Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 448

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 448
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 water to sites–managed accommodation villages for FIFO sites–a housing portfolio managing properties in the towns ofDampier, Wickham, Karratha, Pannawonica, Paraburdoo andTom 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/acreageEastern Range and Western Range Mineral Lease held underIron Ore (Hamersley Range) Agreement Act 1968.Area ofML4SA approximately 79,469ha. Area of ML246SAapproximately 12,950ha.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 and governmentroyalties.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 Bao-HI joint venture was established in 2002 and hasdelivered sales of more than 200 million tonnes of iron ore toChina. First ore from Eastern Range was delivered in 2004.In 2022, the Bao-HI joint venture was extended with acommitment to deliver 275 million tonnes of sales of iron ore toChina. First ore from Western Range was delivered in 2024utilising existing infrastructure, with a new crusher at WesternRange mine planned to be operational in 2025.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 both exploration and development drillingacross the property.This Property is considered a production stage property forSK-1300 reporting purposes.Type of mineralisationMineralisation at Eastern Range and Western Range occurs ashaematite/goethite mineralisation hosted within the banded ironformations of the Brockman Formation.Processing plants and other available facilitiesOre from the Eastern Rangeand Western Rangeminesiscrushed and then processed through the central Paraburdootertiary crushing and dry screening plant to produce a dry lumpproduct, with further wet processing of the fines product usinghydrocyclones to remove slimes.The processing plants within the Hamers