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Curlew

Shire of East Pilbara

Curlew is a nickel, cobalt and tin exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia, earlier explored for emerald. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1982 and 2008, most recently Montezuma Mining Company Ltd in 2008. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
7
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
27yrs
1982 to 2008, 18 years ago
Main target
Nickel
Tantalum most reported overall
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Curlew in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent8.6 × 9 km
Report areas mapped4

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Curlew, most active first.

Montezuma Mining Company Ltd 4Mr North De 1Elders Resources Ltd 1Warren & Strang Aust Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 16 live and pending tenements sit over the Curlew ground, held under 11 names.

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Exploration record on Curlew

Local government
Shire of East Pilbara
Commodities targeted
Tantalum 3 · Tin 3 · Emerald 3 · Cobalt 2 · Nickel 2 · Gold 1 · Base Metals 1 · Beryl 1
Work on record
Emerald 2 · Geophysical interpretation 2 · Beryl 1 · Density 1 · Fluorite 1 · Gemstones 1 · Geological mapping 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A37066 (1982)
Downloadable data
1 of 7 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
1 of 7 record no work done
Report types
Annual 7
Reports by decade
21980s
1990s
52000s

Exploration reports

7 WAMEX reports filed over Curlew.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A78788 2008 Montezuma Mining Company Ltd Annual Report on E45/2769, Curlew Project, for the Period 16 May 2007 to 15 May 2008
A77584 2008 Montezuma Mining Company Ltd Annual Report on E45/2548 Curlew Project, for the Period January 7 2007 to January 6 2008
A75225 2007 Montezuma Mining Company Ltd Curlew Project, Annual Report for the period 16th May 2006 to 15th May 2007, E45/2769.
A74451 2007 Montezuma Mining Company Ltd Annual Report on E45/2548 Curlew Project, For the Period 7 January 2006 to 6 January 2007, (Marble Bar).
A64441 2002 Mr North De Curlew Project, Annual Report for the period 02/12/2000 to 01/12/2001, E45/1724.
A19268 1986 Elders Resources Ltd Progress [annual] report ER-5 for 12 months to October 1 1986, M45/71, M45/72, M45/73, ML54/517, Curlew Emeral
A37066 1982 Warren & Strang Aust Ltd Annual report. "Curlew" Emerald Mine. Hillside, WA. ML45/517. From 22/1/81 to 31/6/82

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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.