Nelson
Shire of Leonora
Nelson is a nickel exploration project in the Shire of Leonora, Western Australia. Its 12 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 2007 and 2013, most recently Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd in 2013.
Reports
12
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
7yrs
2007 to 2013, 13 years ago
Main target
Nickel
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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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Nelson in the Shire of Leonora
Ground extent15 × 53 km
Report areas mapped6
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Nelson, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 26 live and pending tenements sit over the Nelson ground, held under 11 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 Nelson
- Local government
- Shire of Leonora
- Commodities targeted
- Nickel 12
- Work on record
- Ground EM surveys 5 · RC drilling 5 · Aerial EM surveys 3 · Aircore drilling 3 · Multielement analysis 3 · Soil sampling 3 · EM logging 2 · Geophysical logging 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 9 of 12 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 12 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 6 · Final Surrender 5 · Partial Surrender 1
Reports by decade
52000s
62010s
Exploration reports
12 WAMEX reports filed over Nelson.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A99740 | 2013 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Final Surrender Mineral Exploration Report - M36/650 (Nelson) for the period 7 February 2008 to 14 October 201 |
| A98406 | 2013 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Nelson Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 7th February 2008 to 14th June 2013, M36/651; E36/755, & |
| A97568 | 2013 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Annual Mineral Exploration Report - DMP Combined Reporting Group C102/2008 Reporting Period: 7 February 2012 – |
| A93479 | 2012 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Nelson Project C102/2008 Combined Annual Mineral Exploration Report M36/650, M36/651, E36/755 and E36/756 for |
| A89796 | 2011 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Nelson Annual Mineral Exploration Report, 7 February 2010 – 6th February 2011, C102/2008, M36/650 & M36/651 |
| A86633 | 2010 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Nelson Annual Mineral Exploration Report C102/2008, M36/650 & M36/651, Report Period: 7 February 2009 – 6 Febr |
| A81927 | 2009 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West P/L | Nelson Annual Mineral Exploration Report, 7 February 2008 – 6 February 2009 |
| A78168 | 2008 | Bhp Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd | Surrender report for period 9th December 2002 to 12th March 2008, Nelson Project, E36/481 |
| A74186 | 2007 | Bhp Billiton Ltd | Nelson Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 9th December 2002 to 27 October 2006, E36/481. |
| A74130 | 2007 | Bhp Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd | Surrender Report for Period 3 December 2003 to 2 November 2006, Nelson Project E36/504, (Sir Samuel). |
| A74129 | 2007 | Bhp Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd | Surrender Report for Period 10 October 2002 to 12 October 2006, Nelson Project E36/482, (Sir Samuel). |
| A77167 | Bhp Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd | Annual Report for the period 9 December 2006 to 8 December 2007 Nelson Exploration Exploration Licence E36/481 |
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What does the exploration record say about Nelson?
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.