West Perth-based Hemisphere Resources Ltd has fended off the likes of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and Brockman Iron Ltd to win a ballot for a Pilbara iron ore tenement close to Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina mine.

West Perth-based Hemisphere Resources Ltd has fended off the likes of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and Brockman Iron Ltd to win a ballot for a Pilbara iron ore tenement close to Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina mine.