Bonney Downs
Shire of East Pilbara
Bonney Downs is a gold, copper and zinc exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 17 WAMEX reports were lodged by 11 companies between 1984 and 2025, most recently Tmb Nullagine Pty Ltd in 2025.
Reports
17
Operators
11
companies on record
Worked
42yrs
1984 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
12 commodities on record
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Bonney Downs in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent107 × 85 km
Report areas mapped10
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Bonney Downs, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 52 live and pending tenements sit over the Bonney Downs ground, held under 35 names.
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Exploration record on Bonney Downs
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 12 · Copper 9 · Lead 5 · Zinc 5 · Silver 3 · Base Metals 3 · Lithium 2 · Molybdenum 2
- Work on record
- Rock chip sampling 9 · Surface geochemistry 7 · Soil sampling 6 · Stream sediment sampling 4 · Geological reconnaissance 3 · Portable XRF 3 · Aerial colour photography 2 · Aerial EM surveys 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 11 of 17 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 11 · Final Surrender 4 · Partial Surrender 2
Reports by decade
11980s
21990s
42000s
52010s
52020s
Exploration reports
17 WAMEX reports filed over Bonney Downs.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A148627 | 2025 | Tmb Nullagine Pty Ltd | Bonney Downs Project- Combined Report C179/2024 for the period ending 28/01/2025.E 46/1477,E 46/1503,E 46/1504 |
| A146277 | 2025 | Sahul Exploration Pty Ltd | Annual Report C186/2022 Copper Hills Combined Reporting Group For the Period 1 November 2023 to 31 October 202 |
| A136916 | 2023 | Sahul Exploration Pty Ltd | Bonney Downs Project, Partial Surrender Report E46/01148 for the period ending 30/06/2023 |
| A125114 | 2020 | Sahul Exploration Pty Ltd | Annual Report Bonney Downs Project E46/1148 for the period 3 July 2019 to 2 July 2020 |
| A122977 | 2020 | Proterozoic Gold Pty Ltd | Final Surrender Report E 46/1175 Bonney Downs Project for the period 15 February 2019 to 14 February 2020 |
| A121851 | 2019 | Rugby Mining Pty Ltd | Reporting Group C8/2018, Combined Annual Report for E45/04704, E45/04706 for the period 01/08/2018 to 31/07/20 |
| A120944 | 2019 | Geostats Pty Ltd | Annual Report Bonney Downs Project E46/1148 for the period 3 July 2018 to 2 July 2019 |
| A118161 | 2018 | Rugby Mining Pty Ltd | Reporting Group C8/2018, Combined Annual Report for E45/04704, E45/04706: Bonney Downs Project - Reporting Per |
| A117573 | 2018 | Geostats Pty Ltd | Annual Report for the period 3rd July 2017 to 2 July 2018, Bonney Downs Project, E46/1148 |
| A87287 | 2010 | Seefingan Exploration Pty Ltd | Surrender report for E46/773 Bonney Downs covering the period 15 April 2009 to 22 March 2010 |
| A75486 | 2007 | Hazelwood Resources Ltd | Hazelwood Reosurces Ltd Annual Exploration Report E46/562 Bonney Downs For the period 15 February 2007 |
| A74996 | 2007 | Hazelwood Resources Ltd | Partial Surrender Report, E46/562, Bonney Downs, For the Period Ending 15 February 2007. |
| A72716 | 2006 | Giralia Resources Nl | Annual Report for 12 Months to 17 February 2006, Bonney Downs E46/562, Nullagine. |
| A72633 | 2006 | Giralia Resources Nl | Annual Report for 12 Months to 17 February 2005, Bonney Downs E46/562, Nullagine. |
| A41234 | 1994 | Technomin Australia Nl | Annual Report for the period 01/93-02/94 Bonney Downs Project E46/319 |
| A33564 | 1990 | Dominion Mining Ltd | Bonney Downs Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 07/06/1988 to 23/11/1990, E46/161. |
| A14461 | 1984 | Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd | Bonney Downs Project, Final Surrender Report for the period ending 23/08/1984, E46/41 & 42. |
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