Ophir Bore
Ophir Bore is a gold and diamond exploration project in the Shire of Laverton, Western Australia, earlier explored for copper and nickel. Its 3 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1971 and 1997, most recently Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd in 1997.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Ophir Bore, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 7 live and pending tenements sit over the Ophir Bore ground, held under 4 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 Ophir Bore
- Local government
- Shire of Laverton
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 2 · Nickel 2 · Diamond 1 · Gold 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical interpretation 2 · Soil sampling 2 · Auger drilling 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 2 of 3 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Non-statutory 2 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A51757 | 1997 | Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd | Ophir Bore Project, Surrender Report, July 1997, P38/2404. |
| A2299 | 1971 | United Nickel Nl | Ophir Bore Project, Non-statutory Report: Plans & Assays to accompany A 2062, July 1971, MC38/2198-2203. |
| A2062 | 1971 | United Nickel Nl | Ophir Bore Project, Non-statutory Report; Report on Auger Drilling , July 1971, MC38/2198-2203. ( See also A22 |
Other projects in the Shire of Laverton
What does the exploration record say about Ophir Bore?
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.