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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Nullagine CID

Nullagine CID is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Fortescue Ltd 100%; FMG Nullagine Pty Ltd, on 14 current tenements held by FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTD; PILBARA ENERGY (GENERATION) PTY LTD. Commodities: Iron.

MINEDEX project
J03030
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Fortescue Ltd 100%; FMG Nullagine Pty Ltd
Tenement holders
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTD
PILBARA ENERGY (GENERATION) PTY LTD
Parent groups
Fortescue
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

CommodityResourcesReservesLatest estimate
Iron135 Mt at 54.0%, 72.8 Mt contained36 Mt at 54.9%, 20.0 Mt contained31 December 2014

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
Nullagine CIDFortescue Metals Group LIMITED26 June 2019Nullagine CID Mine Closure Plan Revision 1
Warrigal Well M46/523BC Iron Limited22 October 2014Warrigal Well Mining Proposal M46/523

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 46/515
Mining lease
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted21 April 2031Iron1,287
M 46/522
Mining lease
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted29 January 2035Iron1,624
M 46/523
Mining lease
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted29 January 2035Iron1,367
M 46/535
Mining lease
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted21 August 2040Iron2,718
G 46/9
General purpose lease
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted21 April 2031Iron10
L 46/74
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted9 March 2031Iron207
L 46/80
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted8 July 2031Iron1,256
L 46/82
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted29 April 2031Iron244
L 46/83
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted10 June 2031Iron804
L 46/84
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted8 July 2031Iron39
L 46/85
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted8 July 2031Iron330
L 46/93
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted26 May 2032Iron193
L 46/114
Miscellaneous licence
FMG NULLAGINE PTY LTDGranted23 July 2035Iron202
L 46/190
Miscellaneous licence
PILBARA ENERGY (GENERATION) PTY LTDApplication7,205