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

Western Australian mining lease

M 20/45 · Reedy

M 20/45 is a Western Australian mining lease held by VALIANT GOLD LIMITED (Valiant Gold group). Granted 24 August 1986, expires 25 August 2028. 986 ha in the Murchison Mineral Field. Commodities: Gold, Silver. Part of the Reedy project (operating).

Type: Mining lease
Status: Granted
Holder: VALIANT GOLD LIMITED
Parent group: Valiant Gold (matched by name)
MINEDEX project: Reedy J07168 · Operating
Owners: Valiant Gold Limited 100%; Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd; Westgold Resources Limited
Lodged: 10 April 1986
Granted: 24 August 1986
Expires: 25 August 2028
Area: 985.80 hectares (9.9 km²)
Mineral field: Murchison Mineral Field
Commodities: Gold, Silver
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
Mine closure plan: Central Murchison Gold Project (Yaloginda, Paddy's Flat, Reedy, Day Dawn, Big Bell, Cuddingwarra: approved 11 August 2015, Central Murchison Gold Project (Yaloginda, Paddy's Flat, Reedy, Day Dawn, Big Bell, Cuddin
Environmental registrations: 22 mining proposal and closure plan registrations (MINEDEX)
EPA referred proposals: Australian Vanadium Project – Mining and Beneficiation Operations Under assessment; overlaps 43 ha
WAMEX data: 102 open-file drill holes, 70 exploration reports on this ground
Location: -27.11445, 118.2671 (centre)

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Mining proposals and mine closure plans

Date	Registration	Title	Status	Document (GeoDocs)
27 June 2025	Mining Proposal	REG ID 500395 Reedy Mining Proposal Ver 2.0	Approved	MP_500395.pdf
1 July 2024	Mining Proposal	Reedy Mine MP Appendices CONFIDENTIAL	Approved	MP_123097.pdf
3 December 2019	Mining Proposal	Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd - Addendum to Reg ID 54830 - Minor Modifications to Reedy Mine Infrastructure - Revision 1	Approved	MP_82390.pdf
18 February 2018	Mining Proposal	Reedy Mining Proposal Amendment: Construction of a Landfill on M20/45	Approved	mp_71863.pdf
22 September 2017	Mining Proposal	Addendum to Mining Proposal Reg ID 60843 and 54830 - Jack Ryan Underground	Approved	mp_69498.pdf
20 October 2016	Mining Proposal	Central Murchison Gold Project Reedy Jack Ryan Addendum	Approved	mp_60843.pdf
14 March 2016	Mining Proposal	Addendum to Mining proposal reg ID 54830	Approved	mp_58763.pdf
11 August 2015	Mining Proposal With Mine Closure Plan	Central Murchison Gold Project (Yaloginda, Paddy's Flat, Reedy, Day Dawn, Big Bell, Cuddingwarra	Approved	mp_54830.pdf
7 September 1995	Mining Proposal	REEDY : JACK RYAN PIT CUT BACK	Approved	mp_1961.pdf
1 March 1995	Mining Proposal	REEDY :TAILINGS DAM NO3 M20/45	Approved	mp_1768.pdf
19 September 1994	Mining Proposal	REEDY GOLD : RAND CUTBACK WASTE RELOCATION	Approved	mp_1735.pdf
7 June 1994	Mining Proposal	REEDY : RAND CUTBACK	Approved	mp_1635.pdf
7 June 1994	Mining Proposal	REEDY GOLD PROJECT : JACK RYAN DECLINE	Approved	mp_15043.pdf
22 April 1994	Mining Proposal	REEDY : TRITON/NORTH TRITON	Approved	mp_14997.pdf
12 January 1994	Mining Proposal	REEDY : MISSING LINK PIT	Approved	mp_1496.pdf

7 earlier registrations are in MINEDEX.

Registrations from MINEDEX (DMPE); the documents are the operators' own, linked on GeoDocs and not copied.