Butterfly West
Butterfly West is a gold, nickel and platinum exploration project in the Shire of Coolgardie, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1989 and 1992, most recently Newcrest Mining Ltd in 1992.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Butterfly West, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 7 live and pending tenements sit over the Butterfly West ground, held under 4 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 Butterfly West
- Local government
- Shire of Coolgardie
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 3 · Nickel 2 · Platinum 1 · Palladium 1
- Work on record
- Geological mapping 2 · Ground magnetic surveys 1 · Photogeology 1 · RC drilling 1 · Rock chip sampling 1 · Rotary drilling 1 · Soil sampling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Report types
- Annual 4
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A36458 | 1992 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | Annual report on Mining Lease ML26/203 (Butterfly West) (period ending 21/04/92) Report No. W130/269 |
| A34275 | 1991 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | ML26/203 Butterfly West Project. Annual Report period 22/04/90-21/04/91. W130/234 |
| A30960 | 1990 | Newmont Australia Ltd | Annual Report on Butterfly West Mining Lease M26/203 For The Period 22 April 1989 - 21 April 1990 Report NO. W |
| A29368 | 1989 | Newmont Australia Ltd | Annual Report on Butterfly West; M26/203 For The Period 22/04/88 - 21/04/89 |
Other projects in the Shire of Coolgardie
What does the exploration record say about Butterfly West?
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.