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

Western Australian mining project · Operating

Brockman 2 - Nammuldi - Silvergrass - Homestead / Rio Tinto

Brockman 2 - Nammuldi - Silvergrass - Homestead / Rio Tinto is a Western Australian mining project (operating) in MINEDEX, owned by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd 100%, on 22 current tenements held by CENTRAL PILBARA SOUTH IRON ORE PTY LTD; HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED; HAMERSLEY IRON-YANDI PTY LIMITED. Commodities: Iron, Manganese.

MINEDEX project
J03932
Stage
Operating
Owners (MINEDEX)
Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd 100%
Tenement holders
CENTRAL PILBARA SOUTH IRON ORE PTY LTD
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITED
HAMERSLEY IRON-YANDI PTY LIMITED
Parent groups
Rio Tinto
Commodities
Iron, Manganese
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
Iron—314 Mt at 61.7%, 194 Mt contained31 December 2016

Current MINEDEX estimates over all the project's sites; resources may include reserves. MINEDEX (DMPE), CC BY 4.0.

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1248 Hope Downs 2, MS 1246 Brockman Syncline Proposal, MS 1195 Greater Paraburdoo Iron Ore Hub Proposal, MS 1038 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Project – Pocket and Billiard South deposits, MS 1031 Western Turner Syncline Iron Ore Project - Revised Proposal, MS 1025 Hope Downs Iron Ore Mine, 75 Km North-West of Newman Pilbara Region - Baby Hope Proposal, MS 1020 Marandoo Iron Ore Project – Revised Proposal, MS 1000 Brockman Syncline 4 Iron Ore - Revised Proposal, MS 946 Western Turner Syncline Stage 2 – B1 and Section 17 Deposits, MS 925 Nammuldi-Silvergrass Expansion Project, MS 914 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Project - Expansion to include Junction South West and Oxbow Deposits, MS 876 Cape Lambert Port B development (s46), MS 867 Brockman 2 Detrital Iron Ore Mine Extension Phase 2B, MS 854 Hope Downs 4 Iron Ore Mine, MS 833 Marandoo Mine Phase 2, MS 807 Western Turner Syncline - Section 10 Iron Ore Mine, MS 717 Brockman Syncline 4 Iron Ore Project, MS 558 Nammuldi—Silvergrass Iron Ore Project, 55 km north-west of Tom Price, MS 523 Yandicoogina Iron Ore Mine and Railway East Hamersley Range (s46) [1265], MS 514 West Angelas Iron Ore Project, MS 417 Yandicoogina iron ore mine and railway, MS 286 Marandoo Iron Ore Mine and Central Pilbara Railway, MS 131 Proposed Brockman No. 2 detrital iron ore mine, MS 16 Channar Mining Project, Hamersley Range

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 47/369
Mining lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted28 September 2037Iron9
M 47/370
Mining lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted28 September 2037Iron9
M 47/371
Mining lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted28 September 2037Iron6
M 47/372
Mining lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted28 September 2037Iron16
M 272SA
Mining lease (State Agreement)
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted21 September 2035Iron14,105
M 274SA
Mining lease (State Agreement)
HAMERSLEY IRON-YANDI PTY LIMITEDGranted18 September 2039Iron30,483
ML 4SA
Mineral lease (State Agreement)
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted24 March 2028Iron, Manganese80,523
G 47/1232
General purpose lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted19 September 2028Iron1,258
G 47/1242
General purpose lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted18 September 2032Iron1,421
G 47/1243
General purpose lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted18 September 2032Iron549
G 47/1269
General purpose lease
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted23 January 2044Iron198
L 47/139
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted24 May 2026Iron521
L 47/140
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted24 May 2026Iron1,270
L 47/153
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted26 September 2027Iron3,613
L 47/159
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted26 January 2027Iron51
L 47/160
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted26 January 2027Iron43
L 47/178
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted22 August 2028Iron392
L 47/647
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted18 February 2035Iron201
L 47/855
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted29 August 2040Iron39
L 47/880
Miscellaneous licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted6 November 2043Iron624
E 47/1790
Exploration licence
HAMERSLEY IRON PTY. LIMITEDGranted17 February 202713,932
E 47/5156
Exploration licence
CENTRAL PILBARA SOUTH IRON ORE PTY LTDApplication7,566