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Data as at 18 October 2026 · from Western Australian Government registers and open data

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Fortnum

Fortnum is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Westgold Resources Limited 100%; Aragon Resources Pty Ltd, on 19 current tenements held by ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTD; CATALYST (OLD HIGHWAY) PTY LTD. Commodities: Gold, Silver.

MINEDEX project
J00109
Stage
Operating
Owners (MINEDEX)
Westgold Resources Limited 100%; Aragon Resources Pty Ltd
Tenement holders
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTD
CATALYST (OLD HIGHWAY) PTY LTD
Parent groups
Catalyst Metals
Westgold Resources
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
Gold24 Mt at 2.09 g/t, 1.61 Moz contained6.06 Mt at 2.19 g/t, 427 koz contained30 June 2026

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
Gold200043 koz817 koz

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

Mine closure plans

SiteOperatorLatest plan approvedPlan (PDF on GeoDocs)Closure year
FortnumARAGON RESOURCES Pty Ltd3 September 2019Fortnum Mining Proposal and Mine Closure Plan July 2019
Proposal for Recommencement of Mining at Fortnum Gold MineUmwelt (Australia) Pty Limited4 February 2014Proposal for Recommencement of Mining at Fortnum Gold Mine2018

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 52/5
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted19 April 2046Gold464
M 52/6
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted19 April 2046Gold478
M 52/93
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted7 February 2030Gold794
M 52/95
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted7 February 2030Gold648
M 52/96
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted7 February 2030Gold, Silver682
M 52/98
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted7 February 2030Gold, Silver908
M 52/99
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted7 February 2030Gold, Silver485
M 52/125
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted29 December 2030Gold, Silver309
M 52/132
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted10 May 2031Gold, Silver696
M 52/133
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted10 May 2031Gold, Silver878
M 52/338
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted27 October 2034Gold683
M 52/1084
Mining lease
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted31 August 2043Gold55
L 52/102
Miscellaneous licence
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted10 November 2029Gold9
L 52/172
Miscellaneous licence
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted26 April 2038Gold16
L 52/191
Miscellaneous licence
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted27 September 2039Gold155
L 52/226
Miscellaneous licence
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted8 March 2043Gold, Silver1
L 52/233
Miscellaneous licence
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted1 December 2042Gold, Silver0
L 52/234
Miscellaneous licence
ARAGON RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted24 May 2043Gold, Silver0
E 52/3725
Exploration licence
CATALYST (OLD HIGHWAY) PTY LTDGranted30 September 2030Gold, Silver2,646