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Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Kambalda Nickel

Kambalda Nickel is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Lunnon Metals Limited 100%; Gold Fields Limited; ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITED; ACH Global Pty Ltd, on 33 current tenements held by LUNNON METALS LIMITED; ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITED. Commodities: Nickel, Gold, Silver, Copper.

MINEDEX project
J04621
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Lunnon Metals Limited 100%; Gold Fields Limited; ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITED; ACH Global Pty Ltd
Tenement holders
LUNNON METALS LIMITED
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITED
Parent groups
Gold Fields
Lunnon Metals
Commodities
Nickel, Gold, Silver, Copper
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
Nickel4.61 Mt at 2.7%, 123 kt contained0.61 Mt at 2.9%, 18 kt contained11 June 2024
Copper3.03 Mt at 0.23%, 7,038 t contained0.61 Mt at 0.24%, 1,469 t contained11 June 2024
Cobalt3.03 Mt at 0.06%, 1,693 t contained0.61 Mt at 0.05%, 318 t contained11 June 2024
Arsenic2.67 Mt at 0.00%, 122 t contained0.61 Mt at 0.01%, 61 t contained11 June 2024
Palladium1.38 Mt at 0.44 g/t, 20 koz contained0.61 Mt at 0.49 g/t, 9,645 oz contained18 December 2023
Platinum1.38 Mt at 0.20 g/t, 8,777 oz contained0.61 Mt at 0.20 g/t, 3,922 oz contained18 December 2023

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
ST IVES SOUTHERN PROJECT AREA CLOSURE IMPLEMENTATION PLANGOLD FIELDS AUSTRALIA Pty Limited25 July 2022MINE CLOSURE PLAN - ST IVES SOUTHERN PROJECT AREA CLOSURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN - J00178

EPA Ministerial Statements

MS 1128 St Ives Gold Mine – Beyond 2018 Project (Revised Proposal), MS 879 Gold Mine Developments on Lake Lefroy [1809]

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 15/1531
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1542
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver121
M 15/1543
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver121
M 15/1544
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver121
M 15/1545
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1546
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1548
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1549
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel, Copper, Silver121
M 15/1550
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel, Silver121
M 15/1551
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1553
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold120
M 15/1556
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel, Copper121
M 15/1557
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel121
M 15/1559
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Copper120
M 15/1568
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel, Silver121
M 15/1569
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver120
M 15/1570
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Copper, Silver121
M 15/1571
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1572
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Copper, Silver121
M 15/1573
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel, Silver121
M 15/1574
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver121
M 15/1575
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold, Silver121
M 15/1576
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel120
M 15/1577
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel120
M 15/1590
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Nickel, Gold121
M 15/1592
Mining lease
LUNNON METALS LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Nickel120
M 15/1630
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver121
M 15/1631
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver121
M 15/1668
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold107
M 15/1669
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold120
M 15/1670
Mining lease
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted23 December 2046Gold, Silver67
ML 15/141
Mineral lease (Mining Act 1904)
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted31 December 2029Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver121
ML 15/142
Mineral lease (Mining Act 1904)
ST IVES GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITEDGranted31 December 2029Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver121