Shay Gap
Shay Gap is a gold and diamond exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia, earlier explored for iron ore and copper. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 5 companies between 1981 and 2024, most recently Muccan Minerals Pty Ltd in 2024.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Shay Gap, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 8 live and pending tenements sit over the Shay Gap ground, held under 6 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 Shay Gap
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Iron 4 · Gold 1 · Diamond 1 · Copper 1 · Lead 1 · Molybdenum 1 · Zinc 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical data processing 2 · Ground gravity surveys 2 · Multielement analysis 2 · RC drilling 2 · Aboriginal site surveys 1 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · Aeromagnetic interpretation 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 2 of 7 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Final Surrender 3 · Annual 3 · Non-statutory 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A143720 | 2024 | Muccan Minerals Pty Ltd | Final Surrender Report for M45/1162 - Shay Gap Project for the period ending 13/05/2024 |
| A133408 | 2023 | Seremin Pty Ltd | E45/5701 Final Mineral Exploration Report for the period 4 August 2021 to 2 September 2022 |
| A98141 | 2013 | Heron Resources Ltd | Shay Gap Project, Annual Report for the period 10th February to 9th February 2013, E45/3478 & 3657. [C40/2011 |
| A94034 | 2012 | Heron Resources Ltd | Combined annual report for the period 11th February 2011 to 10th February 2012, Shay Gap Project, C40/2011, E4 |
| A84535 | 2009 | Jupiter Mines Ltd | Final Report for Shay Gap E45/2908 Period 15/06/08 to 14/06/09 |
| A78711 | 2008 | Jupiter Mines Ltd | SHAY GAP PROJECT Annual Report for Shay Gap E45/2908 Period 15/06/07 to 14/06/08 |
| A9989 | 1981 | Pennzoil Of Australia Ltd | Shay Gap Project, Non-statutory Report:Report for the period 01/01/1981 to 21st April 1981, TR70/8356H. |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Shay Gap?
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.