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Woods Point Gold Project

Victoria, Australia · Underground

Closed
Gold
Workforce
At the time of acquisition in August 2021, the project came with a workforce of 23 personnel. In July 2022, the company stated it would be doubling the workforce.
Overview
The Woods Point Gold Project, located in Victoria, Australia, includes the Morning Star Gold Mine and Rose of Denmark Mine. White Rock Minerals held a 95% interest. Acquired in August 2021, gold production recommenced in Q3 2022 but the Morning Star Gold Mine was placed on care and maintenance on 21 March 2023 and subsequently closed due to funding pressures.
Production
Historical production from Morning Star (1862-1963) was 883,000 ounces at 26.5 g/t gold. Rose of Denmark historical production was 36,000 ounces at 11.6 g/t gold. Prior to White Rock's full acquisition (Jan-Sep 2020), 7,600 tonnes at 12.3 g/t gold were processed, recovering 3,000 ounces.
Processing
Gravity gold processing plant with a capacity of 80,000 tonnes per annum. The processing method involved a VSI crushing unit and screens, which were refurbished in 2022.
Equipment
Underground infrastructure included a shaft, headframe, and winder. In July 2022, two new Eimco 12B Rocker Shovels and two new scrapers were ordered to support development.
Companies & ownership
  • White Rock Minerals Limited
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Last Chance Gold Target

Alaska, United States · Open Pit

Under Development
Gold
Overview
The Last Chance Gold Target is an early-stage exploration project operated by White Rock Minerals. It is located in central Alaska, United States, within the Tintina Gold Province, and is part of White Rock Minerals' broader Red Mountain Project. The project is 100% owned by White Rock Minerals and targets gold over a 15 square kilometre area.
Equipment
drill rigs
Companies & ownership
  • White Rock Minerals Limited
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Red Mountain Project

Alaska, USA · Underground

Under Development
ZincSilverLeadGoldCopper
Workforce
No permanent operational workforce; a 24-man field camp was planned for the 2019 field season.
Overview
The Red Mountain Project is an advanced exploration polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in Central Alaska, rich in zinc, silver, lead, gold, and copper. It is located approximately 100 kilometres south of Fairbanks and covers 836 square kilometres, comprising two identified deposits: Dry Creek and West Tundra Flats.
Production
There are no production figures.
Processing
Preliminary metallurgical testing indicated good recoveries of over 90% for zinc, 75% for lead, 70% for silver, 80% for gold, and 70% for copper.
Equipment
A 24-man field camp was planned for the 2019 field season to support surface crews for mapping, sampling, geophysics, and drilling.
Companies & ownership
  • White Rock Minerals Limited
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Woolgar Gold Project

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
Gold
Mine life
20 years
Overview
One of Queensland's most significant undeveloped gold resources. Mining leases have been granted, and the project is awaiting statutory approval.
Processing
Metallurgical test work has indicated that gold recoveries of over 90% can be achieved using a conventional processing flowsheet including crushing, milling, gravity separation, and leaching.
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Star Project

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
Coal
Overview
The project is in the approvals stage, with QCoal Group having applied to the Australian federal government for approval to develop two box cuts to provide bulk samples for potential customers.
Production
Around 1.0 million tonnes per year of coal from the Star Project is planned to be processed.
Processing
Coal is to be processed at the coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) at QCoal's adjacent Cook mine.
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Sonoma North

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Closed
Coal
End year
2021
Overview
Sonoma North is an open-cut pit which is part of the larger Sonoma Mine, operated by QCoal Group. It is located in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia, as part of QCoal's Northern Hub, which also includes the Jax and Drake mines. The Sonoma Mine is situated approximately 6 kilometres south of Collinsville.
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Sonoma Mine

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2008-01-01
End year
2037
Mine life
30 years
Workforce
280 full-time employees (Leighton Contractors, 2014) and 20 people at the CHPP (Sedgman, 2014).
Overview
Open-cut coal mine located six kilometres south of Collinsville in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia, operated as part of QCoal Group's Northern Hub.
Production
Up to four million tonnes of coal products each year; permitted to extract up to 6.5 million tonnes per annum of run-of-mine coal.
Processing
on-site coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) constructed in 2007, operated by Sedgman, processes 800 tonnes of coal an hour. Includes cyclones, coarse coal centrifuges, product screens. Coal railed to Abbot Point Coal Terminal for export.
Equipment
truck and shovel/loader methods, drilled and blasted, cast blast and dozer push techniques, coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP)
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Jax Mine

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2013-01-01
End year
2034
Mine life
21 years
Workforce
approximately 195 people
Overview
The Jax Mine is an open-cut coal mine operated by QCoal Group. It is located 15 kilometres south of Collinsville in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. The mine is part of QCoal's integrated Northern Hub, which also includes the Sonoma, Cows, and Drake mines.
Production
The mine has the capacity to produce up to 1.8 million tonnes of coal annually. In 2019, production from the Jax Mine included 212,775 tonnes of hard coking coal and 344,919 tonnes of thermal coal. The mining lease allows for the extraction of up to 3.0 million tonnes per year of run-of-mine coal from the Moranbah and Fort Cooper coal measures.
Processing
All coal extracted from the Jax Mine is processed through the QCoal Northern Hub's infrastructure facility, which includes a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP).
Expansion
QCoal has sought to amend the environmental approval for the Jax Mine to expand its footprint by 500 hectares. This proposed expansion of the life-of-mine disturbance area is intended to accommodate a revised mine plan based on updated resource models.
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Drake Mine

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2014-01-01
End year
2044
Mine life
30 years
Workforce
approximately 390 jobs
Overview
The Drake Mine is an open-cut coal mine operated by QCoal Group. It is located in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia, approximately 17 kilometres south of Collinsville. The mine is operated by Drake Mine Management Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of QCoal. QCoal Group holds 100% ownership. The primary commodities are hard coking coal and thermal coal. It has an annual production capacity of up to six million tonnes of coking and thermal coal products.
Production
up to six million tonnes of coking and thermal coal products annually
Processing
Coal from Drake Mine is not processed on-site. Instead, it is transported to the nearby Sonoma Mine, another QCoal operation, where it is processed using Sonoma's existing infrastructure, including a Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP). The Sonoma CHPP, which was designed, constructed, and is operated by Sedgman, has a processing capacity of 800 tonnes per hour.
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Cook Colliery

Queensland, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
Coal
Workforce
Approximately 170 workers at the time of closure announcement in late 2025.
Overview
Cook Colliery is an underground coal mine located in the Bowen Basin, 27 kilometres south of Blackwater, Queensland, Australia. It is owned by QCoal Group.
Production
Contract to produce approximately 6.3 million tonnes of ROM coal over six years (from 2022). Coal production recommenced in March 2022.
Processing
Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP)
Equipment
CHPP, ancillary surface conveyors, ROM coal stockpile, private haul road, product stockpiles, train loader, reject disposal sites, Voest-Alpine ABM25 bolter miners, Flexiveyor continuous haulage system
Expansion
One of the two underground units was closed in September 2025, and the second and final production unit ceased operations in November 2025.
Companies & ownership
  • QCoal Group
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Tonopah Lithium Project

Nevada, United States · Solution

Under Development
Lithium
Overview
An exploration-stage lithium brine project wholly owned by the Australian mining company Argosy Minerals. It comprises 425 claims covering an area of approximately 34.25 square kilometres.
Companies & ownership
  • Argosy Minerals Limited
    ASX:AGY · OTC:ARYMF
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Rincon Lithium Project

Salta Province, Argentina · Solution

Under Development
Lithium
Opened
2024-01-01
Mine life
45 years
Workforce
Puna operations team; staff numbers reduced in early 2025 for cost-cutting
Overview
The project is located at the Salar del Rincon in the Salta Province of Argentina, part of the 'Lithium Triangle', situated in the elevated and arid Puna region. It is a brine extraction project from a salar aquifer.
Production
Industrial-scale pilot plant produced over 30 tonnes of high-purity battery-grade lithium carbonate. Current Stage 2 operation targets 2,000tpa. Planned Stage 3 expansion targets 12,000tpa. 25 tonnes sold to customers in Asia.
Processing
Conventional brine extraction and processing method, involving brine extraction from a wellfield, concentration in solar evaporation ponds, and chemical processing in a plant to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate. Successfully tested process to produce high-purity lithium chloride concentrate.
Equipment
wellfield, pumping station, solar evaporation ponds (38 hectares), chemical processing plant, brine system, plant settling ponds, site camp, laboratory, offices, all-season roads, natural gas pipeline, rail lines, 40MW energy infrastructure, high-voltage power line, substation
Expansion
2,000tpa lithium carbonate production operation in ramp-up phase; 12,000tpa expansion operation in engineering and feasibility works
Companies & ownership
  • Argosy Minerals Limited
    ASX:AGY · OTC:ARYMF
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Queensland Bulk Handling

Queensland, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
Coal
Companies & ownership
  • New Hope Corporation Limited
    ASX:NHC
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New Acland Mine

Queensland, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2002-01-01
Workforce
At full operating rate, approximately 400 full-time employees. During Stage 3 construction, peaked at around 600 local workers. As of October 2024, over 180 employees, reaching 250 full-time employees by late 2024. Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Overview
The New Acland Mine is an open-cut thermal coal mine in Queensland, Australia, 100% owned by New Hope Group. It commenced operations in 2002. The mine is currently active following the Stage 3 expansion, which began production in September 2023 and is projected to have a mine life of approximately 12-15 years.
Production
Up to 7.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of product coal, with a forecast production rate of five million tonnes per annum.
Processing
Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP). Washed coal is transported by haulage trucks to the Jondaryan Rail Loadout Facility, then loaded onto freight trains for transport to the Port of Brisbane.
Equipment
Excavators (Hitachi EX5600, Hitachi EX3600), Haul trucks (Caterpillar 793F), Caterpillar 993 loader, dozers, graders, scrapers, service trucks, and water trucks.
Expansion
Stage 3 expansion commenced production in September 2023. The existing Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) was upgraded and a new module was planned. An 8km rail spur and balloon loop were to be constructed to connect the new on-site train load-out facility to the existing rail line.
Companies & ownership
  • New Hope Corporation Limited
    ASX:NHC
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Copper Coast Project

South Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
Copper
Overview
IGO considers the project a significant, belt-scale opportunity to discover a Tier-1 sediment-hosted copper deposit, drawing comparisons to the Kamoa-Kakula deposit in the Central African Copperbelt. The project comprises multiple granted exploration licences and applications covering a substantial area, stated as 7,521 square kilometres.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Spotted Quoll Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
Nickel
End year
2024
Overview
Underground nickel mine, part of the Forrestania Operation, contributing ore to the Cosmic Boy concentrator. A significant seismic event in July 2024 expedited the cessation of mining activities.
Equipment
Longhole open stoping mining method.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Flying Fox Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
Nickel
End year
2024
Overview
Underground nickel mine, part of the Forrestania Operation, contributing ore to the Cosmic Boy concentrator.
Equipment
Longhole open stoping mining method.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Cosmic Boy concentrator

Western Australia, Australia · Processing Facility

Care And Maintenance
Nickel
End year
2024
Overview
Central processing facility for the Forrestania Operation, treating ore from Flying Fox and Spotted Quoll mines.
Production
In the 2022-23 financial year, the Forrestania Operation produced 22,915 tonnes of nickel. For the half-year ending 31 December 2023, the operation generated $145.8 million in revenue from the sale of 4,510 tonnes of payable nickel.
Processing
Nickel sulphide flotation process, including primary crushing, conveying, coarse ore storage, SAG milling with flash flotation, thickening and filtration for dewatering, and pumping plant tails to a tailings storage facility.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Spotted Quoll underground mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
Nickel
Opened
2009-01-01
End year
2024
Overview
The Spotted Quoll mine is an underground nickel mine located in Western Australia. It is part of the Forrestania Nickel Operation, situated approximately 400 kilometres east of Perth and 80 kilometres east-southeast of Hyden in the Shire of Kondinin.
Production
For the 2022-23 financial year, the Forrestania Operation, which includes Spotted Quoll, produced 11,931 tonnes of nickel. In the 2023-24 financial year, production was 7,571 tonnes of nickel.
Processing
Ore from Spotted Quoll was processed at the nearby Cosmic Boy concentrator. The processing method involves a three-stage crushing circuit, a single circuit ball mill, and flotation tanks to produce a nickel concentrate. The concentrate is then dewatered through thickening and filtration. The Cosmic Boy facility has a treatment capacity of up to 600,000 tonnes of ore per year. In 2018, a Mill Recovery Enhancement Project involving nickel bio-leaching was added to the plant to process partially oxidised ores.
Equipment
Atlas Copco T1D & H104 drills and four Caterpillar R1300G tele-remote loaders
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Odysseus Underground Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
NickelCobalt
Opened
2020-01-01
End year
2028
Mine life
10 years
Workforce
179 Barminco employees impacted by transition to care and maintenance
Overview
The Odysseus Underground Mine, part of the Cosmos Nickel Project, is an underground mine targeting nickel concentrate with cobalt as a by-product. It is 100% owned by IGO Limited.
Production
throughput upgraded from 750,000 tonnes per annum to 1.1 million tonnes per annum; processed nearly 295,000 tonnes of Odysseus ore until May 2024
Processing
conventional sulphide processing route with traditional grinding and flotation technology to produce concentrate at the refurbished and upgraded Cosmos processing plant
Equipment
approximately $25 million worth of plant and equipment (Barminco), secondary crusher, new conveyors, reconfigured grinding mills, increased flotation capacity
Expansion
refurbished and upgraded Cosmos processing plant, throughput upgraded from 750,000 tonnes per annum to 1.1 million tonnes per annum
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Kwinana Lithium Hydroxide Refinery

Western Australia, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
Lithium
Commodities, grades and output
YearCommodityAv. GradeOutput
2025Lithium-4895 t
Opened
2021-01-01
Workforce
A July 2022 presentation noted that 25% of the workforce was female and 33% of the workforce resided within 15 kilometres of the refinery.
Overview
The refinery processes chemical-grade spodumene concentrate from the Greenbushes lithium mine to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide. The facility is described as Australia's first fully automated lithium hydroxide processing plant. First lithium hydroxide chemical product was produced in August 2021, with the first battery-grade lithium hydroxide produced in May 2022. The refinery's Train 1 has a nameplate production capacity of 24,000 tonnes per annum. However, the facility has faced ongoing operational issues and has been operating significantly below this capacity. In August 2025, IGO announced a significant impairment on its investment in the refinery. The company is in discussions with its joint venture partner, Tianqi Lithium, regarding the future of the facility.
Production
Production overview - 2025: lithium 4895 t.
Processing
Converting chemical-grade spodumene concentrate, supplied from the Greenbushes lithium mine, into lithium hydroxide. This is a fully automated process.
Equipment
An acid roast off-gas scrubber train, including a Venturi scrubber, entrainment separator, and wet electrostatic precipitator. A low burner regenerative thermal oxidiser (RTO) and wet scrubber system to treat Train 1 calciner baghouse off-gases. A spodumene mill baghouse filter. Automated packaging equipment and storage. Stormwater management systems, including wedge pits and storage tanks.
Expansion
In January 2025, the TLEA shareholders, IGO and Tianqi Lithium Corporation, agreed to cease all works and activities on a second processing train (Train 2) at the Kwinana refinery.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
  • Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia
  • Tianqi Lithium Corporation
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Greenbushes Lithium Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
LithiumTantalumTin
Opened
1888-01-01
End year
2048
Mine life
24 years
Workforce
more than 1,700
Overview
Greenbushes Lithium Mine is a hard rock, open-pit mining and processing operation located in Western Australia. The mine is situated directly south of the town of Greenbushes, approximately 250 kilometres south of Perth and 90 kilometres south-east of the Port of Bunbury. The Greenbushes operation is recognised as having the highest-grade ore reserve of any hard rock lithium mine globally.
Production
In the 2023 calendar year, approximately 5.9 million tonnes of ore were processed, producing about 1.43 million tonnes of saleable spodumene concentrates. For the 2024 calendar year, production was approximately 1.42 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate from 5.6 million tonnes of processed ore. Total site capacity to approximately 2.1 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate.
Processing
As of early 2025, the site operated four spodumene concentrators: one technical grade plant (TGP1), two chemical grade plants (CGP1 and CGP2), and a tailings retreatment plant (TRP). The processing method involves upgrading the lithium mineral (spodumene) from the ore using gravity, heavy media, flotation, and magnetic processes. The crushing and screening facilities include jaw crushers, impact crushers, screeners, High Pressure Grinding Rollers (HPGR), and conveyors.
Equipment
Mining fleet includes trucks and shovels. Electrification, with some electric and hybrid light vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and forklifts in use.
Expansion
A third chemical grade plant, CGP3, with a capacity of approximately 500,000 tonnes per annum of spodumene concentrate, commenced commissioning in December 2025, with first ore processed on 18 December 2025. This expansion takes the total site capacity to approximately 2.1 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Cosmos Project

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
NickelCobalt
Opened
2000-01-01
Workforce
Prior to care and maintenance in 2024, around 200 IGO staff and contractors were employed, with another report suggesting about 400, including IGO workers and contractors. The primary underground mining contractor, Barminco, employed approximately 179 people at the site.
Overview
The Cosmos Project, located 30 kilometres north of Leinster in Western Australia, Australia, is 100% owned by IGO Limited. It primarily produces nickel and cobalt as a nickel concentrate. The project, centered around the Odysseus underground mine, was transitioned into care and maintenance in June 2024, having previously restarted operations on November 6, 2023, after being under care and maintenance since 2012. Mining commenced in 2000.
Production
During the brief restart period (Nov 2023 - May 2024), nearly 295,000 tonnes of Odysseus ore was processed. The concentrator plant has a nominal capacity of 1.1 million tonnes per annum.
Processing
Conventional sulphide processing route using froth flotation. The concentrator was upgraded from 900,000 tonnes per annum to 1.1 million tonnes per annum capacity. The upgraded circuit includes new primary, secondary, and tertiary crushing and screening equipment, a new primary mill, refurbished secondary and regrind mills, new and refurbished rougher, cleaner, and cleaner scavenger flotation cells, a refurbished concentrate thickener, a new tailings thickener, and a new concentrate filter.
Equipment
Refurbished and upgraded nickel concentrator plant, primary, secondary, and tertiary crushing and screening equipment, primary mill, secondary and regrind mills, rougher, cleaner, and cleaner scavenger flotation cells, concentrate thickener, tailings thickener, concentrate filter. Long-lead items ordered included a secondary crusher, secondary screen, concentrate pressure filter, flotation cells, thickeners, and cyclones. Planned shaft hoisting system (not commissioned), two 63-tonne diesel trucks (planned diesel fleet).
Expansion
The concentrator was upgraded from a nominal capacity of 900,000 tonnes per annum to 1.1 million tonnes per annum.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Forrestania Operation

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Operating
Nickel
Overview
Forrestania is a nickel mine.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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