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

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Atlas - North Perth Basin

Atlas - North Perth Basin is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Image Resources NL 100%, on 9 current tenements held by IMAGE RESOURCES NL. Commodities: Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST, Coal.

MINEDEX project
J00748
Stage
Operating
Owners (MINEDEX)
Image Resources NL 100%
Tenement holders
IMAGE RESOURCES NL
Parent groups
Image Resources
Commodities
Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST, Coal
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
Heavy minerals4.54 Mt at 100.0%, 4.5 Mt contained0.50 Mt at 100.0%, 496 kt contained21 December 2022
Leucoxene4.54 Mt at 2.3%, 103 kt contained0.50 Mt at 4.9%, 24 kt contained21 December 2022
Rutile4.54 Mt at 4.3%, 194 kt contained0.50 Mt at 7.9%, 39 kt contained21 December 2022
Ilmenite4.54 Mt at 66.3%, 3.0 Mt contained0.50 Mt at 53.0%, 263 kt contained21 December 2022
Zircon4.54 Mt at 9.8%, 445 kt contained0.50 Mt at 11.8%, 59 kt contained21 December 2022
Monazite0.98 Mt at 1.0%, 10 kt contained0.50 Mt at 1.1%, 5,398 t contained21 December 2022

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

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1220 Atlas Project

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 70/1305
Mining lease
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted31 March 2042Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST945
L 70/242
Miscellaneous licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted8 June 2044Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST8
L 70/243
Miscellaneous licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted8 June 2044Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST40
R 70/62
Retention licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted2 December 2026Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST4,369
E 70/2898
Exploration licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted13 November 2026Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile, ST, Coal1,218
E 70/3997
Exploration licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted10 October 2027Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST3,784
E 70/4244
Exploration licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted11 March 2027Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, ST1,764
E 70/4663
Exploration licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted9 December 2026Coal, Heavy mineral sands, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile295
P 70/1756
Prospecting licence
IMAGE RESOURCES NLGranted7 March 2028Heavy mineral sands48