Chadwin
Shire of Coolgardie
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.
Reports
17
Operators
8
companies on record
Worked
52yrs
1974 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
4 commodities on record
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Chadwin in the Shire of Coolgardie
Ground extent37 × 47 km
Report areas mapped10
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.
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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
Reports by decade
11970s
61980s
21990s
12000s
32010s
42020s
Exploration reports
17 WAMEX reports filed over Chadwin.
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Most recent 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 |
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