Balfour South
Shire of East Pilbara
Reports
12
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
47yrs
1979 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Manganese
2 commodities on record
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Balfour South in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent53 × 38 km
Report areas mapped6
Exploration record on Balfour South
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Manganese 12 · Iron 5
- Programs on record
- 2 drilling · 2 geochemistry · 1 geophysics
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 3 reports
- Downloadable data
- 2 of 12 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 12 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 7 · Partial Surrender 2 · Final Surrender 2 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
11970s
41980s
1990s
62000s
2010s
12020s
Exploration reports
12 WAMEX reports filed over Balfour South.
Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A147954 | 2025 | Black Canyon Limited | Balfour South E46/01396 Partial Surrender Report for the period 17 February 2022 to 5 February 2025 |
| A80299 | 2008 | Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd | BALFOUR SOUTH PROJECT SURRENDER REPORT EXPLORATION LICENCE E46/489 & E46/490 SURRENDERED: 11/11/2008 |
| A77474 | 2008 | Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd | Balfour South Project Annual Report C151_2002_2007A for period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007 C151/2002 |
| A73127 | 2006 | Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd | Surrender Report, E46/491,492 Balfour South Project, Surrendered 4 August 2006, Combined Reporting No. C151/20 |
| A72490 | 2006 | Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report C151/2002 for the leases E46/489-492, Balfour South Project, Surrendered 24 January 2 |
| A70403 | 2005 | Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd | Annual report for the period 01/01/04 - 31/12/04 Balfour South Project, C151/2002, E46/489-492, Robertson |
| A65999 | 2002 | Pilbara Manganese Pty Ltd | Annual Report for the period 25th January 2002 to 24th January 2003 Balfour South E46/489-492 Combined Reporti |
| A29164 | 1989 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Annual report on M46/70-73, Balfour South. For the period 17/6/88 to 16/6/89 |
| A23943 | 1988 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Balfour South Project, Annual Report for the period 20/01/1987 to 19/01/1988, P46/277-280.[Converted to M46/70 |
| A16939 | 1985 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Annual Report on Prospecting Licences 46/277, 46/278, 46/279, 46/280 Balfour South for Period 20/1/85-19/1/86 |
| A16366 | 1985 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Balfour South Manganese Deposit Prospecting Licences 46/277 to 46/280 Annual Report for Period from 20th Jan 1 |
| A8260 | 1979 | Texasgulf Australia Ltd | Investigation of Mineral Claims for Mangnese at Belfour South Pilbara and Peak Hill Goldfields Western Austral |
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Balfour South, most active first.
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What does the exploration record say about Balfour South?
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