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Elgin

Shire of Capel

Elgin is a mineral sands exploration project in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia. Its 5 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1995 and 2001, most recently Iluka Resources Ltd in 2001. Of those, 4 declare a resource.

Reports
5
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
7yrs
1995 to 2001, 25 years ago
Main target
Mineral Sands
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Elgin in the Shire of Capel
Ground extent5.6 × 11 km
Report areas mapped2

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Elgin, most active first.

Westralian Sands Ltd 4Iluka Resources Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 12 live and pending tenements sit over the Elgin ground, held under 5 names.

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Exploration record on Elgin

Local government
Shire of Capel
Commodities targeted
Mineral Sands 5
Work on record
Mineral resource estimate 4 · RC drilling 4 · Ilmenite 2 · Leucoxene 2 · Mineragraphy 2 · Monazite 2 · Zircon 2 · Bulk sampling 1
Resource declared
Yes, in 4 reports: A63148 (2001), A51051 (1997), A47227 (1996), A44793 (1995)
Downloadable data
2 of 5 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 4 · Partial Surrender 1
Reports by decade
41990s
12000s

Exploration reports

5 WAMEX reports filed over Elgin.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A63148 2001 Iluka Resources Ltd ILUKA - TR 01/118 Annual Report On M70/536 For The Period 23/01/2000 To 22/1/2001 Elgin.
A51052 1997 Westralian Sands Ltd Elgin Project, Partial Surrender Report E70/1321 for period 14th April 1994 to 13th April 1997.
A51051 1997 Westralian Sands Ltd Technical Report WSL-TR-97/19 Annual report on Exploration of E70/1321 at Elgin between 14/04/96 and 13/04/97
A47227 1996 Westralian Sands Ltd Technical Report WSL-TR-96/05 Annual report on Exploration within M70/536 Elgin Between 23/11/1995 and 22/11/1
A44793 1995 Westralian Sands Ltd Technical Report No. WSL-TR-95/20 Geological Report on Exploration within EL70/1321 Elgin Between 12/04/94 and

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What does the exploration record say about Elgin?

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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