Canning Basin
Canning Basin is a mineral sands, zinc and lead exploration project in the Shire of Broome, Western Australia, earlier explored for potash. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1992 and 2001, most recently Iluka Resources Ltd in 2001.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Canning Basin, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 2 live and pending tenements sit over the Canning Basin ground, held under 2 names.
- Which tenements sit over this ground, and who holds each
- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Canning Basin
- Local government
- Shire of Broome
- Commodities targeted
- Potash 4 · Mineral Sands 2 · Lead 1 · Silver 1 · Zinc 1
- Work on record
- Historical drilling data 4 · Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · Core library 2 · Drillhole resampling 2 · Geological interpretation 1 · Geophysical interpretation 1 · Gravity surveys 1 · Heavy minerals (%) 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 6 of 7 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Final Surrender 6 · Annual 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61764 | 2001 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical Report Iluka-TR-2000/70 Surrender Report for E04/1111 and E04/1112 Canning Basin, WA. |
| A60619 | 2000 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical Report ILUKA-TR-2000/70 19/04/1999 to 18/04/2000 Annual report for E04/1111 and E04/1112 Canning Bas |
| A36493 | 1992 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Canning Basin Project, Final Surrender Report for the period ending 29/05/1992, E04/315. |
| A82789 | Reward Minerals Ltd | Canning Basin Project Exploration Licence E45/3025, Surrender Report 4/07/2008 to 3/07/2009 | |
| A82788 | Reward Minerals Ltd | Canning Basin Project Exploration Licence E45/3024 Surrender Report 4/07/2008 to 3/07/2009 | |
| A82787 | Reward Minerals Ltd | Canning Basin Project Exploration Licence E45/3023, Surrender Report, 4/07/2008 to 3/07/2009 | |
| A82786 | Reward Minerals Ltd | Canning Basin Project Exploration Licence E45/3022 Surrender Report 4/07/2008 to 3/07/2009 |
Other projects in the Shire of Broome
What does the exploration record say about Canning Basin?
NextMaps reads the WAMEX reports over a chosen area into a referenced prospectivity assessment: the geology, the historical programs, the drill intercepts and geochemistry, and the untested gaps, with every claim cited back to its source report. New accounts include a free report. How the reports work.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0). Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.