Zanthus
Zanthus is a nickel, copper and platinum group elements exploration project in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. Its 28 WAMEX reports were lodged by 10 companies between 1997 and 2025, most recently Buxton Resources Ltd in 2025. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Zanthus, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 8 live and pending tenements sit over the Zanthus ground, held under 6 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 Zanthus
- Local government
- City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
- Commodities targeted
- Nickel 21 · Gold 18 · Copper 13 · Base Metals 9 · Zinc 6 · Platinum Group Elements 6 · Iron 4 · Lead 3
- Work on record
- Calcrete sampling 9 · RC drilling 7 · Aircore drilling 5 · Geological reconnaissance 5 · Geophysical interpretation 5 · Soil sampling 5 · Petrography 4 · Rock chip sampling 4
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A97764 (2013), A93754 (2012)
- Downloadable data
- 21 of 28 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 21 · Final Surrender 4 · Partial Surrender 2 · Co-Funded Drilling 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A153106 | 2025 | Buxton Resources Ltd; Igo Newsearch Pty Ltd | Zanthus Partial Surrender Report E28/1959 for the period ending 09/10/2025. |
| A148076 | 2025 | Carawine Resources Limited | Zanthus Project E28/3160 Final Surrender Report for the period ending 25/02/2025. |
| A142811 | 2024 | Carawine Resources Limited | Zanthus Project E28/3160 Annual Report for the period ending 8 March 2024 |
| A135049 | 2023 | Carawine Resources Limited | Zanthus Project E28/3160 Annual Report for the period ending 8/3/2023 |
| A131543 | 2022 | Igo Limited | Annual Report C32/2021 for the period ending 08/06/2022. |
| A128862 | 2021 | Igo Limited | Annual Report C198/2008 Zanthus Project for the period ending 23/07/2021 |
| A125437 | 2020 | Igo Limited | Annual Report C198/2008 Zanthus Project for the period ending 23/09/2020 |
| A121642 | 2019 | Independence Group Nl | Annual Report C198/2008 Zanthus Project For the Period 24 September 2018 to 23 September 2019 |
| A118319 | 2018 | Independence Group Nl | C198/2008 Combined Report Zanthus Annual Report for the period 24/09/2017 - 23/09/2018, E28/01711, E28/02419, |
| A115262 | 2017 | Independence Group Nl | Zanthus Project C198/2008 Combined Annual Report for the period 24 September 2016 to 23 September 2017, E28/01 |
| A108606 | 2016 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Annual Report Zanthus Project E28/1959 for the period 22/02/2015 - 21/02/2016 |
| A105488 | 2015 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Annual Report Zanthus Project E28/1959 for the period 22/2/2014 – 21/2/2015 |
| A105436 | 2015 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Final Surrender Report In support of voluntary partial surrender of E28/1959 Zanthus Project for the period 22 |
| A103721 | 2014 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Exploration Licence 28/1959 – Co-funded Drilling Interim Report, September 2014, Zanthus Project, Albany-Frase |
| A102734 | 2014 | Skull Creek Exploration Pty Ltd | ANNUAL REPORT Exploration Licence – E28/1944 Zanthus Project For the Period From 13/05/2013 to 12/05/2014 |
| A101303 | 2014 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Exploration Licence 28/1959 – Annual Exploration Report Zanthus Project for the period 22/02/13 – 22/02/14 |
| A98805 | 2013 | Skull Creek Exploration | Annual Report E28/1944 Zanthus Project For the Period 13/05/2012 to 12/05/2013 |
| A97764 | 2013 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Exploration Licence 28/1959 – Annual Report for the period 22 February 2012 to 21 February 2013, Zanthus Proje |
| A93754 | 2012 | Buxton Resources Ltd | Exploration Licence 28/1959 – Annual Report for the period 22 February 2011 to 21 February 2012, Zanthus Proje |
| A90737 | 2011 | Skull Creek Exploration | Annual Report Exploration Licence – E28/1944 Zanthus Project For the Period From 13/05/2010 to 12/05/2011 |
All 28 report numbers over Zanthus
Other projects in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
What does the exploration record say about Zanthus?
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.