King Sound
King Sound is a mineral sands exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 2 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1970 and 1987, most recently Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd in 1987.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over King Sound, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
See who holds the tenements over the King Sound ground today, and whether that ground is being worked.
- 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
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on King Sound
- Local government
- Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
- Commodities targeted
- Mineral Sands 1 · Tin 1 · Tungsten 1
- Work on record
- Diamond drilling 1 · Heavy media separation 1 · Heavy minerals 1 · Ilmenite 1 · Magnetic separation 1 · Mineralogy 1 · Panning 1 · RC drilling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 1 of 2 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 1 · Non-statutory 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A22928 | 1987 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Annual report on E4/50-51 and E4/121-122, King Sound area, for the period ending 6 October 1987 |
| A2394 | 1970 | Pickands Mather & Co Int | King Sound Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Report ( Tin-Wolfram Occurrence), August 1970, MC04/1323. |
Other projects in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
What does the exploration record say about King Sound?
NextMaps reads the WAMEX reports over a chosen area into a referenced prospectivity assessment: the geology, the historical programs, the drill intercepts and geochemistry, and the untested gaps, with every claim cited back to its source report. New accounts include a free report. How the reports work.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure 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.