Aileron
Aileron is a gold, copper and rare earth elements exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 2020 and 2025, most recently Encounter Resources Limited in 2025.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Aileron, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 13 live and pending tenements sit over the Aileron ground, held under 4 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 Aileron
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 6 · Gold 5 · Niobium 3 · Rare Earth Elements 3 · Base Metals 1 · No Target Commodity 1
- Work on record
- Core library 5 · Co-funded drilling 4 · Core photography 4 · Diamond drilling 4 · Portable XRF 4 · Magnetic susceptibility 3 · Petrography 2 · RC drilling 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 6 of 7 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Co-Funded Drilling 4 · Partial Surrender 1 · Annual 1 · Core Library Drilling 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A147752 | 2025 | Encounter Resources Limited | Partial Surrender Report E80/5169 Aileron Project for the period ending 07/01/2025. |
| A147500 | 2025 | Encounter Paterson Pty Ltd | EXPLORATION INCENTIVE SCHEME (EIS) CO-FUNDED GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY DRILLING PROGRAM – Round 28 |
| A137593 | 2023 | Encounter Resources Limited | EIS Co-funded Drilling Aileron Project Final Report – Round 26, DAG2022/00837276 |
| A126451 | 2021 | Encounter Resources Limited | EIS Co-Funded Government Industry Drilling, Program – Round 20, Final Report, Aileron Jv |
| A122708 | 2020 | Newcrest Mining Limited; Encounter Resources Limited | Aileron Joint Venture Project Mineral Exploration Report, E80/5145, 8 January 2019 to 7 January 2020 |
| A154564 | Encounter Resources Ltd | Final Report Aileron (R30) | |
| A144561 | Encounter Resources Ltd | Core Library Sampling Of Drillhole EAL005 (P1869) |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Aileron?
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.