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Copper Hills

Shire of East Pilbara

Copper Hills is a gold, copper and lithium exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 17 WAMEX reports were lodged by 8 companies between 1965 and 2025, most recently Sahul Exploration in 2025.

Reports

Operators

companies on record

Worked

61yrs

1965 to 2025, 1 year ago

Main target

Gold

Copper most reported overall

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Copper Hills in the Shire of East Pilbara

Ground extent365 × 239 km

Report areas mapped11

Tenements in Shire of East Pilbara

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Copper Hills, most active first.

Mr Stubbs Sh 5 Venus Metals Corporation Limited 4 Sahul Exploration Pty Ltd 3 Pacminex Pty Ltd 1 Asarco Australia Ltd 1 Newmont Pty Ltd 1 Hawkstone Minerals Ltd 1 Pickands Mather & Co Int 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 21 live and pending tenements sit over the Copper Hills ground, held under 13 names.

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Exploration record on Copper Hills

Local government: Shire of East Pilbara
Commodities targeted: Copper 14 · Gold 7 · Base Metals 4 · Lithium 2 · Zinc 2 · Graphite 1 · Molybdenum 1
Work on record: Geological mapping 9 · Rock chip sampling 6 · Diamond drilling 5 · Stream sediment sampling 5 · Surface geochemistry 4 · Geophysical interpretation 3 · IP surveys 3 · Soil sampling 3
Resource declared: Never on this record
Downloadable data: 8 of 17 reports include a digital package
Report types: Non-statutory 10 · Annual 6 · Final Surrender 1

Reports by decade

51960s

51970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

42010s

32020s

Exploration reports

17 WAMEX reports filed over Copper Hills.

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Most recent reports

Report	Year	Operator	Title
A148210	2025	Sahul Exploration	E45/05823 Final Surrender Report Copper Hills For the Period 16 September 2020 to 19February 2025
A138129	2024	Sahul Exploration Pty Ltd	Annual report for the period 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023, Copper Hills Combined Reporting Group Number
A133454	2023	Sahul Exploration Pty Ltd	Annual Report for the period 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022, Copper Hills Combined Reporting Group Number
A108365	2016	Venus Metals Corporation Limited	COPPER HILLS ANNUAL GEOLOGICAL REPORT_2015, 13 December 2014 to 12 December 2015
A105133	2015	Venus Metals Corp Ltd	COPPER HILLS PROJECT EXPLORATION LICENCE: E45/3541 ANNUAL GEOLOGICAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 13/12/2013 T0 12/12
A101300	2014	Venus Metals Corp Ltd	Copper Hills Project E45/3541 Annual Geological Report for the period 13/12/2012 - 12/12/2013
A96909	2013	Venus Metals Corp Ltd	Copper Hills Project, Annual Report for the period 13/12/2011 to 12/12/2012, E45/3541.
A4101	1973	Mr Stubbs Sh	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Underground Plans (No date), GML46/314.
A4097	1973	Pacminex Pty Ltd	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report, August 1973, TR70/5704H.
A3585	1973	Asarco (Australia) Pty Ltd	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Brief Reconnaissance Report , April 1973, MC46/671-682, 684-685, 7
A4809	1971	Newmont Pty Ltd	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Report for the period ending 31/10/1971, GML46/314; MC46/48,
A2155	1970	Hawkstone Minerals Ltd	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report, October 1970, MC46/48, 96, 113, 118, 669-670;
A3369	1969	Pickands Mather & Co Int	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report:Brief Exploration Report, June 1969, MC46/667-668 & 683.
A4807	1966	Mr Stubbs Sh	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Brief Exploration Report, August 1966, TR70/3714H.
A4806	1966	Mr Stubbs Sh	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Progress Report No 2 on Proposed Schedule for A Reconnaissance I.P
A4805	1966	Mr Stubbs Sh	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Progress Report No 1, March 1966, TR70/3509H; GML46/314; MC46/ 394
A4808	1965	Mr Stubbs Sh	Copper Hills Project, Non-statutory Report: Summary Exploration Report , September 1965, TR70/3509H; GML46/314

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Tenure 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.