Frome Rocks
Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Frome Rocks is a salt, copper and zinc exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 15 WAMEX reports were lodged by 6 companies between 1991 and 2020, most recently Richmond W R in 2020. Of those, 1 declares a resource.
Reports
15
Operators
6
companies on record
Worked
30yrs
1991 to 2020, 6 years ago
Main target
Salt
8 commodities on record
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Frome Rocks in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Ground extent37 × 26 km
Report areas mapped4
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Frome Rocks, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 5 live and pending tenements sit over the Frome Rocks ground, held under 3 names.
Free account
- 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
Premium
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Frome Rocks
- Local government
- Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
- Commodities targeted
- Salt 14 · Copper 2 · Lead 2 · Zinc 2 · Potash 2 · Gold 1 · Base Metals 1 · Uranium 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical models 4 · Feasibility studies 3 · Geophysical data processing 3 · Geophysical interpretation 3 · Audiomagnetotelluric surveys 2 · Ground magnetic surveys 2 · Salt 2 · 3D geological modelling 1
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 1 report: A124384 (2020)
- Downloadable data
- 8 of 15 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 15 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 12 · Non-statutory 2 · Core Library Drilling 1
Reports by decade
21990s
12000s
82010s
22020s
Exploration reports
15 WAMEX reports filed over Frome Rocks.
Rather than open these one by one on the DMPE site,
have the record over this ground read into one cited report, free for new accounts.
Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A125634 | 2020 | Richmond W R | Drilling Files for Donated Drillcore FRDDH001 and FRDDH002 |
| A124384 | 2020 | Richmond W R | Annual Technical Report for the Frome Rocks Project, E04/1998, for the Period 04 July 2019 to 03 July 2020 |
| A120948 | 2019 | Richmond W R | Annual Technical Report for the Frome Rocks Project E04/1998 for the Period 04 July 2018 to 03 July 2019 |
| A117583 | 2018 | Richmond W R | FROME ROCKS ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT ON E04/1998, FOR THE PERIOD 04/07/2017-03/07/2018 |
| A114259 | 2017 | Richmond W R | Annual Report for Exploration License E04/1998 Frome Rocks Project for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 |
| A109255 | 2016 | Richmond W R | ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT FOR EXPLORATION LICENSE E04/1998 FROME ROCKS, WEST AUSTRALIA Project Number R00096 FOR |
| A106532 | 2015 | Richmond W R | Annual Mineral Exploration Report on the Frome Rocks Salt Project E04/1998 for the period 4th July 2014 to 3rd |
| A102721 | 2014 | Al Maynard & Associates | Annual Mineral Exploration Report on the Frome Rocks Gas and Salt Project E04/1998, 4th July, 2013 to 3rd July |
| A99066 | 2013 | Richmond W R | Annual Mineral Exploration Report on the Frome Rocks Gas and Salt Project E04/1998 for the period 4th July, 20 |
| A94223 | 2012 | Richmond W R | Annual Mineral Exploration report for the period 4th July 2011 – 3rd July 2012 Frome Rocks Project, E04/1998 |
| A75926 | 2007 | Eastern Corporation Ltd | Annual report for the period 21 June 2006 to 20 June 2007, Frome Rocks, EL04/1549. |
| A35436 | 1992 | Salt Exporters Aust Pty Ltd | Frome Rocks Project, Non-statutory Report: [Solution Salt Mine. Derby Region - Australia]. Pre-feasibility Stu |
| A35711 | 1991 | Offshore Diamond Mines Nl | ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR ONE |
| A79092 | Eastern Corporation Ltd | Frome Rocks Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2008 EL 4 / 1549 | |
| A10447 | Afmeco Pty Ltd | Frome Rocks Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Report , November 1981, TR70/7837H |
Other projects in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
What does the exploration record say about Frome Rocks?
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