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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Malcolm Challenger Gold - Murrin Murrin

Malcolm Challenger Gold - Murrin Murrin is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Zeta Resources Ltd 100%; KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTD, on 3 current tenements held by KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTD. Commodities: Gold, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt.

MINEDEX project
J00270
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Zeta Resources Ltd 100%; KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTD
Tenement holders
KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTD
Parent groups
Zeta Resources
Commodities
Gold, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt
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
Gold0.55 Mt at 3.12 g/t, 55 koz contained—22 January 2014

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
Gold199514 koz14 koz

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

Mine closure plans

SiteOperatorLatest plan approvedPlan (PDF on GeoDocs)Closure year
MURRIN QUEEN SANDS PROJECTKumarina Resources Pty Limited3 October 2019MINE CLOSURE PLAN - MURRIN QUEEN SANDS PROJECT - J03850

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 39/399
Mining lease
KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted22 November 2028Gold, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt585
M 39/400
Mining lease
KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted22 November 2028Gold824
M 39/1068
Mining lease
KUMARINA RESOURCES PTY LTDGranted31 March 2031Gold80