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Western Australian mining lease

M 45/923 · Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources

M 45/923 is a Western Australian mining lease held by GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS WODGINA PTY LTD (Global Advanced Metals group). Granted 26 March 2001, expires 25 March 2043. 722 ha in the Pilbara Mineral Field. Commodities: Iron, Lithium, Tantalum, Tin. Part of the Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources project (operating).

Type: Mining lease
Status: Granted
Holder: GLOBAL ADVANCED METALS WODGINA PTY LTD
Parent group: Global Advanced Metals (a subsidiary)
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%

Mt Cassiterite Emerald J04345 · Not Applicable
Owners: not recorded
Lodged: 21 October 1999
Granted: 26 March 2001
Expires: 25 March 2043
Area: 721.90 hectares (7.2 km²)
Mineral field: Pilbara Mineral Field
Commodities: Iron, Lithium, Tantalum, Tin
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: 31 mining proposal and closure plan registrations (MINEDEX)
WAMEX data: 1,769 open-file drill holes, 86 exploration reports on this ground
Location: -21.1845, 118.6586 (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
10 October 2022	Mining Proposal	Mining Proposal for Small Mining Operations: Wodgina Lithium Project Version 2	Approved	MP_113388.pdf
3 September 2019	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Lithium Project - Wodgina Monitoring & Production Bore Mining Proposal Rev 1	Approved	MP_80872.pdf
3 September 2018	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Infrastructure Expansion Mining Proposal	Approved	mp_74361.pdf
25 July 2018	Mining Proposal	INTENT TO REVISE CONSTRUCTION OF TSF3 EMBANKMENT M45/923-I WODGINA LITHIUM	Approved	mp_74457.pdf
11 May 2018	Mining Proposal	Low Impact Mining Proposal - South Fill Landbridge - Revision 2	Approved	mp_73145.pdf
23 November 2017	Mining Proposal	Cassiterite Pit Extension Mining Proposal Rev 1	Approved	MP_70087.pdf
28 September 2017	Mining Proposal	EWL LOI - Wodgina Mine Site	Approved	mp_69345.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

16 earlier registrations are in MINEDEX.

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