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Mine & Means Title, leases Mine type & Facilities,
location of access Ownership Operator or options History mineralisation style Power source use & condition
Jimblebar operation*
Pilbara region, Private road BHP 85% BHP Mining lease Production Open-cut Power for all 3 primary crushers,
Western Ore is ITOCHU Iron Ore granted pursuant began in Bedded ore types mine operations ore handling plant,
Australia transported Australia 8% to the Iron Ore March 1989 classified as per both in the train loadout,
via overland Mitsui & Co. Iron (McCamey’s From 2004, host Archaean or Central and stockyard blending
conveyor Ore Exploration Monster) production was Proterozoic banded Eastern Pilbara facility and
(12.4 km) & Mining 7% Agreement transferred to iron formation, is supplied by supporting mining
Authorisation Wheelarra JV which are Brockman BHP’s natural hub infrastructure
*Jimblebar is an Act 1972 expires as part of the and Marra Mamba gas fired Yarnima (nominal capacity
‘incorporated’ in 2030 with Wheelarra power station 71 Mtpa)
venture, with rights to sublease Power consumed
the above successive agreement in port operations
companies renewals of This sublease is supplied
holding A Class 21 years each agreement via a contract
Shares in Mining expired in with Alinta
Lease 266SA March 2018
Section 1 and Ore was first
Section 3 held produced from
by BHP Iron Ore the newly
Jimblebar Pty Ltd commissioned
(BHPIOJ) Jimblebar hub
BHP holds 100% in late 2013
of the B Class Jimblebar
Shares, which has sells ore to the
rights to all other Newman JV
BHPIOJ assets proximate to
the Jimblebar
hub
Mt Goldsworthy joint venture
Pilbara region, Private road BHP 85% BHP 1 mineral lease Operations Mining Area C, Power for Yarrie 2 primary crushers,
Western Yarrie and Mitsui Iron Ore and 1 mining commenced at Yarrie and and Shay Gap 2 ore handling plants,
Australia Nimingarra Corporation 7% lease both Mt Goldsworthy Nimingarra are is supplied by stockyard blending
Yarrie iron ore ITOCHU Minerals granted pursuant in 1966 and all open-cut their own small facility and train load
Nimingarra transported by and Energy of to the Iron Ore at Shay Gap Bedded ore types diesel generating out (nominal capacity
Mining Area C Mt Goldsworthy Australia 8% (Goldsworthy in 1973 classified as per stations 60 Mtpa)
JV-owned rail – Nimingarra) Original host Archaean Power for all
to Port Hedland Agreement Act Goldsworthy or Proterozoic iron remaining mine
(218 km) 1972, expire mine closed formation, which operations in
Mining Area C 2035, with rights in 1982 are Brockman, the Central and
iron ore to successive Associated Marra Mamba Eastern Pilbara
transported renewals of Shay Gap mine and Nimingarra is supplied by
by Mt Newman 21 years closed in 1993 BHP’s natural
JV-owned rail A number of Mining at gas fired Yarnima
to Port Hedland smaller mining Nimingarra power station
(360 km) leases granted mine ceased Power consumed
Mt Goldsworthy under the Mining in 2007, then in port operations
JV railway spur Act 1978 expire in continued is supplied
links Mining 2026 with rights from adjacent via a contract
Area C to Yandi to successive Yarrie area with Alinta
railway spur renewals of Production
21 years
3 mineral leases commenced
at Mining Area
granted under C mine in 2003
the Iron Ore
(Mount Yarrie mine
Goldsworthy) operations were
Agreement Act suspended in
1964, which February 2014
expire 2028,
with rights
to successive
renewals of
21 years each
POSMAC joint venture
Pilbara Private road BHP 65% BHP Sublease over Production Open-cut Power for all mine POSMAC sells all
region, POSMAC JV ITOCHU Minerals part of Mt commenced in Bedded ore types operations both ore to Mt Goldsworthy
Western sells ore to and Energy of Goldsworthy October 2003 classified as per in the Central and JV, which is then
Australia Mt Goldsworthy Australia 8% Mining Area C POSMAC JV host Archaean or Eastern Pilbara processed at Mining
JV at Mining Mitsui Iron Ore mineral lease sells all ore to Proterozoic iron is supplied by Area C
Area C Corporation 7% that expires Mt Goldsworthy formation, which BHP’s natural
Ore is POSCO-Ore 20% on the earlier JV at Mining is Marra Mamba gas fired Yarnima
transported of termination Area C (FY2020 power station
via Mt of the mineral ore production Power consumed
Goldsworthy lease or the <1 Mt) in port operations
JV-owned rail end of the is supplied
and Mt POSMAC JV via a contract
Newman with Alinta
JV-owned
railed to Port
Hedland

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