Nicholson
Nicholson is an iron ore and gemstones exploration project in the Shire of Halls Creek, Western Australia. Its 9 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1996 and 2023, most recently Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited in 2023.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Nicholson, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
See who holds the tenements over the Nicholson ground today, and whether that ground is being worked.
- 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 Nicholson
- Local government
- Shire of Halls Creek
- Commodities targeted
- Gemstones 5 · Iron 4
- Work on record
- Geological reconnaissance 4 · Gemstones 3 · Heritage 2 · Geological logging 1 · Geophysical logging 1 · Grab sampling 1 · Magnetic susceptibility 1 · Prospecting 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 1 of 9 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 9 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 7 · Final Surrender 2
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A133488 | 2023 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited | Final Surrender Report for Exploration License E80 / 5099 Nicholson Project for the period ending 20/12/2022. |
| A129284 | 2022 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited | Mineral Exploration Annual Report for Exploration Licence E80/5099 Nicholson Project for the period ending 07/ |
| A125960 | 2021 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited | Mineral Exploration Annual Report for Exploration Licence E80/5099 Nicholson Project for the period ending 7/1 |
| A122378 | 2020 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited | Mineral Exploration Annual Report for Exploration Licence E80/5099 Nicholson project for the period 8 January |
| A109158 | 2016 | Swan Lake Gems Holdings Pty Ltd | Nicholson Gemstone Project Final Surrender Report Exploration Licence 80/4626 for the period 18 May 2016 - 17 |
| A105923 | 2015 | Swan Lake Gems Holdings Pty Ltd | Nicholson Gemstone Project Exploration Licence 80/4626 Annual Report for the period 18 May 2014 - 17 May 2015 |
| A102411 | 2014 | Swan Lake Gems Holdings Pty Ltd | Nicholson Gemstone Project E80/4626 Annual Report for the period 18 May 2013 - 17 May 2014 |
| A98364 | 2013 | Swan Lake Gems Holdings Pty Ltd | Nicholson Gemstone Project Exploration Licence 80/4626 Annual Report for the period 18 May 2012 - 17 May 2013 |
| A48392 | 1996 | Mr Mathews De | Nicholson Annual Report on Exploration activities E80/1550 25 June 1995 to 24 June 1996 |
Other projects in the Shire of Halls Creek
What does the exploration record say about Nicholson?
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.