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

Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Leonora / Patronus

Leonora / Patronus is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Patronus Resources 100%; a private holder; NAVIGATOR RESOURCES LIMITED; Navigator Mining Pty Ltd; Kin West WA Pty Ltd, on 28 current tenements held by NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTD; REDCLIFFE PROJECT PTY LTD. Commodities: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead.

MINEDEX project
J00232
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Patronus Resources 100%; a private holder; NAVIGATOR RESOURCES LIMITED; Navigator Mining Pty Ltd; Kin West WA Pty Ltd
Tenement holders
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTD
REDCLIFFE PROJECT PTY LTD
Parent groups
Genesis Minerals
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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
Gold21 Mt at 1.44 g/t, 950 koz contained2.39 Mt at 1.71 g/t, 131 koz contained12 February 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
Leonora Gold ProjectKin Mining NL17 September 2018Mine Closure Plan - Leonora Gold Project - February 20182023

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 37/81
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted9 October 2028Gold, Silver326
M 37/82
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted24 July 2028Gold, Silver383
M 37/88
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted18 November 2028Gold, Silver18
M 37/223
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted12 July 2031Gold183
M 37/231
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted5 November 2031Gold, Silver883
M 37/232
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted5 November 2031Gold, Silver668
M 37/233
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted5 November 2031Gold, Silver994
M 37/299
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted21 October 2032Gold, Silver69
M 37/316
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted27 December 2032Gold, Silver775
M 37/317
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted16 December 2032Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead658
M 37/422
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted3 February 2036Gold, Silver198
M 37/1284
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted16 April 2030Gold, Silver19
M 37/1303
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted6 November 2037Gold, Silver180
M 37/1304
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted6 November 2037Gold, Silver96
M 37/1315
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted5 July 2038Gold, Silver700
M 37/1318
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted6 July 2038Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper363
M 37/1323
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted5 July 2038Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper222
M 37/1325
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted30 August 2038Gold, Silver14
M 37/1328
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted13 May 2039Gold, Silver314
M 37/1329
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDApplicationGold, Silver180
M 37/1330
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDApplicationGold, Silver96
M 37/1331
Mining lease
REDCLIFFE PROJECT PTY LTDGranted13 May 2039Gold, Silver49
M 37/1332
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted6 November 2039Gold, Silver167
M 37/1340
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted24 March 2041Gold, Silver164
M 37/1358
Mining lease
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted17 August 2044Gold, Silver74
L 37/195
Miscellaneous licence
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted18 June 2030Gold, Silver18,468
L 37/241
Miscellaneous licence
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted16 June 2040Gold, Silver256
L 37/244
Miscellaneous licence
NAVIGATOR MINING PTY LTDGranted6 June 2040Gold, Silver25