Kidson
Kidson is a gold and base metals exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia, earlier explored for diamond. Its 14 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1998 and 2026, most recently Fortescue Ltd in 2026.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Kidson, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 12 live and pending tenements sit over the Kidson ground, held under 7 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 Kidson
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Diamond 10 · Base Metals 4 · Gold 4
- Work on record
- Aerial magnetic surveys 11 · Aerial EM surveys 10 · Geophysical interpretation 10 · Indicator minerals 6 · Loam sampling 4 · RC drilling 3 · Geological interpretation 2 · Gravity surveys 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 1 of 14 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 14 record no work done
- Report types
- Final Surrender 14
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A153891 | 2026 | Fortescue Ltd | E45/6378 Kidson Final Surrender Report for the period ending 9 March 2026 |
| A153761 | 2026 | Fortescue Ltd | C197/2020 Kidson Combined Final Surrender Report for the period ending 3/3/2026 |
| A153759 | 2026 | Fortescue Ltd | Kidson C197/2020 Kidson Combined Final Surrender Report for the period ending 12/2/2026 |
| A135913 | 2023 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Kidson Combined Final Surrender Report C197/2020 for the period ending 26/05/2023 |
| A55365 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1801 First and Final Report, July 1998. |
| A55060 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | First and Final Report for Exploration Licences E45/1757, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1779, & 1800, Kidson Project, May |
| A53767 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E5/1752 First and Final Report. |
| A53766 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1754 First and Final Report. |
| A53765 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1755 First and Final Report. |
| A53764 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1764 First and Final Report. |
| A53763 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1780 First and Final Report. |
| A53762 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1781 First and Final Report. |
| A53761 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1782 First and Final Report. |
| A53760 | 1998 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Exploration Licence E45/1799 First and Final Report (1998 Surrender) |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Kidson?
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.