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Mount Rove

Shire of East Pilbara

Mount Rove is an iron ore and manganese exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 19 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1966 and 2009, most recently Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in 2009. Of those, 1 declares a resource.

Reports
19
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
44yrs
1966 to 2009, 17 years ago
Main target
Iron
3 commodities on record
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Mount Rove in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent73 × 99 km
Report areas mapped5

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Mount Rove, most active first.

Sentinel Mining Co Inc 7Fortescue Metals Group Ltd 6Portman Mining Ltd 5Pennant Resources Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 11 live and pending tenements sit over the Mount Rove ground, held under 4 names.

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Exploration record on Mount Rove

Local government
Shire of East Pilbara
Commodities targeted
Iron 13 · Manganese 11 · Diamond 2
Work on record
Rock chip sampling 3 · Geological mapping 2 · Photogeology 2 · RC drilling 2 · Stream sediment sampling 2 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Computer modelling 1 · Electron microprobes 1
Resource declared
Yes, in 1 report: A4844 (1974)
Downloadable data
2 of 19 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
2 of 19 record no work done
Report types
Annual 9 · Non-statutory 7 · Partial Surrender 2 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
31960s
41970s
1980s
61990s
62000s

Exploration reports

19 WAMEX reports filed over Mount Rove.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A84774 2009 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual Report for the period 18 October 2008 to 17 October 2009, Mt Rove, E46/517
A80162 2008 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual report for the period 18 October 2007 to 17 October 2008, Mt Rove, E46/517
A76722 2007 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual report for the period 18 October 2006 to 17 October 2007, Mt Rove, E46/517
A71478 2005 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd E46/517 Mt Rove, Annual report for the period 18 October 2004 to 17 October 2005, (Balfour Downs).
A69542 2004 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual report for the period 18/11/03 - 17/11/04 Mount Rove Project, E46/517, Nullagine
A67901 2003 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Annual Report for the period 18/11/2002- 17/11/2003 Mount Rove Iron Ore Project E46/517
A40391 1994 Portman Mining Ltd Mount Rove Project, Annual & Final Surrender Report for the period 22nd January 1993 to 21st January 1994, E46
A38381 1993 Portman Mining Ltd Mt Rove Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 22nd January 1992 to 21 January 1993, E46/177.
A37680 1992 Portman Mining Ltd Mt Rove Project, Annual Report for the period 22nd January 1992 to 21st January 1993, E46/177.
A35585 1992 Portman Mining Ltd Mt Rove Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 22nd January 1989 to 21st January 1992, E46/177.
A35050 1992 Portman Mining Ltd Mt Rove Project, Annual Report for the period 22nd January 1991 to 21st January 1992, E46/177.
A30331 1990 Pennant Resources Ltd Mt Rove Project, Annual Report for the period 22/01/1989 to 21/01/1990, E46/177.
A4881 1974 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mt Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Drawings 1-14 & Assay Data, 1966, to accompany A1149, TR70/4124-4125H;
A4855 1974 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mount Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Pattern Drilling Borehole Analyses, Mt Rove "C" , " D", & "E", 1966
A4854 1974 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mount Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Pattern Drilling Borehole Analyses, Mt Rove "A". (Undated), TR70/412
A4844 1974 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mount Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Calculation of Reserves, Hill C D & E, ( Undated)., TR70/4124-4125;
A4856 1967 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mount Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report 1966-1967, Miscellaneous Data ( Memos, Reports &
A4848 1967 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mt Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Mt Rove Ore Reserves & Grades , Re-evaluation, March 1967, TR70/4124 &
A4841 1966 Sentinel Mining Co Inc Mount Rove Project, Non-statutory Report: Exploration Report, Mt Rove "A" Drill Hole Results and Assays, April

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