Data as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 5543 · QPD
ML 5543 (QPD) is a Queensland mining lease held by SOUTHERN CROSS OPERATIONS PTY LTD (Mayfair Australia Corporation group). Status granted, granted 31 October 1974, expires 31 October 2035. 13,482 ha in the Georgina Basin area. Commodities: Arsenic, Bismuth, Copper, Iron, Nickel, Lead, Antimony, Vanadium, Zinc, Phosphate, Silver, Thorium, Uranium. Environmental authority EPML00885513.
- Type
- Mining lease
Mineral - Prescribed - Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Mayfair Australia Corporation (known subsidiary)
- Project or name
- QPD
- Purpose
- mining the 13 listed commodities; also treatment plant or mill (TRPLNT)
- Lodged
- 4 July 1974
- Granted
- 31 October 1974
- Expires
- 31 October 2035
- Area
- 13,482.00 hectares (134.8 km²)
- Region
- Georgina Basin
- Commodities
- Arsenic, Bismuth, Copper, Iron, Nickel, Lead, Antimony, Vanadium, Zinc, Phosphate, Silver, Thorium, Uranium
- Native title
- Granted before 1 January 1994
- Previous references
- ML7830MTIS
- Environmental authority
- EPML00885513 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 846 drill holes, 63 company reports, 6 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.79979, 139.95146 (centre)
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