Stansmore
Stansmore is a gold, rare earth elements and niobium exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 10 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1983 and 2025, most recently Lycaon Resources Ltd in 2025.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Stansmore, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 5 live and pending tenements sit over the Stansmore ground, held under 2 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 Stansmore
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 8 · Niobium 1 · Rare Earth Elements 1 · Diamond 1
- Work on record
- Soil sampling 6 · Rock chip sampling 4 · Surface geochemistry 3 · Aerial EM surveys 2 · Aircore drilling 2 · Co-funded drilling 2 · Heritage 2 · Passive seismic 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 8 of 10 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 10 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 4 · Co-Funded Drilling 2 · Final Surrender 2 · Partial Surrender 2
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A148258 | 2025 | Lycaon Resources Ltd | Final Report R29DAG0032#2024-25 - EIS Drilling #29 |
| A131217 | 2022 | Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd | Combined Final Surrender Report for C27/2018 (Stansmore Project), E80/5051 to E80/5053 for the period 28 July |
| A129054 | 2021 | Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd | Final report for Stansmore project, Exploration Incentive Scheme - R23 |
| A128550 | 2021 | Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd | Combined Annual Report for C27/2018 (Stansmore Project) for the period 28 July 2020 to 27 July 2021 |
| A127536 | 2021 | Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender report for E 80/5053 (Stansmore project) for the period 28 May 2017 to 13 May 2021 |
| A125164 | 2020 | Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd | Combined Annual Report for C 27/2018 (Stansmore project) for the 28th July 2019 to 27th July 2020 |
| A121454 | 2019 | Newmont Goldcorp Exploration Pty Ltd | Combined Annual Report for C27/2018 (Stansmore Project) for the period 28th July 2018 to 27th July 2019, E80/0 |
| A121082 | 2019 | Newmont Goldcorp Exploration Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report for C 27/2018 (Stansmore project) for the period 28th July 2017 to 24th July 2019 |
| A118011 | 2018 | Newmont Exploration Pty Ltd | Combined Annual Report for C27/2018 (Stansmore Project) for the period 28th July 2017 to 27th July 2018, E80/ |
| A12302 | 1983 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Stansmore Project, Final Surrender Report for the period ending 02/03/1983, E80/3. |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Stansmore?
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.