Muchea
Muchea is a silica sand exploration project in the Shire of Chittering, Western Australia. Its 9 WAMEX reports were lodged by 5 companies between 2001 and 2024, most recently Vrx Silica Limited in 2024. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Muchea, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 21 live and pending tenements sit over the Muchea ground, held under 10 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 Muchea
- Local government
- Shire of Chittering
- Commodities targeted
- Silica Sand 5 · Mineral Sands 4
- Work on record
- Aircore drilling 3 · 3D geological modelling 2 · Auger drilling 2 · Fauna 2 · Feasibility studies 2 · Flora 2 · Heavy minerals (%) 2 · Metallurgy 2
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A123775 (2020), A120339 (2019)
- Downloadable data
- 8 of 9 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 6 · Partial Surrender 2 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A145464 | 2024 | Vrx Silica Limited | Final Surrender Report E70/5157 & E70/5548 Muchea Project for the period ending 16/09/2024. C36/2021 |
| A135355 | 2023 | Vrx Silica Limited | Muchea Project E70/4886 Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 26/3/2023 |
| A123775 | 2020 | Vrx Silica Limited | Annual Report for E70/4886 Muchea Project for the period ending 26/03/2020 |
| A120339 | 2019 | Vrx Silica Limited | Annual Report for E70/4886 Muchea Silica Sand Project for the period 27 March 2018 to 26 March 2019 |
| A116799 | 2018 | Ventnor Resources Ltd | Annual Report for E70/4886 Muchea Silica Sand Project For the Period 2 March 2017 to 1 March 2018 |
| A79087 | 2008 | Arc Pty Ltd | ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 2nd MAY 2007 TO 1st MAY 2008 MUCHEA HEAVY MINERAL SANDS PROJECT E70/2742 |
| A76059 | 2007 | Vgs Pty Ltd | Annual Report for the period 2nd May 2006 to 1st May 2007 Muchea Heavy Mineral Sands Project E70/2742 |
| A62847 | 2001 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical Report ILUKA-TR-01/83 Annual Report on E70/1742 for the period 26/3/00 to 25/3/01. |
| A62786 | 2001 | Iluka Resources Ltd | Technical Report ILUKA-TR-01/84 Partial Surrender Report on E70/1742 for the period 26/3/1998 to 25/3/2001 Muc |
Other projects in the Shire of Chittering
What does the exploration record say about Muchea?
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.