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Panhandle

Shire of Ashburton

Panhandle is an iron ore exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia. Its 5 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1991 and 2019, most recently Hamersley Exploration Pty Limited in 2019. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
5
Operators
3
companies on record
Worked
29yrs
1991 to 2019, 7 years ago
Main target
Iron
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Panhandle in the Shire of Ashburton
Ground extent19 × 22 km
Report areas mapped2

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Panhandle, most active first.

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

Who controls this ground today

Today 12 live and pending tenements sit over the Panhandle ground, held under 10 names.

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Exploration record on Panhandle

Local government
Shire of Ashburton
Commodities targeted
Iron 5
Work on record
Geological mapping 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Iron 1 · Mineral resource estimate 1 · Orebody modelling 1
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A104496 (2015)
Downloadable data
1 of 5 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
3 of 5 record no work done
Report types
Annual 5
Reports by decade
11990s
2000s
42010s

Exploration reports

5 WAMEX reports filed over Panhandle.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A118746 2019 Hamersley Exploration Pty Limited Annual Report for Exploration Licence 47/30 Panhandle Project for the period 18 December 2017 to 17 December 2
A104496 2015 Rio Tinto Iron Ore Panhandle Project Annual Report Exploration Licence 47/30 for the period 18 December 2013 – 17 December 2014
A100697 2014 Rio Tinto Iron Ore Panhandle E47/30 Annual Technical Report for the period 18 December 2012 – 17 December 2013
A96346 2013 Rio Tinto Iron Ore Panhandle Annual Technical Report E47/30 for the period 18 December 2011 – 17 December 2012
A32534 1991 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Turner syncline - Panhandle E47/32 annual report 18-12-89 to 17-12-09

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