Big Tree
Big Tree is a gold and base metals exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1990 and 1995, most recently Newcrest Mining Ltd in 1995. Of those, 3 declare a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Big Tree, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 26 live and pending tenements sit over the Big Tree ground, held under 6 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 Big Tree
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 7 · Base Metals 3
- Work on record
- Diamond drilling 6 · IP surveys 5 · RC drilling 5 · Rotary drilling 5 · Mineral resource estimate 3 · Petrology 3 · Costeaning 2 · Density 2
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 3 reports: A43921 (1994), A37495 (1992), A34922 (1991)
- Downloadable data
- 2 of 7 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 6 · Non-statutory 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A43922 | 1995 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | Annual Technical Report period ending 31st December 1994 Big Tree Group ML45/394 ML45/399 ML45/400 ML45/401 ML |
| A43921 | 1994 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | Big Tree Deposit Resource Report 1994 (M45/394 M45/399 to M45/401 M45/532 M45/533) Report No.30/953 |
| A40681 | 1993 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | Annual Report for the period 01/01/93-31/12/93 Big Tree Group Project M45/394,399-401,532-533 |
| A37495 | 1992 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | Annual technical report for period ending 18/12/92 Big Tree Project M45/394 M45/399-401 M45/532-533 |
| A34922 | 1991 | Newcrest Mining Ltd | Annual Technical Report, For Period ending 31/12/91 Big Tree Group ML45/394 Grace, ML45/399 Big Tree A, ML45/4 |
| A32790 | 1991 | Newmont Australia Ltd | Annual Technical Report Period Ending 17/06/91 Big Tree Group ML45/399-401 |
| A30253 | 1990 | Newmont Australia Ltd | Big Tree Project, Annual Report for the period ending 17/01/1990, M45/399-401. |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Big Tree?
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.