MCF Mining Approvals IndexData as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 27980 · Waggaboonya
EPM 27980 (Waggaboonya) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by AUSTRAL RESOURCES OPERATIONS PTY LTD (Austral Resources Australia group). Status granted, granted 4 July 2022, expires 3 July 2027. 17,687 ha in the Mount Isa Province area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100122072.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Austral Resources Australia (known subsidiary)
- Project or name
- Waggaboonya
- Lodged
- 9 August 2021
- Granted
- 4 July 2022
- Expires
- 3 July 2027
- Area
- 17,687.01 hectares (176.9 km²)
- Region
- Mount Isa Province
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100122072 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 1,010 drill holes, 131 company reports, 227 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -20.10684, 139.13451 (centre)