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Western Australian mining lease

M 45/50 · Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources

M 45/50 is a Western Australian mining lease held by ALBEMARLE WODGINA PTY LTD; WODGINA LITHIUM PTY LTD (Wodgina JV (Albemarle 50%, Mineral Resources 50%) group). Granted 28 June 1984, expires 3 July 2026. 364 ha in the Pilbara Mineral Field. Commodities: Tantalum, Tin, Lithium, Iron. Part of the Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources project (operating).

Type: Mining lease
Status: Granted
Holders: ALBEMARLE WODGINA PTY LTD
WODGINA LITHIUM PTY LTD
Parent group: Wodgina JV (Albemarle 50%, Mineral Resources 50%) (a joint venture)
MINEDEX projects: Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources J00720 · Operating
Owners: Mineral Resources Limited 50%; Albemarle Corporation 50%; Posco Holdings Inc; Wodgina Lithium Pty Ltd

Wodgina Iron / Atlas J03640 · Shut
Owners: Albemarle Corporation 60%; Mineral Resources Limited 40%
Lodged: 13 December 1983
Granted: 28 June 1984
Expires: 3 July 2026
Area: 363.80 hectares (3.6 km²)
Mineral field: Pilbara Mineral Field
Commodities: Tantalum, Tin, Lithium, 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
Mine closure plan: Wodgina Lithium Project: approved 27 August 2025, Mining Proposal - S0231317 - Wodgina Lithium Project - Mining Proposal: Version 4.0
Wodgina DSO Project , 159-LAH-PM-REP-0001: approved 10 August 2017, Wodgina DSO Project, Mine Closure Plan, 159-LAH-PM-REP-0001, Revision 1, April 2017
Environmental registrations: 41 mining proposal and closure plan registrations (MINEDEX)
WAMEX data: 389 open-file drill holes, 76 exploration reports on this ground
Location: -21.1735, 118.6798 (centre)

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Mining proposals and mine closure plans

Date	Registration	Title	Status	Document (GeoDocs)
27 August 2025	Mining Proposal With Mine Closure Plan	Mining Proposal - S0231317 - Wodgina Lithium Project - Mining Proposal: Version 4.0	Approved	MP_500604.pdf
1 May 2025	Mining Proposal	MINING PROPOSAL - WODGINA LITHIUM PROJECT - VERSION 3.3 - J00720 - S0231317	Approved	MP_500234.pdf
22 August 2024	Mining Proposal	WODGINA LITHIUM PROJECT - OPEN PIT MINING PROPOSAL - VERSION 2.3 - J00720	Approved	MP_122942.pdf
14 December 2023	Mining Proposal	WODGINA LITHIUM PROJECT - MINING PROPOSAL - VERSION 1.4 - J00720	Approved	MP_120114.pdf
30 June 2023	Mine Closure Plan	MINE CLOSURE PLAN - WODGINA LITHIUM PROJECT - J00720	Approved	MCP_118578.pdf
28 March 2023	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Lithium Project	Approved	MP_113904.pdf
3 September 2019	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Lithium Project - Wodgina Monitoring & Production Bore Mining Proposal Rev 1	Approved	MP_80872.pdf
23 January 2019	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Landfill and ESO Hardstand Mining Proposal Rev 1	Approved	mp_77526.pdf
21 December 2018	Mining Proposal	Wodgina 2 Gas Pipeline Mining Proposal Amendment Rev 0	Approved	mp_77620.pdf
23 October 2018	Mining Proposal	Wodgina 2 Gas Pipeline Revised Mining Proposal Rev2	Approved	mp_74363.pdf
3 September 2018	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Infrastructure Expansion Mining Proposal	Approved	mp_74361.pdf
9 July 2018	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Lithium Project - Cassiterite Pit (NE Node) Expansion Mining Proposal - Revision	Approved	mp_74092.pdf
23 November 2017	Mining Proposal	Cassiterite Pit Extension Mining Proposal Rev 1	Approved	MP_70087.pdf
10 August 2017	Mine Closure Plan	Wodgina DSO Project, Mine Closure Plan, 159-LAH-PM-REP-0001, Revision 1, April 2017	Approved	mcp_61222.pdf
6 July 2017	Mining Proposal	CASSITERITE PIT EXPANSION	Approved	mp_64265.pdf

26 earlier registrations are in MINEDEX.

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