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Western Australian mining project · Operating

Forrestania Nickel / Western Areas

Forrestania Nickel / Western Areas is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Igo LIMIted 90%; Great Western Exploration Limited 10%; Igo Forrestania Limited; Medallion Metals Limited; Myamba Minerals Pty Ltd; Western Areas Nickel Pty Ltd, on 34 current tenements held by MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTD. Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Lithium, Gold, Cobalt, SD.

MINEDEX project
J00757
Stage
Operating
Owners (MINEDEX)
Igo LIMIted 90%; Great Western Exploration Limited 10%; Igo Forrestania Limited; Medallion Metals Limited; Myamba Minerals Pty Ltd; Western Areas Nickel Pty Ltd
Tenement holders
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTD
Parent groups
IGO
Commodities
Nickel, Copper, Lithium, Gold, Cobalt, SD
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
Nickel0.40 Mt at 5.1%, 20 kt contained0.06 Mt at 3.8%, 2,253 t contained29 August 2024

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
FORRESTANIA NICKEL OPERATIONS / WESTERN AREASIGO FORRESTANIA Limited30 June 2020MINE CLOSURE PLAN - FORRESTANIA NICKEL OPERATIONS / WESTERN AREAS - J007572025

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 808 Spotted Quoll Open Pit Nickel Mine

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 74/57
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted11 October 2031Nickel, Copper894
M 74/58
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted11 October 2031Nickel, Copper962
M 74/90
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted18 August 2035Nickel, Copper603
M 74/91
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted18 August 2035Nickel, Copper, Lithium676
M 77/219
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted20 March 2030Nickel337
M 77/335
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted24 September 2031Nickel158
M 77/336
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted24 September 2031Nickel906
M 77/399
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted7 November 2031Nickel, Copper, Gold884
M 77/542
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted22 January 2034Nickel, Copper, Gold954
M 77/545
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted22 January 2034Nickel, Gold, Cobalt, SD, Copper664
M 77/568
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted22 December 2034Nickel, Copper839
M 77/574
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel946
M 77/582
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel, Copper, Cobalt755
M 77/583
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel, Cobalt, Copper976
M 77/584
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel963
M 77/586
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel, Copper842
M 77/587
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel, Copper973
M 77/588
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel, Copper990
M 77/589
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted27 September 2035Nickel, Copper993
M 77/911
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted18 July 2027Nickel410
M 77/912
Mining lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted18 July 2027Nickel, Copper, Cobalt280
G 70/226
General purpose lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted3 March 2029Nickel, Copper384
G 70/231
General purpose lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted5 November 2029Nickel, Copper858
G 77/135
General purpose lease
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted13 October 2040Nickel357
L 70/111
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted30 December 2029Nickel, Copper61
L 74/11
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted21 May 2027Nickel193
L 74/25
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted11 April 2043Nickel22
L 74/44
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted30 December 2029Nickel, Copper54
L 77/104
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted26 February 2027Nickel, Gold, Copper64
L 77/141
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted15 February 2029Nickel, Copper21
L 77/182
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted12 February 2043Nickel, Copper, Gold22
L 77/197
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted13 January 2047Nickel, Copper51
L 77/357
Miscellaneous licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted31 July 2043Nickel110
E 77/2524
Exploration licence
MYAMBA MINERALS PTY LTDGranted16 September 2028Nickel58