Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 452

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 452
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West AngelasOwnership53% Rio TintoRobe River is a jointventure betweenRio Tinto (53%), MitsuiIron Ore Development(33%), and NipponSteel Corporation(14%)OperatorRio TintoLocationPilbara region,Western Australia |     | Access and infrastructureAccess and infrastructure within the property includes:–a network of sealed and unsealed roads connecting to publicroads and highways–public and Rio Tinto-operated airports–a Hamersley and Robe owned integrated heavy haulage railnetwork, operated by Pilbara Iron comprising nearly 2,000km of rail, rail cars and locomotives–four shipping terminals, located at Dampier and CapeLambert and managed as a single port system–water piping networks for both abstracted water and supplyof fresh water to sites–managed accommodation villages for FIFO sites–a housing portfolio managing properties in the towns ofDampier, Wickham, Karratha, Pannawonica, Paraburdooand Tom Price–tailings storage facilities at several mine sites.All assets are subject to routine inspections and ongoinginvestment and maintenance programs to ensure these remainfit for purpose.Title/lease/acreageAgreements for life of mine with the Government ofWestern Australia.Mineral lease held underIron Ore (Robe River) AgreementAct 1964.Area of ML248SA approximately 78,600ha.Key permit conditionsState Agreement conditions are set by the Government ofWestern Australia and broadly comprise environmentalcompliance and reporting obligations; closure and rehabilitationconsiderations; local procurement and community initiatives/investment requirements; and payment of taxes andgovernment royalties.The current business also operates under an ILUA whichincludes commitments for payments made to trust accounts;Indigenous employment and business opportunities; andheritage and cultural protections. |     | HistoryThe first shipment from Robe Valley was in 1972. Interestacquired in 2000 through North Limited acquisition. First orewas shipped from West Angelas in 2002.Property description/type of mineAll mines operated by Rio Tinto within the property are open pitmines. The mining method employed uses conventionalsurface mining, whereby shovels and loaders are used to loaddrilled and blasted material into trucks for removal to wastedumps or feed to process plants.In addition to mining activities, Rio Tinto conducts bothexploration and development drilling across the property.This Property is considered a production stage property forSK-1300 reporting purposes.Type of mineralisationRobe Valley deposits: goethite mineralisation occurs as pisolite