MCF Mining Approvals IndexData as at 18 October 2026 · from Western Australian Government registers and open data
Western Australian mining lease
M 24/796 · Paddington - Mt Pleasant
M 24/796 is a Western Australian mining lease held by NORTON GOLD FIELDS PTY LTD (Zijin Mining group). Granted 8 April 2003, expires 10 April 2045. 113 ha in the Broad Arrow Mineral Field. Commodities: Gold. Part of the Paddington - Mt Pleasant project (operating).
- Type
- Mining lease
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Zijin Mining (a subsidiary)
- MINEDEX projects
- Paddington - Mt Pleasant J00292 · OperatingOwners: Norton Gold FIelds Pty Ltd 100%; Zijin Mining Group; Keras Resources Plc; Paddington Gold Pty LIMIted
Crown Dam - Big Mac Dryblowing J01551 · OperatingOwners: not recorded
Mt Pleasant Dryblowing / Mackie J02638 · OperatingOwners: G A & S L MACKIE CONTRACTORS 100%
Golden Funnel Prospecting J02708 · ShutOwners: Kent Resources 100% - Lodged
- 17 June 1999
- Granted
- 8 April 2003
- Expires
- 10 April 2045
- Area
- 113.00 hectares (1.1 km²)
- Mineral field
- Broad Arrow Mineral Field
- Commodities
- Gold
- 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
- Mount Pleasant: approved 12 April 2017, Mine Closure Plan Mount Pleasant
- Environmental registrations
- 13 mining proposal and closure plan registrations (MINEDEX)
- EPA referred proposals
- Fire Management Strategies - track upgrading and chaining Not assessed; overlaps 113 ha
- WAMEX data
- 789 open-file drill holes, 58 exploration reports on this ground
- Location
- -30.5844, 121.2242 (centre)
Mining proposals and mine closure plans
| Date | Registration | Title | Status | Document (GeoDocs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2024 | Mining Proposal | Mt Pleasant Operations Version 3.1 | Approved | MP_123530.pdf |
| 15 December 2021 | Mining Proposal | Mt Pleasant EGS Mining Proposal Racetrack West Version 2 Revision 2 | Approved | MP_100195.pdf |
| 12 February 2021 | Mining Proposal | Mt Pleasant EGS Mining Proposal Version 1.2 | Approved | MP_92390.pdf |
| 29 May 2020 | Mining Proposal | Mining Proposal - Golden Funnel Project - Addendum to NOI 4651 | Approved | MP_85119.pdf |
| 12 April 2017 | Mine Closure Plan | Mine Closure Plan Mount Pleasant | Approved | mcp_58989.pdf |
| 17 October 2014 | Mining Proposal | Natal Project (Stage 4) - Mining Proposal Waste Dump Addendum | Approved | mp_52383.pdf |
| 8 May 2007 | Mining Proposal | ADDENDUM TO NATAL PROJECT M24/102 M24/256 M24/796 | Approved | mp_19019_res.pdf |
| 24 May 2005 | Mining Proposal | PADDINGTON - MT PLEASANT/ADDEN TO NATAL PROJECT STAGE 1 | Approved | mp_4977.pdf |
| 26 August 2004 | Mining Proposal | CROWN DAM - BIG MAC DRYBLOWING / SCRAPE AND DETECT | Approved | mp_4770.pdf |
| 10 May 2004 | Mining Proposal | GOLDEN FUNNEL PROSPECTING / GUISE / SCRAPE DETECT VARIOUS | Approved | mp_4629.pdf |
| 22 July 2003 | Mining Proposal | CROWN DAM : BIG MAC /HAWKE SCRAPE.DETECT ON M24/796 | Approved | mp_4330.pdf |
| 26 May 2003 | Mining Proposal | MT PLEASANT DRYBLOWING / MACKIE / M24/796 | Approved | mp_4284.pdf |
| 16 September 1997 | Mining Proposal | CROWN DAM : BIG MAC DRYBLOWING GOLD PROJECT | Approved | mp_15990.pdf |
Registrations from MINEDEX (DMPE); the documents are the operators' own, linked on GeoDocs and not copied.