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Bourne Highway

Shire of Ashburton

Bourne Highway is an iron ore exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia. Its 8 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 2009 and 2018, most recently Hamersley Iron Pty Limited in 2018. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
8
Operators
3
companies on record
Worked
10yrs
2009 to 2018, 8 years ago
Main target
Iron
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Bourne Highway in the Shire of Ashburton
Ground extent29 × 11 km

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Bourne Highway, most active first.

Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd 4Rio Tinto Iron Ore 3Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 29 live and pending tenements sit over the Bourne Highway ground, held under 5 names.

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Exploration record on Bourne Highway

Local government
Shire of Ashburton
Commodities targeted
Iron 8
Work on record
Flora 6 · Aboriginal site surveys 5 · Geological reconnaissance 5 · Heritage survey 4 · RC drilling 3 · Gamma gamma logging 2 · Geophysical logging 2 · Rehabilitation 2
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A92807 (2012)
Downloadable data
4 of 8 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 8
Reports by decade
12000s
72010s

Exploration reports

8 WAMEX reports filed over Bourne Highway.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A115864 2018 Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Bourne Highway Project Area Combined Annual Report for the period 18 January 2017 to 17 January 2018, Explorat
A104779 2015 Rio Tinto Iron Ore Bourne Highway Project, Annual Report for the period 18/01/2014 to 17/01/2015, E47/1783-1786; P47/1328-1330 &
A101035 2014 Rio Tinto Iron Ore Bourne Highway Project, Annual Report for the 18/01/2013 to 17/01/2014, E47/1783-1786; P47/1328-1330, 1332-133
A96783 2013 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd BOURNE HIGHWAY PROJECT AREA COMBINED ANNUAL REPORT (C88/2008) EXPLORATION LICENCES 47/1783, 47/1784, 47/1785 &
A92807 2012 Rio Tinto Iron Ore Bourne Highway Project Annual Technical Report for the Period 18/01/2011 to 17/01/2012 for C88/2008, E47/1783,
A89175 2011 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Combined Annual Report (C88/2008) For the Period 18 January 2010 to 17 January 2011, Bourne Highway, E47/1783,
A85732 2010 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Combined Annual Report (C88/2008) For the Period 18 January 2009 to 17 January 2010, Bourne Highway, E47/1783,
A81026 2009 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Combined Annual Report (C88/2008), For the Period 18 January 2008 to 17 January 2009, Bourne Highway, E47/1783

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What does the exploration record say about Bourne Highway?

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