Data as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for minerals
EPM 28948 · Paton Downs
EPM 28948 (Paton Downs) is a Queensland exploration permit for minerals held by GCM Corporation Limited (GCM Corporation group). Status granted, granted 15 October 2024, expires 14 October 2029. 31,514 ha in the Georgina Basin area. Commodities: All minerals except coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100214516.
- Type
- Exploration permit for minerals
- Status
- Granted
- Holder
- GCM Corporation Limited
- Parent group
- GCM Corporation (the holder itself, a listed company)
- Project or name
- Paton Downs
- Lodged
- 6 November 2023
- Granted
- 15 October 2024
- Expires
- 14 October 2029
- Area
- 31,513.59 hectares (315.1 km²)
- Region
- Georgina Basin
- Commodities
- All minerals except coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100214516 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 5 company reports, 12 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -23.13182, 140.07619 (centre)
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