Lake Darlot
Shire of Leonora
Lake Darlot is a gold exploration project in the Shire of Leonora, Western Australia. Its 19 WAMEX reports were lodged by 13 companies between 1977 and 2025, most recently Darlot Mining Company Pty Ltd in 2025. Of those, 1 declares a resource.
Reports
19
Operators
13
companies on record
Worked
49yrs
1977 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
6 commodities on record
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assessment: the geology, past programs, drill intercepts and the gaps nobody tested. New accounts get one free.
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Lake Darlot in the Shire of Leonora
Ground extent68 × 36 km
Report areas mapped12
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Lake Darlot, most active first.
Encounter Resources Ltd 4Peak Resources Ltd 2Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd 2Esso Australia Ltd 2Darlot Mining Company Pty Ltd 1Leopard Resources Nl Interglobal Investments 1Bhp Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd 1Plutonic Operations Ltd 1Bruce Resources Nl 1Indian Ocean Resources Ltd 1Mogul Mining Nl 1Afmeco Pty Ltd 1Chevron Exploration Corp 1
Who controls this ground today
Today 15 live and pending tenements sit over the Lake Darlot ground, held under 7 names.
Free account
- 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
Premium
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Lake Darlot
- Local government
- Shire of Leonora
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 9 · Uranium 9 · Base Metals 2 · Vanadium 1 · Copper 1 · Zinc 1
- Work on record
- Rock chip sampling 5 · Soil sampling 5 · Aircore drilling 3 · Geological mapping 3 · Ground radioactivity surveys 3 · Multielement analysis 3 · RC drilling 3 · Water sampling 3
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 1 report: A15670 (1985)
- Downloadable data
- 4 of 19 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 19 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 8 · Final Surrender 5 · Non-statutory 4 · Partial Surrender 2
Reports by decade
31970s
41980s
11990s
52000s
32010s
12020s
Exploration reports
19 WAMEX reports filed over Lake Darlot.
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have the record over this ground read into one cited report, free for new accounts.
Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A150395 | 2025 | Darlot Mining Company Pty Ltd | Lake Darlot E37/1220 Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 9/9/2025 |
| A109576 | 2016 | Leopard Resources Nl; Interglobal Investments Ltd | Annual Mineral Expenditure Report For E37/747 For The Period: 18th March 2014 - 17th March 2015 Lake Darlot |
| A92389 | 2012 | Bhp Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd | Surrender Mineral Exploration Report – Lake Darlot E37/1094 Report Period : 25/07/2011 to 22/12/2011 |
| A86805 | 2010 | Encounter Resources Ltd | Annual Report and Final Surrender for the period 30 March 2009 to 29 March 2010, Lake Darlot Project |
| A82398 | 2009 | Encounter Resources Ltd | LAKE DARLOT PROJECT E37/830 PARTIAL SURRENDER REPORT For the Period 30 March 2006 to 28 March 2009 |
| A82396 | 2009 | Encounter Resources Ltd | Lake Darlot Project E37/830 Annual Report For the Period 30 March 2008 to 29 March 2009 |
| A79663 | 2008 | Peak Resources Ltd | Lake Darlot Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 1st September 2006 to 29th August 2008 E37/832. |
| A76425 | 2007 | Peak Resources Ltd | LAKE DARLOT Annual Report on Exploration 1st September 2006 to 31st August 2007 E37/832 Uranium Project Wester |
| A75444 | 2007 | Encounter Resources Ltd | Lake Darlot Project E37/830 Annual Report For the period 30 March 2006 to 29 March 2007 |
| A40016 | 1993 | Plutonic Operations Ltd | Annual report for the period 10/09/92-09/09/93 Lake Darlot Project M37/373 |
| A24514 | 1988 | Bruce Resources Nl | Geological Report on the Lake Darlot Prospect, Mount Margaret Mineral Field, WA. For Bruce Resources NL. KH M |
| A15670 | 1985 | Indian Ocean Resources Ltd | Report on the Monte Christo Prospect Lake Darlot Area 1984 (GML37/2061 M37/155) |
| A11679 | 1981 | Mogul Mining Nl | A Preliminary Assessment of the Lake Darlot Gold Prospect Mt Margaret Goldfield, W.A |
| A10061 | 1981 | Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd | Lake Darlot Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31st July 1981,MC36/4372-4389. |
| A7923 | 1978 | Afmeco Pty Ltd | Lake Darlot Project, Non-statutory Report, Final Report, July 1978, TR70/6647H. |
| A7377 | 1978 | Esso Australia Ltd | Lake Darlot Project, Non-statutory Report: Final Report, January 1978, TR70/6287H. |
| A6850 | 1977 | Esso Australia Ltd | Lake Darlot Project, Annual Report for the year ending 23rd January 1977, TR70/6287H. |
| A12295 | Chevron Exploration Corp | Lake Darlot- TR 8695H, Final Report. | |
| A11355 | Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd | Lake Darlot Preoject, Final Surrender Report for the period 01/10/1979 to 30/06/1982,MC36/4372-36/4389 . |
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What does the exploration record say about Lake Darlot?
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.
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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.