Paterson Range
Shire of East Pilbara
Paterson Range is a gold, copper and base metals exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 18 WAMEX reports were lodged by 10 companies between 1977 and 2025, most recently Antipa Resources Pty Ltd in 2025.
Reports
18
Operators
10
companies on record
Worked
49yrs
1977 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
6 commodities on record
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Paterson Range in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent143 × 149 km
Report areas mapped14
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Paterson Range, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 32 live and pending tenements sit over the Paterson Range ground, held under 13 names.
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- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
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- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Paterson Range
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 9 · Base Metals 8 · Copper 6 · Uranium 5 · Lead 2 · Zinc 2
- Work on record
- Aerial magnetic surveys 3 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 3 · Geophysical interpretation 3 · Geological mapping 2 · Aerial geophysical surveys 1 · Aerial gravity gradiometer survey 1 · Aeromagnetic interpretation 1 · Aircore drilling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 8 of 18 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 18 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 8 · Non-statutory 5 · Final Surrender 4 · Partial Surrender 1
Reports by decade
11970s
41980s
31990s
2000s
72010s
32020s
Exploration reports
18 WAMEX reports filed over Paterson Range.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A152986 | 2025 | Antipa Resources Pty Ltd | E45/5309 - Partial Surrender Report Paterson Range for the period ending 05/11/2025. |
| A132535 | 2022 | Lithium Lakes Limited | E45/5863 Paterson Range Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the period ending 21/09/2022 |
| A125039 | 2020 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | E45/5326 Annual Report for the period ending 20/08/2020 |
| A118844 | 2019 | Newcrest Operations Limited | Final Technical Report E45/02931 Paterson Range Project for the period 4 July 2008 to 30 November 2018 |
| A105235 | 2015 | Cameco Australia Pty Ltd | Annual Report - Paterson Range Project E45/3745 for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014 |
| A104181 | 2014 | Cameco Australia Pty Ltd | Joint Final Surrender Report - Paterson Range Project 28 August 2012 to 15 October 2014 E45/3741 E45/3742 E45/ |
| A101587 | 2014 | Cameco Australia Pty Ltd | Annual Report - Paterson Range Project 12 June 2013 to 31 December 2013 E45/3741 E45/3742 E45/3743 E45/3745 (C |
| A99622 | 2013 | Cameco Australia Pty Ltd | Annual Report - Paterson Range Project, 28 August 2012 to 27 August 2013, E45/3742 |
| A98786 | 2013 | Cameco Australia Pty Ltd | Annual Report - Paterson Range Project E45/3745 for the period 12 June 2012 to 11 June 2013 |
| A87645 | 2010 | Warriedar Pty Ltd | ANNUAL REPORT Tenement – E45/2547 for the period 4 July 2009 to 3 July 2010 |
| A48683 | 1996 | Fodina Minerals Pty Ltd | Surrender Report for the period 1995 Paterson Range Project E45/1389 E45/1390 E45/1476 |
| A42766 | 1994 | Fodina Minerals Pty Ltd | Surrender Report for Exploration Licence EL45/1386, Paterson Province, Western Australia |
| A42765 | 1994 | Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd | Annual report for the period 20/09/93-20/09/94 Paterson Range Project E45/1389 E45/1390 |
| A23195 | 1987 | Auridiam Nl | Non-statutory Report: A Report on Programme of Rotary-Air-Blast Drilling in E45/504, 505, 506 &514 Paterson Ra |
| A20868 | 1987 | Auridiam Nl | Non-statutory Report : Evaluation of a Geochemical Sampling Program. Paterson Range Project, E45/514 and E45/5 |
| A20866 | 1986 | Auridiam Nl | Non-statutory Report: A Proposal to undertake a Geochemical Sampling Program, prior to RAB Drill Testing on E4 |
| A20865 | 1986 | Auridiam Nl | Non-statutory Report : A Report on Field Reconnaissance in the Paterson Range Joint Venture Area, and Proposal |
| A7263 | 1977 | Geopeko | Paterson Range Project, Non-statutory Report: Geology Plans [undated]. |
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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.