 70/488
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted18 April 2036Gold, Silver210
M 70/1426
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted7 October 2045Gold, Silver624
M 70/1427
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted7 October 2045Gold, Silver23
M 70/1449
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted8 July 2047Gold, Silver288
M 70/1450
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted8 July 2047Gold, Silver601
M 70/1451
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted8 July 2047Gold, Silver212
M 70/1457
Mining lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDApplicationGold, Silver233
G 70/84
General purpose lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted12 June 2031Gold, Silver7
G 70/85
General purpose lease
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted12 June 2031Gold, Silver5
L 70/13
Miscellaneous licence
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted23 May 2029Gold, Silver1
E 70/2928
Exploration licence
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted25 November 2026Gold, Silver9,263
E 70/4566
Exploration licence
AUSGOLD EXPLORATION PTY LTDGranted11 August 2026Gold, Silver5,703