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Brooking Gorge

Shire of Derby-West Kimberley

Brooking Gorge is a zinc, lead and diamond exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 15 WAMEX reports were lodged by 6 companies between 1980 and 1995, most recently Acacia Resources Ltd in 1995. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
15
Operators
6
companies on record
Worked
16yrs
1980 to 1995, 31 years ago
Main target
Zinc
3 commodities on record
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Brooking Gorge in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Ground extent26 × 17 km
Report areas mapped6

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Exploration record on Brooking Gorge

Local government
Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Commodities targeted
Lead 14 · Zinc 14 · Diamond 2
Work on record
Geological mapping 10 · Diamond drilling 8 · Stream sediment sampling 7 · Gravity surveys 5 · Pyrite 4 · Rock chip sampling 4 · Core sampling 2 · Gossan sampling 2
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A44028 (1995)
Downloadable data
2 of 15 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 9 · Final Surrender 2 · Partial Surrender 2 · Non-statutory 2
Reports by decade
61980s
91990s

Exploration reports

15 WAMEX reports filed over Brooking Gorge.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A44028 1995 Acacia Resources Ltd Brooking Gorge Final Report. E04/296. 03/95.
A39793 1993 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge E04/296. Annual report for period 31/12/92-31/12/93.
A38100 1993 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge E04/296. Annual report for period 05/12/91-31/12/92.
A36500 1992 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge E04/296. Annual report for period 04/12/90-04/12/91.
A35189 1991 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge. Second partial surrender report. E04/296
A34075 1991 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge E04/296. Annual report for the period 04/12/89-04/12/90.
A33174 1991 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge Project, Partial Surrender Report, February 1991, E04/296.
A31682 1990 Kismet Gold Mining Nl Brooking Gorge Project, Non-statutory Report: Report on Sampling completed at Brooking Gorge, July 1990, E04/4
A30458 1990 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge E04/296. Annual report forperiod 04/12/88-04/12/89.
A25973 1988 Billiton Australia Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge. First report from 04/06/87-04/12/88. E04/296.
A13842 1984 Esso Australia Ltd Brooking Gorge (JV) Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 11/03/1983 to 10/03/1984, E04/29.
A13667 1984 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge Project , Annual Report for the period ending 31/12/1983, E04/73.
A12272 1983 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge Project, Annual Report for the period 01/01/1982 to 31/12/1982, MC04/2215-2224, 9693-9729, 9804
A11418 1982 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge Project, Annual Report for the period 01/01/1981 to 31/12/1981, MC04/2215-2224, 9693-9729, 9804
A8970 1980 Cra Exploration Pty Ltd Brooking Gorge Project, 1979 Annual Report, January 1980, MC04/4055-4058.

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