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Roebuck

Shire of Broome

Roebuck is a mineral sands exploration project in the Shire of Broome, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1987 and 2020, most recently Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd in 2020.

Reports
6
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
34yrs
1987 to 2020, 6 years ago
Main target
Mineral Sands
2 commodities on record
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Roebuck in the Shire of Broome
Ground extent323 × 263 km
Report areas mapped6

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Roebuck, most active first.

Iluka Resources Ltd 3Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd 1Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd Sheffield Resources 1Cra Exploration Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 4 live and pending tenements sit over the Roebuck ground, held under 2 names.

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Exploration record on Roebuck

Local government
Shire of Broome
Commodities targeted
Mineral Sands 5 · Diamond 1
Work on record
Aircore drilling 4 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · Electron microprobes 1 · Ground magnetic surveys 1 · Heavy minerals (%) 1 · Indicator elements 1 · Loam sampling 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
6 of 6 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 4 · Final Surrender 2
Reports by decade
11980s
1990s
2000s
42010s
12020s

Exploration reports

6 WAMEX reports filed over Roebuck.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A123081 2020 Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd Roebuck Project Annual Report (C5/2019) for the period ending 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
A118989 2019 Thunderbird Operations Pty Ltd; Sheffield Resources Ltd Roebuck Group (C5/2019) Combined Annual Report For the Period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018, E04/02081, E
A100709 2014 Iluka Resources Ltd Final Surrender Report E45/4058 and E45/4059 For the Period 19/02/2013 to 28/11/2013
A94789 2012 Iluka Resources Ltd Annual Report E04_2052 6 July 2011 to 5 July2012 Roebuck Plains_WA
A94788 2012 Iluka Resources Ltd Annual Report E04_2052 6 July 2011 to 5 July 2012 Roebuck Plains_WA
A22125 1987 Cra Exploration Pty Ltd Roebuck Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 05/04/1987 to 27/08/1987, E04/304-307.

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What does the exploration record say about Roebuck?

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.

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