Country Downs
Country Downs is a mineral sands exploration project in the Shire of Broome, Western Australia. Its 3 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 2005 and 2020, most recently Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd in 2020.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Country Downs, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 7 live and pending tenements sit over the Country Downs ground, held under 1 name.
- 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 Country Downs
- Local government
- Shire of Broome
- Commodities targeted
- Mineral Sands 3 · Rutile 1 · Zircon 1
- Work on record
- Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Aircore drilling 1 · Geological mapping 1 · Geophysical interpretation 1 · Heavy minerals 1 · Heritage survey 1 · Mineralogy 1 · RC drilling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 2 of 3 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 3 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 2 · Partial Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A123440 | 2020 | Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report for Country Downs (E04/2084) for the period ending 18/02/2020 |
| A72532 | 2006 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Annual Technical Report E04/1414-1416, For the Period 19 May 2005 to 18 May 2006, (Country Downs Project, Iluk |
| A71003 | 2005 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical report ILUKA-TR-T12506, Annual technical report E04/1414, E04/1415 & E04/1416, For the period: 19th |
Other projects in the Shire of Broome
What does the exploration record say about Country Downs?
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.