Eneabba
Eneabba is a mineral sands, silica sand and sand exploration project in the Shire of Carnamah, Western Australia. Its 49 WAMEX reports were lodged by 19 companies between 1971 and 2025, most recently Industrial Minerals Ltd in 2025. Of those, 11 declare a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Eneabba, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 12 live and pending tenements sit over the Eneabba ground, held under 6 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 Eneabba
- Local government
- Shire of Carnamah
- Commodities targeted
- Mineral Sands 41 · Coal 10 · Silica Sand 3 · Sand 2 · Construction Materials 1 · Kaolin 1
- Work on record
- Heavy minerals 16 · Ilmenite 10 · Mineral resource estimate 10 · RC drilling 10 · Rutile 9 · Zircon 8 · Heavy minerals (%) 6 · Slimes (%) 6
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 11 reports: A124480 (2020), A115037 (2017), A79886 (2008), A71316 (2005), A64062 (2002), A51268 (1997) and 5 more
- Downloadable data
- 20 of 49 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 49 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 29 · Non-statutory 15 · Final Surrender 4 · Partial Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A148863 | 2025 | Industrial Minerals Ltd | Final Surrender Report for the Eneabba Sand Project (E70/6345) for the period ending 27/3/2025 |
| A124945 | 2020 | Iluka Resources Limited | Eneabba C109/2002 Combined Reporting Group – 2020 Annual Technical Report for the period ending 31 August 2020 |
| A124480 | 2020 | Watershed Enterprise Solutions Pty Ltd | Annual Report for Eneabba E70/5001 for the period ending 13/06/2020 |
| A124338 | 2020 | Gianni, Pr | Annual Report for E70/5220 (Eneabba) from 03/07/2019 to 02/07/2020 |
| A121402 | 2019 | Iluka Resources Limited | Eneabba C109/2002 Combined Reporting Group – 2019 Annual Technical Report for the period 1 September 2018 to 3 |
| A120712 | 2019 | Aaron Peter Banks | Annual report for E70/5001 Eneabba project for the period 14 June 2018 to 13 June 2019 |
| A118014 | 2018 | Iluka Resources Limited | Eneabba C109/2002 Combined Reporting Group 2018 Annual Technical Report for the period 1 September 2017 to 31 |
| A115037 | 2017 | Iluka Resources Limited | C109/2002 Eneabba Project Combined Reporting Group Annual Technical Report for the period 1 September 2016 to |
| A90363 | 2011 | Sheffield Resources Ltd | Eneabba Project, Annual Report for Tenement M70/872 for the period 1st September 2010 to 6th April 2011 . |
| A90362 | 2011 | Sheffield Resources Ltd | Eneabba Project, Annual Report for Tenement M70/1153 for the period 1st September 2010 to 3rd March 2011, M70/ |
| A88196 | 2010 | Iluka Resources Ltd | GROUP C109/2002 ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 01/09/2009 – 31/08/2010 ENEABBA |
| A79886 | 2008 | Iluka Resources Ltd | ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 1/9/2007 to 31/8/2008 ENEABBA (Dongara, Hill River) |
| A76197 | 2007 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Annual Technical Report for the period 1/9/2006 - 31/8/2007 Eneabba (Group C109/2002) (Dongara, Hill River) |
| A73428 | 2006 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical Report, Iluka-TR-T14686, Group C109/2002, Annual technical report for the Period 01/09/05 to 30/08/0 |
| A71316 | 2005 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical report, Iluka-TR-T12510, Group C109/2002 Annual Report for the period 1/9/04 to 31/8/05, Eneabba |
| A69422 | 2004 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical report, Iluka-TR-T11339, Group C109/2002 Annual report for the period 01/09/03 - 31/08/04, Eneabba ( |
| A67896 | 2003 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Eneabba Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 25/10/02 to 24/10/2003, E70/404 [Ellengail]. [C109/2 |
| A67836 | 2003 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Final Surrender Report for the period 13/12/99- 3/12/2003 Eneabba Project E70/2201 |
| A64062 | 2002 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical Report Iluka-TR-2002/14. Annual Technical Report for the period 3/9/00 to 2/9/01 mining lease M70/9 |
| A62346 | 2001 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Annual Technical Report ILUKA TR-01-64 Exploration Licence E70/2201, Eneabba, WA Annual Techical Report 14/12/ |
All 49 report numbers over Eneabba
Other projects in the Shire of Carnamah
What does the exploration record say about Eneabba?
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.