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Data as at 12 November 2026 · from Western Australian Government registers and open data

Western Australian mining project · Care and Maintenance

Admiral Bay

Admiral Bay is a Western Australian mining project (in care and maintenance) in MINEDEX, owned by Massive Metals Pty Ltd 80%; Kimberley Mining Australia Pty Ltd 19.7%, on 3 current tenements held by KIMBERLEY MINING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. Commodities: Coal, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Barium, Copper, Salt.

MINEDEX project
J00744
Stage
Care and Maintenance
Owners (MINEDEX)
Massive Metals Pty Ltd 80%; Kimberley Mining Australia Pty Ltd 19.7%
Tenement holders
KIMBERLEY MINING AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Parent groups
Arika Resources
Commodities
Coal, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Barium, Copper, Salt
Rehabilitation liability
Its rehabilitation liability is in the MCF Mining Index (subscribers): the Mining Rehabilitation Fund estimate, its trend since 2014, company provisions and closure-plan costs

Resources and reserves

CommodityResourcesReservesLatest estimate
Zinc170 Mt at 4.1%, 7.0 Mt contained—4 July 2016
Zinc equivalent170 Mt at 7.5%, 12.8 Mt contained—4 July 2016
Silver170 Mt at 25.00 g/t, 136.64 Moz contained—4 July 2016
Barium170 Mt at 10.0%, 17.0 Mt contained—4 July 2016
Lead170 Mt at 2.7%, 4.6 Mt contained—4 July 2016

Current MINEDEX estimates over all the project's sites; resources may include reserves. MINEDEX (DMPE), CC BY 4.0.

Tenements

TenementHolderStatusExpiresCommoditiesHectares
M 04/244
Mining lease
KIMBERLEY MINING AUSTRALIA PTY LTDGranted20 March 2033Coal, Lead, Silver, Zinc795
M 04/249
Mining lease
KIMBERLEY MINING AUSTRALIA PTY LTDGranted20 March 2033Zinc, Silver, Lead, Coal, Barium, Copper843
E 04/1610
Exploration licence
KIMBERLEY MINING AUSTRALIA PTY LTDGranted3 September 2027Lead, Zinc, Coal, Silver, Salt11,925