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

Western Australian mining lease

M 45/925 · Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources

M 45/925 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 26 March 2001, expires 25 March 2043. 611 ha in the Pilbara Mineral Field. Commodities: Lithium, Tantalum, Tin, 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 project: Wodgina Mining Assets / Mineral Resources J00720 · Operating
Owners: Mineral Resources Limited 50%; Albemarle Corporation 50%; Posco Holdings Inc; Wodgina Lithium Pty Ltd
Lodged: 21 October 1999
Granted: 26 March 2001
Expires: 25 March 2043
Area: 611.40 hectares (6.1 km²)
Mineral field: Pilbara Mineral Field
Commodities: Lithium, Tantalum, Tin, 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: 17 mining proposal and closure plan registrations (MINEDEX)
EPA referred proposals: BHP Pilbara Expansion Strategic Proposal Approved (Ministerial Statement), MS 1105; overlaps 27 ha
WAMEX data: 90 exploration reports on this ground
Location: -21.15425, 118.6916 (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 November 2018	Mining Proposal	Wodgina Laydown Area Mining Proposal	Approved	mp_76910.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
17 March 2017	Mining Proposal	LOI - Truck Parking Area - Wodgina	Approved	mp_64339.pdf
3 November 2014	Mining Proposal	Letter Of Intent: Wodgina Tantalum Operation: Proposed Orica Reload Storage Facility on M45/925	Approved	mp_37763.pdf
24 December 2013	Mining Proposal	Mining Proposal - Wodgina BO3 Expansion and Outer Stockyard	Approved	mp_45118.pdf
15 July 2010	Mining Proposal	Letter of Intent - Wodgina DSO Project - M45/50, M45/381, M45/949, M45/49, M45/925 AND E45/2765	Approved	mp_26987.pdf
16 August 2006	Mining Proposal	WODGINA PROJECT: 5HA WASTE DUMP ADDENDUM TO NOI 3561	Approved	mp_5355.pdf

2 earlier registrations are in MINEDEX.

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