Cookes Creek
Shire of East Pilbara
Cookes Creek is a tungsten, gold and lithium exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 70 WAMEX reports were lodged by 20 companies between 1966 and 2025, most recently Infinity Mining Limited in 2025. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Reports
70
Operators
20
companies on record
Worked
60yrs
1966 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Tungsten
12 commodities on record
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Cookes Creek in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent71 × 59 km
Report areas mapped26
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Cookes Creek, most active first.
Hazelwood Resources Ltd 24Infinity Mining Limited 5Watts-Butler, D.E. 5Ks Gold Pty Ltd 3Emetals Limited 3Gwr Group Limited 3Kalgoorlie Southern Gold Mines Nl 3Australia & New Zealand Exp Co 3Carpentaria Exp Co Pty Ltd 3Excel Minerals Pty Ltd 2Wedgetail Exploration Nl 2Siren Mining Ltd 2Growth Resources Nl 2Tasex Geological Services Pty Ltd 1Fortescue Metals Group Ltd 1Big Hill Resources Ltd Hazelwood Resources 1Wedgetail Mining Ltd 1Kiora Holdings Pty Ltd 1Lynas Gold Nl 1Goult Pro Partners 1
Who controls this ground today
Today 19 live and pending tenements sit over the Cookes Creek ground, held under 16 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
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- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Cookes Creek
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Tungsten 40 · Nickel 29 · Gold 25 · Copper 20 · Lithium 10 · Zinc 8 · Iron 7 · Lead 6
- Work on record
- Rock chip sampling 27 · Geological mapping 16 · Diamond drilling 11 · Geological reconnaissance 10 · Geophysical interpretation 8 · Aerial EM surveys 7 · Stream sediment sampling 7 · Surface geochemistry 7
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A90440 (2011), A87038 (2010)
- Downloadable data
- 44 of 70 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 70 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 52 · Final Surrender 8 · Non-statutory 7 · Partial Surrender 3
Reports by decade
11960s
71970s
71980s
1990s
152000s
172010s
172020s
Exploration reports
70 WAMEX reports filed over Cookes Creek.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A153071 | 2025 | Infinity Mining Limited | Surrender Report E46/1492 Cookes Creek Project for the Period Ending 21 August 2025 |
| A153070 | 2025 | Infinity Mining Limited | Surrender Report E46/1373 Cookes Creek Project for the Period Ending 21 August 2025 |
| A148431 | 2025 | Infinity Mining Limited | Annual Technical Report E46-1373 Cookes Creek for the period ending 28/09/2024. |
| A145566 | 2024 | Excel Minerals Pty Ltd | Final Surrender Report Cookes Creek E46/1455 for the period 19 October 2022 to 26 November 2024 |
| A145492 | 2024 | Infinity Mining Limited | Annual Technical Report E46-1492 Cookes Creek for the period ending 8/9/2024 |
| A138570 | 2024 | Ks Gold Pty Ltd | Annual Report E45/5597 Cookes Creek for the period ending 24/11/2023. |
| A138555 | 2024 | Infinity Mining Limited | Annual Technical Report E46-1373 Cookes Creek for the period ending 28/09/2023. |
| A137300 | 2023 | Excel Minerals Pty Ltd | Annual Report E46/1455 Cookes Creek for the period ending 18/10/2023. |
| A134141 | 2023 | Ks Gold Pty Ltd | Annual Report E45/5597 Cookes Creek for the period ending 25/11/2022 |
| A132979 | 2022 | Tasex Geological Services Pty Ltd | Cookes Creek E46/1373 Annual Report for the period ending 28/11/2022 |
| A130596 | 2022 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | E45/5610 (Cookes Creek) Final Surrender Report for the period ending 30/03/2022. |
| A129797 | 2022 | Ks Gold | Annual Report E45/5597 Cookes Creek Project for the period ending 24/11/2021. |
| A127618 | 2021 | Emetals Limited | Cookes Creek Project C98/2020 Annual Report for the period 3 April 2020 to 4 April 2021 |
| A127387 | 2021 | Watts-Butler, D.E. | Annual Report for the period 13 December 2019 – 12 December 2020 Cookes Creek Project E46/01143 Pilbara Miner |
| A124047 | 2020 | Emetals Limited | Cookes Creek E46/1095 Annual Report for the period ending 04/04/2020 |
| A123640 | 2020 | Emetals Ltd | Annual Technical Report Cookes Creek E46/1163 for the period ending 7/2/2020 |
| A123436 | 2020 | Watts-Butler, D.E. | Annual Report for the period 13 December 2018 – 12 December 2019 Cookes Creek Project Pilbara Mineral Field We |
| A120200 | 2019 | Gwr Group Limited | Annual Technical Report Cookes Creek E46/1095 for the period 05 April 2018 to 04 April 2019 |
| A119654 | 2019 | Gwr Group Limited | Annual Technical Report Cookes Creek E46/1163 for the period 08 February 2018 to 07 February 2019 |
| A119157 | 2019 | Watts-Butler, D.E. | Annual Report for the period 13 December 2017 – 12 December 2018 Cookes Creek Project Pilbara Mineral Field We |
All 70 report numbers over Cookes Creek
A153071 2025, A153070 2025, A148431 2025, A145566 2024, A145492 2024, A138570 2024, A138555 2024, A137300 2023, A134141 2023, A132979 2022, A130596 2022, A129797 2022, A127618 2021, A127387 2021, A124047 2020, A123640 2020, A123436 2020, A120200 2019, A119654 2019, A119157 2019, A107575 2015, A107574 2015, A105713 2015, A102079 2014, A98033 2013, A95614 2012, A93737 2012, A90440 2011, A87038 2010, A86658 2010, A86657 2010, A86497 2010, A86496 2010, A85640 2010, A81552 2009, A81299 2009, A78671 2008, A78670 2008, A78316 2008, A77988 2008, A76201 2007, A74972 2007, A74666 2007, A72475 2006, A70725 2005, A70650 2005, A68291 2004, A68263 2004, A61393 2000, A30583 1989, A27909 1988, A26122 1988, A16232 1985, A14497 1984, A12938 1983, A8931 1980, A16059 1977, A7604 1977, A6875 1977, A6275 1976, A18624 1975, A5427 1973, A4708 1973, A1101 1966, A84373, A81982, A81298, A133891, A130448, A116933
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