Chadwin
Chadwin is a gold and lithium exploration project in the Shire of Coolgardie, Western Australia. Its 17 WAMEX reports were lodged by 8 companies between 1974 and 2025, most recently Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited in 2025.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Chadwin, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 18 live and pending tenements sit over the Chadwin 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 Chadwin
- Local government
- Shire of Coolgardie
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 14 · Lithium 2 · Copper 1 · Nickel 1
- Work on record
- Geological mapping 6 · Rock chip sampling 5 · Rotary drilling 4 · Soil sampling 4 · RC drilling 3 · Ground gravity surveys 2 · Ground magnetic surveys 2 · Metal detecting 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 6 of 17 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 17 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 10 · Non-statutory 4 · Final Surrender 3
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A149112 | 2025 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited | Mineral Exploration Surrender Report for P16-3432 Chadwin Project for the period ending 12/5/2025 |
| A149111 | 2025 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited | Mineral Exploration Surrender Report for P16-3431 Chadwin Project for the period ending 12/5/2025 |
| A129032 | 2021 | Horizon Minerals Ltd | Prospecting Licence 16/3157 Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the Period 4 July 2020 to 3 July 2021 |
| A129030 | 2021 | Horizon Minerals Ltd | Prospecting Licence 16/3156 Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the Period 4 July 2020 to 3 July 2021 |
| A108785 | 2016 | Bunda Resources Pty Ltd | P16/02861 CHADWIN PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 02/02/2015 – 01/02/2016 |
| A95783 | 2012 | Cazaly Resources Ltd | Final Surrender Report Chadwin Project For the Period 29th July 2010 to 22nd September 2012, P16/2628, P16/262 |
| A92024 | 2011 | Cazaly Resources Ltd | Combined Annual Report Chadwin Project for the period 29th July 2010 to 28th July 2011, P16/2628, P16/2629, P1 |
| A67474 | 2003 | Bpm Gold Pty Ltd | Annual Report for the period 08/07/02 to 07/07/03 Chadwin Project C228/1998: P16/1619,1620,1621 |
| A47602 | 1995 | Aquarius Exploration Nl | Report on RAB Drilling and Geochemical Sampling Chadwin Project Western Australia March to April 1995 Report N |
| A43816 | 1995 | Aquarius Exploration Nl | Annual report for the year December 1993 to December 1994 Project M16/32 Report No. WA95/017 |
| A28690 | 1989 | Aquarius Exploration Nl | Report for 1988-1989 Annual report Chadwin Gold Project Mining Leases 16/32 16/50 and 16/120 Prospecting Licen |
| A25206 | 1988 | Pancontinental Mining Ltd | Jason Joint Venture Chadwin Project, Progress report 1 January to 30 June 1988, (M16/32, 49 to 50, P16/410 to |
| A21526 | 1987 | Pancontinental Mining Ltd | Geological Report on the Exploration of the Chadwin District Western Australia (1987, M16/32 P16/66 to P16/75 |
| A21525 | 1987 | Pancontinental Mining Ltd | GeologicaL Report on the Chadwin District, Western Australia (GML16/1200 P16/7 P16/66 to P16/75, 1987) |
| A21744 | 1986 | Pancontinental Mining Ltd | An Appraisal of the Chadwin Mining Centre Coolgardie Goldfield Western Australia (GML16/1200 GML16/1209 GML16/ |
| A16205 | 1985 | Aquarius Exploration Nl | Technical Geological Report on The Chadwin Gold Exploration Project 1985 (GML16/1209 GML16/1213 P16/7 P16/66 P |
| A5444 | 1974 | Falconbridge Aust Pty Ltd | Chadwin Property, MC16/1209 - 1217 ... 16/1336 - 1347, Annual report 1974 |
Other projects in the Shire of Coolgardie
What does the exploration record say about Chadwin?
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.