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Barker Gorge

Shire of Derby-West Kimberley

Barker Gorge is a zinc, lead and silver exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1979 and 2007, most recently Coronet Resources Ltd in 2007. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
6
Operators
3
companies on record
Worked
29yrs
1979 to 2007, 19 years ago
Main target
Zinc
3 commodities on record
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Barker Gorge in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Ground extent62 × 78 km
Report areas mapped3

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Barker Gorge, most active first.

Shell Minerals Exp Aust Pty Ltd 3Coronet Resources Ltd 2Fire Hills Gold Nl 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 6 live and pending tenements sit over the Barker Gorge ground, held under 4 names.

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Exploration record on Barker Gorge

Local government
Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Commodities targeted
Lead 6 · Zinc 6 · Silver 2
Work on record
Diamond drilling 3 · Geological mapping 3 · Gravity surveys 3 · Petrology 3 · Core sampling 2 · IP surveys 2 · Mineragraphy 2 · Resistivity surveys 2
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A74172 (2007)
Downloadable data
1 of 6 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 4 · Non-statutory 1 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
11970s
31980s
1990s
22000s

Exploration reports

6 WAMEX reports filed over Barker Gorge.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A74172 2007 Coronet Resources Ltd Annual Report, M04/91, E04/998,1184,1393 and 1394, Narlala Project Combined Report No. C142/1999, For the year
A71647 2006 Coronet Resources Ltd Annual Report, M04/91,E04/998,E04/1393,E04/1394 and E04/1184 Narlarla Project, Combined Report No. C142/99, Fo
A29373 1989 Fire Hills Gold Nl Non-statutory Report: R Report for the period 12/09/88-12/09/89 ,Barker Gorge Project ,M04/91
A12369 1983 Shell Minerals Exp Aust Pty Ltd Barker Gorge (JV) Project, Final Surrender Report, March 1983, MC04/1591, 1788, 2227-2229, 1428, 3186-3189, 31
A9237 1980 Shell Minerals Exp Aust Pty Ltd Barker Gorge (JV) Project, Annual Report for the period ending 01/12/1979, MC04/29, 70-73, 1428, 1591, 1788, 2
A8536 1979 Shell Minerals Exp Aust Pty Ltd Barker Gorge (JV) Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1978, MC04/29, 70-73, 1428, 1591, 1788, 222

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Tenure 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.