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

Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Cataby / Iluka

Cataby / Iluka is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Iluka Resources Limited 100%, on 17 current tenements held by ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED; ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED; ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED; RENISON LIMITED. Commodities: Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST.

MINEDEX project: J00478
Stage: Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX): Iluka Resources Limited 100%
Tenement holders: ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED
ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED
ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED
RENISON LIMITED
Parent groups: Iluka Resources
Commodities: Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST
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

Commodity	Resources	Reserves	Latest estimate
Ilmenite	14 Mt at 60.0%, 8.3 Mt contained	6.87 Mt at 60.2%, 4.1 Mt contained	31 December 2016
Heavy minerals	14 Mt at 100.0%, 13.8 Mt contained	6.87 Mt at 100.0%, 6.9 Mt contained	31 December 2016
Rutile	14 Mt at 3.9%, 543 kt contained	6.87 Mt at 4.1%, 284 kt contained	31 December 2016
Zircon	14 Mt at 8.4%, 1.2 Mt contained	6.87 Mt at 9.3%, 640 kt contained	31 December 2016

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

Mine closure plans

Site	Operator	Latest plan approved	Plan (PDF on GeoDocs)	Closure year
CATABY MINERAL SANDS PROJECT	Iluka Resources LIMITED	19 October 2023	MINE CLOSURE PLAN - CATABY MINERAL SANDS PROJECT - J00478	2032

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 720 Cataby Mineral Sands Project

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 70/194 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	9 April 2027	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	980
M 70/195 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	9 April 2027	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	991
M 70/196 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	9 April 2027	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	993
M 70/517 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	6 June 2032	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	120
M 70/518 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	6 June 2032	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	226
M 70/696 Mining lease	ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED	Granted	22 January 2034	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	709
M 70/760 Mining lease	ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED	Granted	4 January 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	927
M 70/791 Mining lease	RENISON LIMITED	Granted	30 June 2035	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	649
M 70/867 Mining lease	ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED	Granted	13 February 2037	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST	7
M 70/868 Mining lease	ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED	Granted	13 February 2037	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	261
M 70/869 Mining lease	ILUKA FINANCE LIMITED	Granted	13 February 2037	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	808
M 70/1017 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	3 January 2041	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	473
M 70/1018 Mining lease	ILUKA MIDWEST LIMITED	Granted	3 January 2041	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	120
M 70/1086 Mining lease	ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED	Granted	11 December 2042	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	17
G 70/243 General purpose lease	ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED	Granted	22 August 2032	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST	566
G 70/257 General purpose lease	ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED	Granted	23 October 2044	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	136
G 70/258 General purpose lease	ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED	Granted	1 March 2037	Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile	23