Mount Nicholas
Shire of East Pilbara
Mount Nicholas is an iron ore, manganese and base metals exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 16 WAMEX reports were lodged by 11 companies between 1963 and 2004, most recently Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in 2004. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Reports
16
Operators
11
companies on record
Worked
42yrs
1963 to 2004, 22 years ago
Main target
Iron
Manganese most reported overall
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Mount Nicholas in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent80 × 37 km
Report areas mapped9
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Mount Nicholas, most active first.
Sentinel Mining Co Inc 4Pharaoh Metals Corporation Nl 2Portman Mining Ltd 2Fortescue Metals Group Ltd 1Iron Ore Australia Pty Ltd 1Allied Mining & Processing Nl 1Valiant Manganese Pty Ltd 1Pennant Resources Ltd 1Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd 1Texasgulf Australia Ltd 1Mangore Australia Pty Ltd 1
Who controls this ground today
Today 13 live and pending tenements sit over the Mount Nicholas ground, held under 6 names.
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- 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
Premium
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Mount Nicholas
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Manganese 13 · Iron 9 · Base Metals 1 · Gravel 1
- Work on record
- Rock chip sampling 5 · Geological mapping 4 · Metallurgy 4 · Geological reconnaissance 3 · RC drilling 3 · Bulk sampling 2 · Marketing 2 · Mineral resource estimate 2
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A65823 (2003), A1544 (1963)
- Downloadable data
- 1 of 16 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 7 · Non-statutory 6 · Final Surrender 2 · Partial Surrender 1
Reports by decade
31960s
31970s
11980s
71990s
22000s
Exploration reports
16 WAMEX reports filed over Mount Nicholas.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A68041 | 2004 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Combined annual report for tenements Mt Nicholas E46/467, 21 November 2002 to 20 November 2003, Tongololo E46/ |
| A65823 | 2003 | Iron Ore Australia Pty Ltd | Mt Nicholas Iron Ore Project E46/467. Annual Report 21 November 2001 To 20 November 2002. |
| A58744 | 1999 | Allied Mining & Processing Nl | Mount Nicholas E46/410 Pilbara Mineral Field Annual Surrende r Report For the Period 11/6/1998 to 10/6/1999 |
| A57224 | 1999 | Valiant Manganese Pty Ltd | ANNUAL AND FINAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 12 JANUARY 1999 MINING LEASE M46/120 MT NICHOLAS |
| A55850 | 1998 | Pharaoh Metals Corporation Nl | Mount Nicholas Project - E46/410, Pilbara Mineral Field Annual Report 11/07/97 - 10/07/98 |
| A51996 | 1997 | Pharaoh Metals Corporation Nl | Exploration Licence E43/410 'Mt Nicholas' Annual report for the year ended 11July 1997 |
| A35587 | 1992 | Portman Mining Ltd | Mt Nicholas Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 22nd January 1989 to 1st July 1991, E46/179. |
| A34904 | 1991 | Portman Mining Ltd | Mt NIcholas Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 22nd January 1991 to 19th July 1991, E46/179. |
| A30334 | 1990 | Pennant Resources Ltd | Mt Nicholas Project, Annual Report for the period 22/01/1989 to 21/01/1990, E46/179. |
| A16521 | 1985 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Mount Nicholas Project, Annual Report for the period 20/01/1984 to 19/01/1985, P46/274-276. |
| A7668 | 1978 | Texasgulf Australia Ltd | INvestigation of Mineral Claims for Magnese in the Mt. Nicholas Area Pilbara Goldfield Nullagine District, W.A |
| A4836 | 1974 | Sentinel Mining Co Inc | Mt Nicholas Project, Non-statutory Report: Economic Appraisal of Mt. Nicholas Gravel Ore Deposit Area 5, 6, 7. |
| A4833 | 1974 | Sentinel Mining Co Inc | Mt Nicholas Project, Non-statutory Report: Investigation of the Gravel Ore (undated )Tr70/4142, 4144, 4149, 41 |
| A4831 | 1967 | Sentinel Mining Co Inc | Mt Nicholas Project, Non-statutory Report: A Collection of Miscellaneous Reports, 1967, TR70/4142, 4144, 4174 |
| A1154 | 1967 | Sentinel Mining Co Inc | Mount Nicholas Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report for the period ending 31/12/1967, TR70/4142,4 |
| A1544 | 1963 | Mangore Australia Pty Ltd | Mount Nicholas Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Reports & Miscellaneous Data from 1958 & 1959, MC46 |
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What does the exploration record say about Mount Nicholas?
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.
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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.