West Tanami
West Tanami is a gold, copper and rare earth elements exploration project in the Shire of Halls Creek, Western Australia. Its 11 WAMEX reports were lodged by 7 companies between 1994 and 2026, most recently G Ex Australia Pty Ltd in 2026.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over West Tanami, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 4 live and pending tenements sit over the West Tanami 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 West Tanami
- Local government
- Shire of Halls Creek
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 11 · Copper 4 · Rare Earth Elements 2 · Uranium 2 · Nickel 1 · Platinum Group Elements 1 · Silver 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical interpretation 7 · Aerial magnetic surveys 5 · Rock chip sampling 4 · Soil sampling 3 · Surface geochemistry 3 · Aerial EM surveys 2 · Geochemical interpretation 2 · Heritage 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 6 of 11 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 6 · Partial Surrender 4 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A154839 | 2026 | G Ex Australia Pty Ltd | C105/2021 West Tanami Project Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 13/04/2026 |
| A150748 | 2025 | Hamelin Resources Pty Ltd | West Tanami Project E80/5146 Surrender Report for the period ending 29/08/2025 |
| A145927 | 2024 | Hamelin Gold Limited | Partial Surrender Report E80/5145 West Tanami Project For the Period 0 August 2018 to 29 August 2024 |
| A145854 | 2024 | Hamelin Gold Limited | West Tanami Project E80/5137 Partial Surrender Report for the period 14 September 2017 to 29 August 2024 |
| A144664 | 2024 | Iron Bull Bangemall Limited | West Tanami Project E80/5100 Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 2/7/2024 |
| A124841 | 2020 | Iron Bull Bangemall Pty Ltd | West Tanami E80/5100 Annual Report for the period ending 02/07/2020 |
| A120855 | 2019 | Iron Bull Bangemall Pty Ltd | West Tanami Gold Project E80/05100 Annual Report for the period 3 July 2018 to 2 July 2019 |
| A80549 | 2008 | Riken Resources Ltd | ANNUAL REPORT ON E80/3776 WEST TANAMI, 27th September 2007 to 26 September 2008 |
| A79903 | 2008 | Riken Resources Ltd | ANNUAL REPORT ON E80/3775 WEST TANAMI, 27th September 2007 to 26 September 2008. |
| A45552 | 1995 | Precious Metals Aust Ltd | Technical Report West Tanami Project Exploration Licence 80/1512 Period:July 1994 to July 1995 |
| A42158 | 1994 | Aurora Gold Ltd | Annual Report for the period 28/07/93-27/07/94 West Tanami Project E80/1512 |
Other projects in the Shire of Halls Creek
What does the exploration record say about West Tanami?
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.