MCF Mining Approvals IndexData as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 7024 · WEIPA
ML 7024 (WEIPA) is a Queensland mining lease held by RTA WEIPA PTY LTD (Rio Tinto group). Status granted, granted 1 January 1958, expires 31 December 2041. 243,130 ha in the Carpentaria Basin area. Commodities: Bauxite, Kaolin. Environmental authority EPML00725113.
- Type
- Mining lease
Mineral - Status
- Granted
- Holder
- RTA WEIPA PTY LTD
- Parent group
- Rio Tinto (known subsidiary)
- Project or name
- WEIPA
- Lodged
- 1 January 1958
- Granted
- 1 January 1958
- Expires
- 31 December 2041
- Area
- 243,130.15 hectares (2,431.3 km²)
- Region
- Carpentaria Basin
- Commodities
- Bauxite, Kaolin
- Native title
- Granted before 1 January 1994
- Previous references
- SBML1
- Environmental authority
- EPML00725113 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 24 drill holes, 183 company reports, 4 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -12.28262, 141.92484 (centre)