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Bedford Downs

Shire of Halls Creek

Bedford Downs is an uranium exploration project in the Shire of Halls Creek, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1969 and 1974, most recently Agip Nucleare Aust Pty Ltd in 1974.

Reports
4
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
6yrs
1969 to 1974, 52 years ago
Main target
Uranium
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Bedford Downs in the Shire of Halls Creek
Ground extent36 × 31 km
Report areas mapped2

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Bedford Downs, most active first.

Western Nuclear Aust Pty Ltd 3Agip Nucleare Aust Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 4 live and pending tenements sit over the Bedford Downs ground, held under 4 names.

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Exploration record on Bedford Downs

Local government
Shire of Halls Creek
Commodities targeted
Uranium 4
Work on record
Geological mapping 4 · Aerial colour photography 1 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Diamond drilling 1 · Grab sampling 1 · Ground radioactivity surveys 1 · Percussion drilling 1 · Petrology 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
1 of 4 reports include a digital package
Report types
Non-statutory 2 · Annual 2
Reports by decade
11960s
31970s

Exploration reports

4 WAMEX reports filed over Bedford Downs.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A5272 1974 Agip Nucleare Aust Pty Ltd Kimberley Project - Bedford Downs, Final report[non-statutory], TR70/5899, MC70/3943-3952
A2090 1971 Western Nuclear Aust Pty Ltd Bedford Downs Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Report , November 1971, TR70/4742H.
A173 1970 Western Nuclear Aust Pty Ltd Bedford Downs Project, Annual Report for the period ending 31/12/1969, TR70/4742H.
A172 1969 Western Nuclear Aust Pty Ltd Bedford Downs Project, Annual Report for the period ending 31/12/1968, TR70/4742H.

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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.