Koolan Island
Koolan Island is an iron ore exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 10 WAMEX reports were lodged by 5 companies between 1981 and 2016, most recently Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd in 2016. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Koolan Island, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 33 live and pending tenements sit over the Koolan Island ground, held under 8 names.
- 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 Koolan Island
- Local government
- Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
- Commodities targeted
- Iron 10
- Work on record
- Aerial colour photography 5 · Diamond drilling 5 · Mine production 4 · Percussion drilling 4 · RC drilling 4 · Geological reconnaissance 3 · Mining 3 · Rehabilitation 3
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A90862 (2011), A72946 (2006)
- Downloadable data
- 5 of 10 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 10
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A109468 | 2016 | Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd | Annual Report C105/2004 "Koolan Island" For the Period 30 May 2015 to 29 May 2016, E04/01266, E04/01407, M04/0 |
| A90862 | 2011 | Mount Gibson Mining Ltd | Annual Report Koolan Island Project; E 04/1265, E 04/1266, M 04/416 and M 04/417, For the period 30th May 2010 |
| A87338 | 2010 | Mount Gibson Mining Ltd | Annual Report Koolan Island Project; West Kimberley District WA, For the period 30 May 2009 to 29 May 2010, Co |
| A82854 | 2009 | Mount Gibson Mining Ltd | Annual Report Koolan Island Project; E 04/1265, E 04/1266, M 04/416 and M 04/417, West Kimberley District WA F |
| A72946 | 2006 | Aztec Resources Ltd | Annual Report on Exploration in E 04/1265, E 04/1266, M 04/416 and M04/417, Koolan Island, West Kimberley Dist |
| A28119 | 1989 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | 1986/87 Annual Report, P04/63, Koolan Island. |
| A28117 | 1989 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Koolan Island, 1986/87 Annual Report, P04/64. |
| A9925 | 1981 | Dampier Mining Co Ltd | Koolan Island annual report for 1980 to 1981. ML04/50 to ML04/66 and ML04/71 to ML04/83 |
| A9924 | 1981 | Dampier Mining Co Ltd | Koolan Island annual report for 1979 to 1980. ML04/50 to ML04/66 and ML04/71 to ML04/83 |
| A8427 | Dampier Mining Co Ltd | Koolan Island Anuual report for 1978 to 1979 ML04/50 to ML04/66 and ML04/71 to ML04/83 |
Other projects in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
What does the exploration record say about Koolan Island?
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.