WA Mining Weekly Sep 21 - 27

Week on week, applications up 21% and transfers down 37%. 30,542 tenements are live or pending across the state.

Ground gone to ballot

2 companies in a ballot for 1,989 ha at Cue

Bulletin Resources released E 20/1064 in the Shire of Cue, 1,989 ha in all, on Sep 21. 2 parties applied over it, every one of them lodging on Sep 22: Mining Equities and Golden Dragon Mining. NextMaps flagged this ground on Sep 21, 1 day before the first application landed. Exceptional soil gold anomalies up to 41.7 ppm near Big Bell mine, untested by drilling, possibly tailings-related but highly prospective.

Ground picked up

• Next day: Black Canyon pegged E 46/1667 and E 46/1666 (12,731 ha, East Pilbara), 87% of it ground Carawine Resources released.
• Next day: Ardea Resources pegged E 31/1481 (10,153 ha, Menzies), all of it ground Nex Wongatha JV released.
• Next day: Allen, Dianne Elizabeth pegged E 59/3138 (5,120 ha, Mount Magnet), almost all of it ground Western Yilgarn released.
• Next day: Chalwell Prospecting pegged E 28/3626 (2,071 ha, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), 33% of it ground Mount Briggs Mining released.
• Next day: BHP Group pegged E 52/4643 (631 ha, East Pilbara), all of it ground Fortescue released.
• Next day: Tye, Jan Brian pegged P 37/10160 (87 ha, Leonora), all of it ground McKnight, Alice Elizabeth released.
• 15 days later: Allen, Dianne Elizabeth pegged E 59/3139 (2,409 ha, Mount Magnet), 63% of it ground Western Yilgarn released.
• 29 days later: Ramsay, Paul Brian pegged P 39/6655 (140 ha, Laverton), all of it ground Iceni Gold released.

Who is collecting dropped ground

Goldzone Investments has taken 7 parcels (9,770 ha) off 3 different holders in the last 90 days, in Yilgarn. That includes ground dropped by Allen, Dianne Elizabeth and Macdonald, Danny Peter.

Abeh has taken 4 parcels (5,576 ha) off 3 different holders in the last 90 days, across Coolgardie and Menzies. That includes ground dropped by Marquee Resources and Bloomier Resources.

Biggest moves

Trek Metals hands Pilbara Gold 17,980 ha in Marble Bar

Acme Pilbara transferred 5 tenements totalling 17,980 hectares in Marble Bar, East Pilbara, to Mt York Operations. Mt York Operations is a subsidiary of Pilbara Gold, and its Mt York project in Western Australia is described by the company as the subject of a mining lease application.

Why it matters: The deal places ground into a listed-backed Pilbara vehicle that is advancing a mining lease application at Mt York.

Sources: asx.com.au · announcements.asx.com.au · March 2024 Quarterly Activities Report · ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

Trek Metals now holds 8 WA tenements · Pilbara Gold now holds 6 WA tenements

Alicanto Minerals WA leaves WA, handing SGC WA 891 ha at Dundas

SGC WA received 6 tenements (891 ha) from Alicanto Minerals WA in Dundas Shire (registered this week).

Why it matters: Alicanto Minerals WA is left holding no WA tenements under that name, so this is an exit rather than a reshuffle.

Alicanto Minerals WA now holds no WA tenements under that name · SGC WA now holds 12 WA tenements

Emerald Resources hands Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) 13,020 ha in Yilgarn

Emerald Resources (WA) has transferred one 13,020ha exploration licence in the Shire of Yilgarn to Golden Horse Minerals (Aust). The ground neighbours five tenements held by Yilgarn Iron and sits 2km from the J4 East iron ore operation.

Emerald Resources now holds 65 WA tenements · Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) now holds 65 WA tenements

Blue Ribbon Mines hands Ballard Mining 7,130 ha in Menzies

Blue Ribbon Mines has transferred two exploration licences covering 7,130 hectares in the Shire of Menzies to Mt Ida Au. The ground sits 10km from the Emu gold operation and neighbours four tenements held by Mt Ida Lithium.

Blue Ribbon Mines now holds 5 WA tenements · Ballard Mining now holds 6 WA tenements

North West Iron hands Round Hill Resources 4,030 ha in Peak Hill

North West Iron has transferred one exploration licence covering 4,030 hectares to Round Hill Resources in the Shire of Meekatharra. The ground sits in the Peak Hill MF district, 7km from the Ob 29 iron ore operation, with Apa Pilbara Holdings holding five adjacent tenements.

North West Iron now holds 3 WA tenements · Round Hill Resources now holds 1 WA tenement

Quick transfers

• Desert Minerals → Goldarc Resources: 3 tenements (497 ha), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
• Saunders, Frederick Charles → Astral Resources: 2 tenements (7 ha), Coolgardie Shire
• Nickgraph → Golden Horse Minerals (Aust): 1 tenement (185 ha), Yilgarn Shire
• Money, Brian Mathew → Fangally Rural: 2 tenements (18 ha), Cue Shire
• Fleming, Leo Glenn → Voltaic Strategic Resources: 1 tenement (167 ha), Meekatharra Shire

Companies exiting WA

• Alicanto Minerals WA transferred 6 tenements to SGC WA (891 ha) this week, and now holds no tenements registered under that name in WA.

Ground dropped

• Nelson Resources — 4 tenements, 29,760 ha, Dundas Shire
• Nex Wongatha JV — 1 tenement, 21,700 ha, Menzies Shire
• Ironmerge Fe — 1 tenement, 21,700 ha, Upper Gascoyne Shire
• Heavy Rare Earths — 1 tenement, 15,500 ha, Esperance Shire
• South West Arc — 1 tenement, 13,640 ha, Jerramungup Shire
• Reach Resources — 1 tenement, 12,400 ha, Upper Gascoyne Shire · open for application now
• Carawine Resources — 2 tenements, 11,780 ha, East Pilbara Shire
• Evergold Minerals — 1 tenement, 9,610 ha, Meekatharra Shire
• Chariot Resources — 5 tenements, 9,300 ha, Yilgarn Shire
• Raiden Resources — 1 tenement, 8,990 ha, Karratha Shire
• Wheatbelt Minerals — 1 tenement, 8,680 ha, Wagin Shire

Opening soon

• Sep 30 — E 38/3478 · 3,342 ha (17 blocks) · Laverton Shire
• Sep 30 — E 80/5471 · 3,166 ha (16 blocks) · East Pilbara Shire
• Oct 2 — E 31/1231 · 1,490 ha (8 blocks) · Menzies Shire
• Oct 7 — E 37/1376 · 4,208 ha (21 blocks) · Leonora Shire
• Oct 7 — E 36/993 · 3,027 ha (15 blocks) · Leonora Shire
• Oct 8 — E 53/2076 · 1,534 ha (8 blocks) · Wiluna Shire
• Oct 9 — E 20/953 · 7,341 ha (37 blocks) · Cue Shire
• Oct 9 — E 77/2636 · 1,780 ha (9 blocks) · Yilgarn Shire

Still open

No competing application shows on the register for this ground. The live tenure layer can lag a couple of business days, so confirm in Tengraph before lodging.

• E 80/5182 — S A Drilling · 11,393 ha · Halls Creek Shire · partly surrendered Aug 28
• E 52/4380 — Miramar Resources · 10,850 ha · Meekatharra Shire · surrendered Aug 26
• E 20/953 — Scorpion Minerals · 7,341 ha · Cue Shire · partly surrendered Aug 28
• E 77/2644 — Netley Minerals · 5,633 ha · Yilgarn Shire · partly surrendered Sep 8
• E 70/5351 — Chalice Mining · 4,989 ha · Toodyay Shire · partly surrendered Sep 8
• E 39/1990 — Anglogold Ashanti · 4,467 ha · Menzies Shire · partly surrendered Sep 8
• E 37/1376 — Marquee Resources · 4,208 ha · Leonora Shire · partly surrendered Sep 8
• E 47/4367 — Baracus · 4,030 ha · Ashburton Shire · surrendered Aug 26

Where the pegging is

Leonora Shire led with 20 new applications from 5 holders, ahead of Menzies Shire on 17.

New faces

• Karri Reef Resources — 1 first application (25,420 ha), Plantagenet Shire · no WAMEX history under that name
• Battler Metals — 1 first application (1,550 ha), Meekatharra Shire · no WAMEX history under that name

Worth watching next week

• 8 parcels totalling 25,889 ha are scheduled to come out of the release pool in the coming weeks (see Opening soon for dates).

Tenement transfers, applications, surrenders and status changes are shown as registered by DMPE, which can lag the underlying deal by several weeks. This briefing is derived from public DMPE data and NextMaps’ own DASC and RSS feeds; verify against official sources before acting.

General information only. Nothing here is financial, investment, legal or tenure advice, and it is not a recommendation to acquire, dispose of or apply for any tenement or financial product. NextMaps is not licensed to give such advice. Seek your own professional advice, and confirm the register yourself, before acting.