Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge is a copper and molybdenum exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 2 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1969 and 1971, most recently Newmont Pty Ltd in 1971.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Lightning Ridge , most active first.
Who controls this ground today
See who holds the tenements over the Lightning Ridge ground today, and whether that ground is being worked.
- 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 Lightning Ridge
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 2 · Molybdenum 2
- Work on record
- Geological mapping 2 · Percussion drilling 2 · Rock chip sampling 2 · Soil sampling 2 · Diamond drilling 1 · Petrology 1 · Stream sediment sampling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Report types
- Non-statutory 1 · Annual 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A2487 | 1971 | Newmont Pty Ltd | Lightning Ridge Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report, December 1971, MC45/947, 958-961, 1145-1146 |
| A9621 | 1969 | Newmont Holdings Pty Ltd | Lightning Ridge Project, Annual Report for the period ending November 1969, MC45/947, 958-961, 1145-1146, & 14 |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Lightning Ridge ?
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.