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Drillers Ridge

Shire of Ashburton

Drillers Ridge is an iron ore exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 2017 and 2022, most recently Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd in 2022.

Reports
7
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
6yrs
2017 to 2022, 4 years ago
Main target
Iron
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Drillers Ridge in the Shire of Ashburton
Ground extent26 × 15 km
Report areas mapped2

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Drillers Ridge, most active first.

Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd 6Central Pilbara South Iron Ore Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 17 live and pending tenements sit over the Drillers Ridge ground, held under 10 names.

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Exploration record on Drillers Ridge

Local government
Shire of Ashburton
Commodities targeted
Iron 7
Work on record
Environmental management 3 · Aerial colour photography 2 · Aerial lidar surveys 1 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Digital elevation modelling 1 · Geological interpretation 1 · Land access 1 · Other activities 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
5 of 7 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
1 of 7 record no work done
Report types
Annual 6 · Partial Surrender 1
Reports by decade
52010s
22020s

Exploration reports

7 WAMEX reports filed over Drillers Ridge.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A133015 2022 Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd E47/3453 Bee Gorge Partial Surrender Assessment Report for the period 20 September 2016 to 19 September 2022
A125464 2020 Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited Drillers Ridge Project E47/3453 (Bee Gorge) Annual Report for the period ending 19/09/2020
A122047 2019 Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited E47/3453 Bee Gorge Annual Report for the period 20 September 2018 to 19 September 2019
A120275 2019 Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited Drillers Ridge Project C56/2017 Combined Annual Report for the period 02/03/2018 to 01/03/2019, E47/01607, E47
A118768 2019 Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Drillers Ridge Project E47/3453 (Bee Gorge) Annual Report for the period 20 September 2017 to 19 September 20
A116856 2018 Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Drillers Ridge Project C56/2017 Combined Annual Report for the period 2 March 2017 to 1 March 2018, E47/01607,
A115307 2017 Central Pilbara South Iron Ore Pty Ltd Drillers Ridge Project E47/3453 Bee Gorge Annual Report for the period 20 September 2016 to 19 September 2017

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What does the exploration record say about Drillers Ridge?

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