Mount Newman
Mount Newman is an iron ore exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1973 and 2017, most recently Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in 2017. Of those, 1 declares a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Mount Newman, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 126 live and pending tenements sit over the Mount Newman ground, held under 25 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 Mount Newman
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Iron 6
- Work on record
- Geological mapping 3 · Geological reconnaissance 2 · Aboriginal site surveys 1 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · GIS 1 · Grab sampling 1 · Ground magnetic surveys 1
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 1 report: A7920 (1978)
- Downloadable data
- 4 of 6 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 3 · Partial Surrender 1 · Final Surrender 1 · Non-statutory 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A114905 | 2017 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | E52/3396 Mount Newman Annual Report for the period 8 August 2016 to 7 August 2017 |
| A111861 | 2017 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | E47/2173 (Mt Newman) Partial Surrender Report 8 November 2010 to 7 November 2016 |
| A107141 | 2015 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Final Surrender Report for the Period 22 July 2011 to 05 June 2015, E47/2459 |
| A105685 | 2015 | Bhp Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd | Annual report for the period 27th May 2014 to 26th May 2015, Bonobo Project, E52/2009 |
| A7920 | 1978 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Mount Newman Project, Annual Report, August 1978, TR70/5003H. |
| A8525 | 1973 | Mccamey Iron Associates | Mount Newman Project, Non-statutory Report: Reconnaissance Report, May 1973, TR70/5204-5205, 5208-5210 & 5248. |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Mount Newman?
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.