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Derby

Shire of Derby-West Kimberley

Derby is a coal exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia, earlier explored for phosphate and gravel. Its 11 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1966 and 2012, most recently Derby Resources Pty Ltd in 2012.

Reports
11
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
47yrs
1966 to 2012, 14 years ago
Main target
Coal
Phosphate most reported overall
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Derby in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Ground extent256 × 150 km
Report areas mapped7

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Derby, most active first.

Mines Exploration Pty Ltd 6Derby Resources Pty Ltd 2Mr Martin Dl 2Coopers Creek Mining & Exp 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 3 live and pending tenements sit over the Derby ground, held under 2 names.

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Exploration record on Derby

Local government
Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Commodities targeted
Phosphate 6 · Coal 2 · Gravel 2 · Sand 2 · Diamond 1
Work on record
Phosphate 3 · Geological mapping 2 · Geological reconnaissance 2 · Mineralogy 2 · Petrology 2 · Rotary drilling 2 · Size screening 2 · Aerial geophysical surveys 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
3 of 11 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 5 · Non-statutory 5 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
61960s
11970s
1980s
21990s
2000s
22010s

Exploration reports

11 WAMEX reports filed over Derby.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A93169 2012 Derby Resources Pty Ltd Derby Project E04/1875 – Annual Report on Exploration 15th March 2011 to 14th March 2012
A90413 2011 Derby Resources Pty Ltd Derby Project, Annual Report for the period 15th March 2010 to 14th March 2011, E04/1575.
A48946 1996 Mr Martin Dl [ Derby sand - gravel exploration, Annual report for period 1/10/1995 - 1/10/1996, M04/310 ]
A48944 1996 Mr Martin Dl [ Derby sand - gravel exploration, Annual report for period 1/7/1995 - 1/7/1996, M04/308 ]
A11036 1979 Coopers Creek Mining & Exp Derby Project, Non-statutory Report: 1979 Report , Airborne Geophysical Survey July 1979.
A1001 1967 Mines Exploration Pty Ltd Derby Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Exploration Report , June 1967, TR70/3817 & 3855H.
A4718 1966 Mines Exploration Pty Ltd Derby Project, Annual Report 1965, & Quarterly Report for the period 15th October 1965 to 15th January 1966,
A999 1966 Mines Exploration Pty Ltd Derby Project, Non-statutory Report; Exploration Report for the period 16th July 1966 to 14th October 1966, TR
A998 1966 Mines Exploration Pty Ltd Derby Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Exploration Report for Phosphate, July 1966, TR70/3477H.
A997 1966 Mines Exploration Pty Ltd Derby Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report for Phosphatefor the period 15th April 1966 to 15th Ju
A925 1966 Mines Exploration Pty Ltd Derby Project, Annual (Exploration) Report for the period ending 31/12/1965, TRr70/3477H.

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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.