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

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Carina

Carina is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Yilgarn Iron Investments Pty Ltd 100%; Brightstar Resources Limited; Yilgarn Iron Pty Ltd, on 29 current tenements held by POLARIS METALS PTY LTD; YILGARN IRON PTY LTD. Commodities: Gold, Iron.

MINEDEX project: J03423
Stage: Operating
Owners (MINEDEX): Yilgarn Iron Investments Pty Ltd 100%; Brightstar Resources Limited; Yilgarn Iron Pty Ltd
Tenement holders: POLARIS METALS PTY LTD
YILGARN IRON PTY LTD
Parent groups: Yilgarn Iron Investments
Commodities: Gold, 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

Commodity	Resources	Reserves	Latest estimate
Iron	45 Mt at 56.8%, 25.7 Mt contained	1.30 Mt at 57.0%, 741 kt contained	30 June 2019
Manganese	21 Mt at 0.19%, 39 kt contained	—	30 November 2013

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)
J4 IRON ORE PROJECT (PART OF CARINA-YILGARN ENV GROUP)	Polaris Metals Pty Limited	1 December 2017	MINE CLOSURE PLAN - J4 IRON ORE PROJECT (PART OF CARINA-YILGARN ENV GROUP) - VERSION 2
MINE CLOSURE PLAN - CARINA OPERATIONS - REVISION 1.0 - J03423 - S0223199	MINERAL RESOURCES Limited
Carina Extended Iron Ore Project	Polaris Metals Pty Limited	24 December 2013	Carina Extended Iron Ore Project
East Jaurdi Aerodrome	Polaris Metals Pty Limited	22 July 2020	East Jaurdi Aerodrome MP

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1054 Yilgarn Operations, Koolyanobbing Range F Deposit, MS 988 Jackson 4 (J4) Iron Ore Mine and Haul Road on M77/1242, L77/250, L77/252 and L77/25, MS 907 Windarling Range W3/5 Deposit Deepening, MS 852 Carina Iron Ore Mine, MS 843 Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project – Mt Jackson J1 Deposit, MS 802 Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project, Windarling W2 pit mining below the groundwater table, MS 627 Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Expansion

Tenements

Tenement	Holder	Status	Expires	Commodities	Hectares
M 77/580 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	14 June 2035	Gold, Iron	700
M 77/1095 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	8 May 2032	Iron	994
M 77/1097 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Application		Iron	994
M 77/1244 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	6 December 2030	Iron	996
M 77/1261 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	14 May 2033	Iron	490
M 77/1270 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	19 August 2035	Iron	991
M 77/1291 Mining lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Application		Iron	3,307
G 15/21 General purpose lease	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	30 September 2031	Iron	279
G 77/124 General purpose lease	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Application		Iron	436
L 15/303 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	14 June 2031	Iron	9
L 15/305 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	13 May 2031	Iron	705
L 15/306 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	5 May 2031	Iron	22
L 15/310 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	1 July 2031	Iron	2
L 15/311 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	1 July 2031	Iron	2
L 15/318 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	5 April 2032	Iron	12
L 15/319 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	18 May 2032	Iron	32
L 15/320 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	18 May 2032	Iron	71
L 15/340 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	4 April 2034	Iron	4
L 16/91 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	8 December 2032	Iron	10
L 16/115 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	20 May 2036	Iron	597
L 77/250 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	29 October 2035	Iron	77
L 77/252 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	4 December 2035	Iron	594
L 77/254 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	12 October 2035	Iron	2,306
L 77/255 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	31 August 2035	Iron	150
L 77/270 Miscellaneous licence	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Application		Iron	108
L 77/274 Miscellaneous licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	12 October 2035	Iron	87
E 77/842 Exploration licence	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	3 July 2026	Iron	9,570
E 77/2226 Exploration licence	POLARIS METALS PTY LTD	Granted	18 January 2020	Iron	3,312
E 77/2983 Exploration licence	YILGARN IRON PTY LTD	Granted	12 August 2029	Iron	9,713