Data as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28641 · Melinda Downs
EPM 28641 (Melinda Downs) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by MATERRA METALS LIMITED (Dragon Field International group). Status granted, granted 18 November 2024, expires 17 November 2029. 31,884 ha in the Carpentaria Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100348911.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Holder
- MATERRA METALS LIMITED
- Parent group
- Dragon Field International (known subsidiary)
- Project or name
- Melinda Downs
- Lodged
- 10 October 2022
- Granted
- 18 November 2024
- Expires
- 17 November 2029
- Area
- 31,884.33 hectares (318.8 km²)
- Region
- Carpentaria Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100348911 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 14 drill holes, 86 company reports, 2 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -19.84849, 140.46784 (centre)
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