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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Poondano Iron Ore

Poondano Iron Ore is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Poondano Mining Company Pty Ltd 100%, on 5 current tenements held by POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTD. Commodities: Iron, SD.

MINEDEX project
J03006
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Poondano Mining Company Pty Ltd 100%
Tenement holders
POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTD
Commodities
Iron, 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
Iron4.50 Mt at 46.6%, 2.1 Mt contained—31 May 2009

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
for the Poondano Central Project on M45/1189Process Minerals International Pty Limited15 May 2012Mining Proposal for the Poondano Central Project on M45/1189

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 45/1189
Mining lease
POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTDGranted5 May 2031Iron, SD1,006
L 45/219
Miscellaneous licence
POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTDGranted1 March 2033Iron99
L 45/247
Miscellaneous licence
POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTDGranted1 April 2033Iron110
L 45/356
Miscellaneous licence
POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTDGranted7 January 2035Iron13
L 45/357
Miscellaneous licence
POONDANO MINING COMPANY PTY LTDGranted4 February 2035Iron2