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Meilga

Shire of Ashburton

Meilga is an iron ore and base metals exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia, earlier explored for gold. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 5 companies between 1985 and 2016, most recently Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in 2016.

Reports
6
Operators
5
companies on record
Worked
32yrs
1985 to 2016, 10 years ago
Main target
Iron
Gold most reported overall
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Meilga in the Shire of Ashburton
Ground extent23 × 33 km
Report areas mapped5

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Exploration record on Meilga

Local government
Shire of Ashburton
Commodities targeted
Gold 5 · Base Metals 3 · Iron 1 · Copper 1
Work on record
Stream sediment sampling 3 · Channel sampling 2 · Geological mapping 2 · Geological reconnaissance 2 · Rock chip sampling 2 · Ground magnetic surveys 1 · Metal detectors 1 · Mineralogy 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
1 of 6 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 5 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
21980s
11990s
22000s
12010s

Exploration reports

6 WAMEX reports filed over Meilga.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A110134 2016 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd E08/2498 (Meilga) Final Surrender Report For the Period 26 September 2014 to 22 July 2016
A73445 2006 Adelaide Prospecting Pty Ltd Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the Period 18/03/05 to 17/03/06, Meilga Project E08/1228, (Wyloo).
A67032 2003 Adelaide Prospecting Pty Ltd Annual Report for the period 18/03/02 to 17/03/03 Meilga Project E08/1228
A40988 1994 Metalsearch Nl Meilga Project, Annual Report for the period 03/02/1993 to 03/02/1994, P08/409.
A24219 1988 Golden Deeps Ltd Meilga Project, Annual report, 1987, E08/158, M08/54
A16501 1985 Sabminco Nl Meilga Project, Annual Report for the period 01/09/1984 to 31/08/1985, P08/188.

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