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Mount MacLeod

Shire of Ashburton

Mount MacLeod is an iron ore exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia. Its 18 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 2008 and 2025, most recently Fortescue Ltd in 2025. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
18
Operators
3
companies on record
Worked
18yrs
2008 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Iron
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Mount MacLeod in the Shire of Ashburton
Ground extent62 × 52 km
Report areas mapped14

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Mount MacLeod, most active first.

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd 16Fortescue Ltd 1Fmg Pilbara Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 64 live and pending tenements sit over the Mount MacLeod ground, held under 17 names.

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Exploration record on Mount MacLeod

Local government
Shire of Ashburton
Commodities targeted
Iron 18
Work on record
RC drilling 9 · Ground gravity surveys 8 · Aerial EM surveys 7 · Heritage survey 7 · Geological mapping 6 · Aboriginal site surveys 5 · Aerial geophysical surveys 4 · Geophysical logging 4
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A104154 (2014)
Downloadable data
14 of 18 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 9 · Final Surrender 7 · Partial Surrender 2
Reports by decade
22000s
132010s
32020s

Exploration reports

18 WAMEX reports filed over Mount MacLeod.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A148546 2025 Fortescue Ltd E 47/1455 Mount MacLeod Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 14 April 2025
A125654 2020 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd P47/1633 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender for the period ending 06/11/2020
A125376 2020 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Project Annual Report for the period ending 31 August 2020
A121194 2019 Fmg Pilbara Pty Ltd E47/1390 Mount MacLeod Partial Surrender For the Period 21 June 2006 to 30 August 2019
A114111 2017 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report For the Period 23 May 2006 to 2 May 2017, E47/01479, E47/01685
A110062 2016 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report For the Period 23 May 2006 to 13 June 2016, E47/01480, E47/0320
A109336 2016 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report For the Period 15 August 2011 to 29 April 2016, E47/02475, E47/
A108872 2016 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report For the Period 15 February 2013 to 5 April 2016, E47/02546, P47
A108584 2016 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report For the Period 17 March 2008 to 23 February 2016, P47/01307, P4
A107669 2016 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report for the period 01/11/2012 to 23/10/2015, E47/02632, P47/01697
A107581 2015 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Annual Report for the period 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015, E47/01390, E47/01391,
A104154 2014 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Mount MacLeod Project (C184/2007) Annual Report for the Period 01 September 2013 to 31 August 2014, E47/1390-1
A100146 2013 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual Report for the Period 01 September 2012 to 31 August 2013, C184/2007 Mount MacLeod, E47/1390.....P47/16
A95685 2012 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Combined Annual Report for the period 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012, Mt MacLeod Project, E47/1390-1, 1419
A92246 2011 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Mt MacLeod Project, Annual Report for the period 1st September 2010 to 31st August 2011, E47/1390-1391, 1455,
A88768 2010 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Combined Annual report for the period 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2010, Mt MacLeod Project, E47/1390-1, E47/
A84803 2009 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual Report for the period 1 September 2008 to 31 August 2009, Mt MacLeod Project, E47/1479-1480, E47/1455,
A80340 2008 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual report for the period 1 September 2007 to 31 August 2008, Mount MacLeod Project, E47/1479-1480, E47/145

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What does the exploration record say about Mount MacLeod?

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