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Plains

Shire of East Pilbara

Plains is a gold exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 5 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1989 and 2005, most recently Newcrest Mining Ltd in 2005.

Reports
5
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
17yrs
1989 to 2005, 21 years ago
Main target
Gold
2 commodities on record
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Plains in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent28 × 50 km
Report areas mapped4

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Plains, most active first.

Newcrest Mining Ltd 3Newmont Australia Ltd 2

Who controls this ground today

Today 9 live and pending tenements sit over the Plains ground, held under 2 names.

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Exploration record on Plains

Local government
Shire of East Pilbara
Commodities targeted
Gold 5 · Base Metals 1
Work on record
Rock chip sampling 4 · Rotary drilling 4 · Geological mapping 3 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · Environmental impact surveys 1 · Feasibility studies 1 · Gravity surveys 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
1 of 5 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 5
Reports by decade
11980s
31990s
12000s

Exploration reports

5 WAMEX reports filed over Plains.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A70013 2005 Newcrest Mining Ltd Annual technical report for the period 01/01/04 - 31/12/04 Telfer Project, Plains Dome/Minyari group, C361/199
A37546 1993 Newcrest Mining Ltd Annual Technical Report for period ending 18/12/92 Plains Group E45/829-830,832-833,864,913,976
A35044 1991 Newcrest Mining Ltd Annual Technical Report for Period ending 31/12/91 Plains Project (E45/829, E45/30, E45/832, E45/33, E45/864,
A32497 1991 Newmont Australia Ltd Annual Technical Report to the Department of Mines period ended 31st December 1990
A29564 1989 Newmont Australia Ltd Annual technical report. Period ended 31/12/89. Plains group. E45/829-830, 832-833,864-865, 904, 912-913

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What does the exploration record say about Plains?

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.