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

Western Australian mining lease

M 70/1031 · Boddington Gold

M 70/1031 is a Western Australian mining lease held by NEWMONT BODDINGTON PTY LTD; SADDLEBACK INVESTMENTS PTY LTD (Newmont group). Granted 4 October 1999, expires 10 October 2041. 397 ha in the South West Mineral Field. Commodities: Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Bismuth, Silver. Part of the Boddington Gold project (operating).

Type: Mining lease
Status: Granted
Holders: NEWMONT BODDINGTON PTY LTD
SADDLEBACK INVESTMENTS PTY LTD
Parent group: Newmont (matched by name)
MINEDEX project: Boddington Gold J00026 · Operating
Owners: Newmont Corporation 100%; Newmont Australia Pty Ltd; Saddleback Investments Pty Ltd
Lodged: 8 October 1998
Granted: 4 October 1999
Expires: 10 October 2041
Area: 397.20 hectares (4.0 km²)
Mineral field: South West Mineral Field
Commodities: Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Bismuth, 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: Newmont Boddington Gold - Life of Mine Extension - (BGM11099_01: approved 20 February 2015, Newmont Boddington Gold - Life of Mine Extension - Mining Proposal (BGM11099_01
Environmental registrations: 9 mining proposal and closure plan registrations (MINEDEX)
EPA Ministerial Statements: MS 971, MS 453, MS 379, MS 299, MS 100, MS 85, MS 49, MS 19
EPA referred proposals: Bauxite mining on the Darling Range in the southwest of WA for the years 2023 to 2027 Under assessment; overlaps 349 ha
Newmont Boddington Life of Mine Extension Amendment Proposal Under assessment; overlaps 397 ha
Newmont Boddington Goldmine - Life of Mine Expansion Approved (Ministerial Statement), MS 971; overlaps 397 ha
Worsley Mine Expansion - Revised Proposal Approved (Ministerial Statement), MS 1237; overlaps 0.1 ha
Hedges Gold Project Approved (Ministerial Statement), MS 590; overlaps 8.2 ha
Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 Approved (Ministerial Statement), MS 952; overlaps 397 ha
and 1 more
WAMEX data: 59 open-file drill holes, 63 exploration reports on this ground
Location: -32.76665, 116.33705 (centre)

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Mining proposals and mine closure plans

Date	Registration	Title	Status	Document (GeoDocs)
24 December 2021	Mine Closure Plan	MINE CLOSURE PLAN - NEWMONT BODDINGTON GOLD PROJECT - J00026	Approved	no public document
6 September 2018	Mining Proposal With Mine Closure Plan	Complete_NBG New Infrastructure and Trials Mining Proposal_Rev a	Approved	no public document
16 March 2017	Mining Proposal	Hedges Dam Repairs Mining Proposal	Approved	mp_64142.pdf
27 April 2016	Mining Proposal	NBG Life of Mine Extension Project Drainage Modification Mining Proposal addendu	Approved	mp_58852.pdf
20 February 2015	Mining Proposal With Mine Closure Plan	Newmont Boddington Gold - Life of Mine Extension - Mining Proposal (BGM11099_01	Approved	MP_48325.pdf
29 August 2012	Mining Proposal	Revised Wandoo North and South Pit Modifications and Additional Waste Rock Storage: Mining Proposal Addendum: ML264SA(2), M70/22, M70/23, M70/24, M70/25, M70/1031, G70/218 - Version 2 - July 2012	Approved	mp_33764.pdf
29 June 2006	Mining Proposal	BODDINGTON EXPANSION GATEHOUSE	Approved	mp_5383.zip mp_5383.pdf mp_18750_res.pdf
18 September 2000	Mining Proposal	BODDINGTON : HEDGES GOLD : PIT M6	Approved	mp_16883.pdf
11 September 1998	Mining Proposal	BODDINGTON : HYDRAULIC MINING TRIAL RESIDUE RETURN WATER	Approved	mp_16292.pdf

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