Lake Cowan
Shire of Dundas
Lake Cowan is a gold, nickel and cobalt exploration project in the Shire of Dundas, Western Australia. Its 18 WAMEX reports were lodged by 7 companies between 1971 and 2024, most recently Topete Pty Ltd in 2024.
Reports
18
Operators
7
companies on record
Worked
54yrs
1971 to 2024, 2 years ago
Main target
Gold
8 commodities on record
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Lake Cowan in the Shire of Dundas
Ground extent40 × 45 km
Report areas mapped10
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Lake Cowan, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 74 live and pending tenements sit over the Lake Cowan ground, held under 17 names.
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- 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 Lake Cowan
- Local government
- Shire of Dundas
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 16 · Nickel 7 · Cobalt 3 · Platinum Group Elements 3 · Base Metals 2 · Copper 2 · Lithium 1 · Gypsum 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical interpretation 4 · Aerial magnetic surveys 3 · RC drilling 3 · Soil sampling 3 · Gravity surveys 2 · Multielement analysis 2 · Surface geochemistry 2 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 9 of 18 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 18 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 13 · Partial Surrender 3 · Final Surrender 1 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
11970s
11980s
21990s
12000s
72010s
52020s
Exploration reports
18 WAMEX reports filed over Lake Cowan.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A144338 | 2024 | Topete Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan Combined Annual Report C61/2019 for the period ending 4 June 2024 |
| A136501 | 2023 | Topete Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan Combined Annual Report for C61/2019 for the period ending 04/06/2023 |
| A131998 | 2022 | Topete Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan Combined Annual Report for C61/2019 for the period ending 04/06/2022. P 63/2098,P 63/2099 |
| A128116 | 2021 | Topete Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan Combined Annual Report for C61/2019, 5 June 2020 to 4 june 2021 |
| A124692 | 2020 | Topete Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan C61/2019 Annual Report for the period 5 June 2019 to 4 June 2020, P 63/02098, P 63/02099 |
| A121366 | 2019 | Topete Pty Ltd | Annual Report C61/2019 Lake Cowan Project for the period 5 June 2018 to 4 June 2019, P63/02098, P63/02099 |
| A116588 | 2018 | Polar Metals Pty Ltd | Polar West Project 2017-18 Annual Report, C40/2017, 01 February 2017 to 31 January 2018 |
| A109777 | 2016 | Ore Transport Australia Pty Ltd | Final for surrendered tenements of Lake Cowan Project C176/2014 For the Period 1 July 2014 to 28 July 2015 |
| A109713 | 2016 | Ore Transport Australia Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan Project C176/2014 Annual Report for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016, P63/01935, P63/01942, P |
| A106329 | 2015 | Ore Transport Australia Pty Ltd | Lake Cowan C176/2014 Annual Report for the period 30 June 2014 to 1 July 2015, P63/1936....P63/1971 |
| A89646 | 2011 | Avoca Resources Ltd | Lake Cowan Project, Annual Technical Report for Exploration Licence 63/1335 for the period 2 March 2010 to 1 M |
| A86204 | 2010 | Avoca Resources Ltd | Lake Cowan Project , Annual Report for the period 15th January 2009 to 14th January 2010, E63/1090. [C113/200] |
| A82152 | 2009 | Avoca Resources Ltd | Lake Cowan Project, Annual Report for the period: 15th January 2008 to 14th January 2009, E63/1090. |
| A46356 | 1995 | Central Norseman Gold Corp Ltd | Lake Cowan Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 11/06/1992 to10/06/1995 , E63/336. |
| A41798 | 1994 | Central Norseman Gold Corp Ltd | FIRST 50% RELINQUISHMENT REPORT |
| A16663 | 1985 | Ascot Holdings Pty Ltd | Report on Operations Prospecting Licences P63/162 P63/193 P63/194 P63/257 and Mining Leases M63/21 and M63/22 |
| A12742 | 1971 | Welcome Stranger Mining Co Nl | Lake Cowan Project, Non-statutory Report: Reconnaissance Geological Inspection, February 1971, MC63/1003-1011. |
| A45679 | Central Norseman Gold Corp Ltd | Second 50% relinquishment report. Period 10/4/91 to 9/4/95. Lake Cowan E63/317 |
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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.