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

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Solomon - Greater Solomon

Solomon - Greater Solomon is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Fortescue Ltd 100%; Red Hawk Mining Limited, on 67 current tenements held by CHICHESTER METALS PTY LTD; FMG PILBARA PTY LTD; MINISTERIAL; THE PILBARA INFRASTRUCTURE PTY LTD. Commodities: Iron, Diamond, SD, Salt, Limestone.

MINEDEX project: J01646
Stage: Operating
Owners (MINEDEX): Fortescue Ltd 100%; Red Hawk Mining Limited
Tenement holders: CHICHESTER METALS PTY LTD
FMG PILBARA PTY LTD
MINISTERIAL
THE PILBARA INFRASTRUCTURE PTY LTD
Parent groups: Fortescue
Rio Tinto
Commodities: Iron, Diamond, SD, Salt, Limestone
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	4,152 Mt at 56.0%, 2324 Mt contained	693 Mt at 56.9%, 394 Mt contained	30 June 2024

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
Queens Deposit	Fortescue Metals Group LIMITED	5 April 2019	Mining Proposal - Queens Deposit
Tailings Storage Facility No. 1 Operations	FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd	14 November 2013	Tailings Storage Facility No. 1 Operations Mining Proposal and Mine Closure Plan	2009

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1251 West Angelas Revised Proposal, MS 1141 Mesa H Proposal (Revision to Mesa J Iron Ore Development), MS 1113 West Angelas Iron Ore Project Deposits C, D and G, MS 1112 Mesa A Hub Revised Proposal, MS 1062 Solomon Iron Ore Project Expansion, MS 1015 West Angelas - Revised Proposal (Deposit A West and Deposit F), MS 862 Solomon Iron Ore Project, MS 776 Mesa K Remnant Iron Ore Mining Project, MS 756 Mesa A / Warramboo Iron Ore Project, MS 514 West Angelas Iron Ore Project, MS 208 Proposed Mesa J iron ore development - Pannawonica

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 47/1407 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	4 October 2033	Iron	1,777
M 47/1408 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	2 February 2032	Iron	5,797
M 47/1409 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	25 November 2031	Iron	6,851
M 47/1410 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	2 February 2032	Iron	313
M 47/1411 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	25 November 2031	Iron	3,505
M 47/1413 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	25 November 2031	Iron	1,042
M 47/1417 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	15 January 2034	Iron	296
M 47/1431 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	7 July 2032	Iron	2,955
M 47/1453 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	16 January 2034	Iron	726
M 47/1473 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	28 August 2035	Iron	485
M 47/1474 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	21 November 2033	Iron	2,918
M 47/1475 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	28 August 2035	Iron	525
M 47/1476 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	6,824
M 47/1481 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	14 August 2040	Iron	1,864
M 47/1493 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	3,914
M 47/1510 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	3 July 2046	Iron	971
M 47/1541 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	3,505
M 47/1542 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	6,851
M 47/1543 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	726
M 47/1550 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	2,918
M 47/1558 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	3,833
M 47/1559 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	1,137
M 47/1560 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	3,862
M 47/1561 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	3,407
M 47/1570 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	30 March 2041	Iron	1,031
M 47/1573 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	28 November 2042	Iron	1,004
M 47/1577 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	9 December 2042	Iron	418
M 47/1610 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	6,402
M 47/1617 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	812
M 47/1625 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Application		Iron	8,552
M 47/1639 Mining lease	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	6 May 2046	Iron	9,131
L 47/293 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	6 May 2031	Iron	796
L 47/294 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	6 May 2031	Iron	634
L 47/296 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	16 May 2031	Iron	1,010
L 47/360 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	27 June 2031	Iron	890
L 47/361 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	10 October 2032	Iron	4,423
L 47/362 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	2 May 2032	Iron	3,491
L 47/363 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	2 May 2032	Iron	726
L 47/367 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	1 March 2033	Iron	1,215
L 47/381 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	18 November 2031	Iron	1,795
L 47/382 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	11 July 2033	Iron	379
L 47/391 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	23 February 2032	Iron	312
L 47/392 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	29 June 2032	Iron	641
L 47/397 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	2 July 2033	Iron	103
L 47/471 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	10 July 2033	Iron	470
L 47/710 Miscellaneous licence	CHICHESTER METALS PTY LTD	Granted	3 February 2036	Iron	332
L 47/711 Miscellaneous licence	CHICHESTER METALS PTY LTD	Granted	4 March 2036	Iron	464
L 47/713 Miscellaneous licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	24 November 2037	Iron	1,025
L 47/801 Miscellaneous licence	THE PILBARA INFRASTRUCTURE PTY LTD	Granted	23 May 2040	Iron	651
E 47/1306 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	16 November 2026	Iron	12,403
E 47/1319 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	15 March 2027	Iron	6,648
E 47/1333 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	27 July 2027	Iron	9,722
E 47/1334 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	1 June 2027	Iron	2,823
E 47/1372 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	15 May 2027	Iron	17,468
E 47/1390 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	20 June 2027	Iron	8,857
E 47/1391 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	20 June 2027	Iron	7,901
E 47/1398 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	7 July 2027	Iron	21,468
E 47/1399 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	7 July 2027	Iron	19,670
E 47/1447 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	1 June 2027	Iron	7,589
E 47/1523 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	15 February 2027	Iron	5,621
E 47/1524 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	14 June 2026	Diamond, Iron	11,903
E 47/1579 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	20 June 2027	Iron	1,072
E 47/1763 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	17 December 2027	Iron	8,540
E 47/1821 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	27 February 2028	Iron	2,733
E 47/2879 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	16 June 2028	Iron	3,484
E 47/3211 Exploration licence	FMG PILBARA PTY LTD	Granted	22 September 2027	Iron	2,534
TR 70/5461 Temporary reserve	MINISTERIAL	Granted		SD, Iron, Salt, Limestone	255,312