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Esperance Lignite

Shire of Esperance

Esperance Lignite is a coal and lignite exploration project in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1981 and 2007, most recently Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd in 2007.

Reports
7
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
27yrs
1981 to 2007, 19 years ago
Main target
Coal
2 commodities on record
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Esperance Lignite in the Shire of Esperance
Ground extent180 × 155 km
Report areas mapped5

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Esperance Lignite, most active first.

Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd 3Western Collieries Ltd 2Wesfarmers Coal Ltd 1Mokey Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 14 live and pending tenements sit over the Esperance Lignite ground, held under 7 names.

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Exploration record on Esperance Lignite

Local government
Shire of Esperance
Commodities targeted
Coal 7 · Lignite 7
Work on record
Metallurgy 3 · Rotary drilling 2 · Coal 1 · Coal analysis 1 · Coal utilization 1 · Diamond drilling 1 · Lignite 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
2 of 7 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 4 · Final Surrender 2 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
21980s
11990s
42000s

Exploration reports

7 WAMEX reports filed over Esperance Lignite.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A75250 2007 Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd Surrender report for R63/1, Esperance Lignite, 20 February 2002 - 19 February 2007.
A75249 2007 Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd Surrender report for R63/2, Esperance Lignite, 20 February 2002 - 19 February 2007.
A68073 2004 Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd Esperance Lignite Project, Mineral Exploration Report for 2003 , 1/01/2003-31/12-2003 (M63/192-194,197;R63/1,
A59866 2000 Wesfarmers Coal Ltd Esperance Lignite project, Mineral Exploration Report for 1999,01/01/1999 to 31/12/1999. tenements E63/55,60,7
A47087 1996 Western Collieries Ltd Esperance Lignite Project Mineral Exploration Report for 1995 01/01/1995 to 31/12/1995 Tenements E63/55 E63/60
A102647 1981 Western Collieries Ltd THIRD QUARTER REPORT TEMPORARY RESERVES 7442H - 7477H (INCL.) 8261H - 8263H (INCL.) AND 8312H - 8314H (INCL.
A102646 1981 Mokey Pty Ltd ANNUAL REPORT TEMPORARY RESERVES 1442H TO 7477H INCLUSIVE (DUNDAS GOLDFIELD) YEAR ENDING 13TH MARCH, 1981

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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.