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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Comet Vale - Sand Queen

Comet Vale - Sand Queen is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Gorilla Gold Mines Ltd 100%; GBF Mining Pty Ltd; Orminex West Pty Ltd, on 13 current tenements held by ORMINEX WEST PTY LTD. Commodities: Gold, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium.

MINEDEX project
J00066
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Gorilla Gold Mines Ltd 100%; GBF Mining Pty Ltd; Orminex West Pty Ltd
Tenement holders
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTD
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium
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
Gold8.00 Mt at 3.75 g/t, 964 koz contained0.10 Mt at 2.70 g/t, 8,938 oz contained15 December 2025

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

Mine closure plans

SiteOperatorLatest plan approvedPlan (PDF on GeoDocs)Closure year
COMET VALE-SAND QUEEN PROJECTBotanica Consulting Pty Ltd8 April 2019MINE CLOSURE PLAN - COMET VALE-SAND QUEEN PROJECT - J00066
Comet Vale Sand Queen Project - M29/52 M29/321 M29/233 L29/67Sand Queen Gold Mines Pty Ltd21 March 2017Comet Vale Sand Queen Project - Mine Closure Plan - M29/52 M29/321 M29/233 L29/67

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 29/35
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted27 January 2029Gold, Silver2
M 29/52
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted17 May 2030Gold, Silver96
M 29/85
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted11 January 2031Gold97
M 29/186
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted23 November 2027Gold, Nickel, Cobalt284
M 29/197
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted24 October 2044Gold579
M 29/198
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted24 October 2044Gold444
M 29/200
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted24 October 2044Gold, Silver56
M 29/233
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted23 September 2044Gold, Silver540
M 29/235
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted24 October 2044Gold134
M 29/321
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted12 November 2044Gold, Silver4
M 29/442
Mining lease
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDApplicationGold6
L 29/67
Miscellaneous licence
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted19 March 2044Gold, Silver8
P 29/2606
Prospecting licence
ORMINEX WEST PTY LTDGranted11 August 2025Gold, Chromium6