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Eneabba

Shire of Carnamah

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.

Reports
49
Operators
19
companies on record
Worked
55yrs
1971 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Mineral Sands
6 commodities on record
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Eneabba in the Shire of Carnamah
Ground extent31 × 58 km
Report areas mapped27

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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
Reports by decade
141970s
41980s
101990s
102000s
72010s
42020s

Exploration reports

49 WAMEX reports filed over Eneabba.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
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
A148863 2025, A124945 2020, A124480 2020, A124338 2020, A121402 2019, A120712 2019, A118014 2018, A115037 2017, A90363 2011, A90362 2011, A88196 2010, A79886 2008, A76197 2007, A73428 2006, A71316 2005, A69422 2004, A67896 2003, A67836 2003, A64062 2002, A62346 2001, A61538 2001, A58231 1999, A56113 1998, A56112 1998, A56070 1998, A51843 1997, A51268 1997, A47393 1996, A46224 1995, A46041 1995, A41056 1994, A28551 1989, A36036 1982, A36032 1981, A35944 1980, A8693 1979, A8692 1979, A8691 1979, A7621 1978, A8697 1977, A8682 1977, A7625 1977, A6372 1975, A5311 1974, A5310 1974, A4690 1974, A4688 1974, A36296 1971, A5237 1971

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