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

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Hope Downs Joint Venture

Hope Downs Joint Venture is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Rio Tinto Ltd 50%; Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd 50%; Hope Downs Iron Ore Pty Ltd; Hamersley WA Pty Ltd, on 17 current tenements held by CAPE LAMBERT IRON ASSOCIATES; HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED; HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HAMERSLEY WA PTY LTD and others. Commodities: Iron.

MINEDEX project: J00685
Stage: Operating
Owners (MINEDEX): Rio Tinto Ltd 50%; Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd 50%; Hope Downs Iron Ore Pty Ltd; Hamersley WA Pty Ltd
Tenement holders: CAPE LAMBERT IRON ASSOCIATES
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED
HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED
HAMERSLEY WA PTY LTD
HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LIMITED
HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD
MITSUI IRON ORE DEVELOPMENT PTY LTD
NORTH MINING LIMITED
PANNAWONICA IRON ASSOCIATES
ROBE RIVER MINING CO. PTY. LTD.
Parent groups: Hancock Prospecting
Rio Tinto
Commodities: Iron
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
Iron	1,573 Mt at 60.5%, 952 Mt contained	238 Mt at 62.3%, 148 Mt contained	31 December 2020

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

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1248 Hope Downs 2, MS 1025 Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine, 75 Km North-West of Newman Pilbara Region - Baby Hope Proposal, MS 876 Cape Lambert Port B development (s46), MS 854 Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine, MS 611 Hope Downs Iron Ore Project - Rail and Port Facility, Pilbara, MS 584 Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine, MS 523 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Mine and Railway East Hamersley Range (s46) [1265], MS 514 West Angelas Iron Ore Project, MS 417 Yandicoogina iron ore mine and railway

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 282SA Mining lease (State Agreement)	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LTD; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	30 March 2027	Iron	57,092
L 47/128 Miscellaneous licence	CAPE LAMBERT IRON ASSOCIATES; MITSUI IRON ORE DEVELOPMENT PTY LTD; NORTH MINING LIMITED; PANNAWONICA IRON ASSOCIATES; ROBE RIVER MINING CO. PTY. LTD.	Granted	6 May 2046	Iron	2,623
L 47/182 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	16 April 2028	Iron	340
L 47/183 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	16 April 2028		340
L 47/222 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	23 July 2030	Iron	3,394
L 47/378 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	23 February 2032	Iron	338
L 47/399 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	23 February 2032	Iron	624
L 47/420 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	3 January 2033	Iron	61
L 47/515 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	8 March 2033	Iron	281
L 47/702 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	15 April 2035	Iron	141
L 47/766 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED	Granted	8 December 2037	Iron	158
L 47/944 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	7 June 2044	Iron	2
L 47/1076 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	1 July 2046	Iron	180
L 47/1149 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	1 July 2046	Iron	16
L 47/1150 Miscellaneous licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LIMITED; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	1 July 2046	Iron	162
E 47/1308 Exploration licence	HANCOCK PROSPECTING PTY LIMITED	Granted	3 August 2027	Iron	7,666
E 47/1922 Exploration licence	HAMERSLEY WA PTY LTD; HOPE DOWNS IRON ORE PTY LTD	Granted	9 June 2027	Iron	28