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Vernon

Shire of Laverton

Vernon is a mineral sands exploration project in the Shire of Laverton, Western Australia, earlier explored for diamond. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1991 and 2011, most recently Iluka Resources Ltd in 2011.

Reports
4
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
21yrs
1991 to 2011, 15 years ago
Main target
Mineral Sands
Diamond most reported overall
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Vernon in the Shire of Laverton
Ground extent97 × 73 km
Report areas mapped3

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Vernon, most active first.

Cra Exploration Pty Ltd 3Iluka Resources Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 1 live and pending tenement sits over the Vernon ground, held under 1 name.

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Exploration record on Vernon

Local government
Shire of Laverton
Commodities targeted
Diamond 3 · Mineral Sands 1
Work on record
Ground magnetic surveys 2 · Loam sampling 2 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · Aircore drilling 1 · Chromite 1 · Indicator minerals 1 · Rock chip sampling 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
4 of 4 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
1 of 4 record no work done
Report types
Final Surrender 2 · Annual 2
Reports by decade
31990s
2000s
12010s

Exploration reports

4 WAMEX reports filed over Vernon.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A91150 2011 Iluka Resources Ltd Full Surrender Report Vernon Project Area E69/2671
A39074 1993 Cra Exploration Pty Ltd Vernon (1-7) Project, Final Surrender Report for the period ending 9th July 1993, E69/450-451, 478-481 & E69/4
A37233 1992 Cra Exploration Pty Ltd Vernon Project, Annual Report for the period 26/09/1991 to 26/09/1992, E69/450 & 451.
A34774 1991 Cra Exploration Pty Ltd Vernon Project, Annual Report for the period 26/09/1990 to 25/09/1991, E69/450 & 451.

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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.