Belele
Shire of Meekatharra
Belele is a gold, base metals and copper exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 22 WAMEX reports were lodged by 7 companies between 1971 and 2025, most recently Desert Metals Limited in 2025.
Reports
22
Operators
7
companies on record
Worked
55yrs
1971 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
6 commodities on record
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Belele in the Shire of Meekatharra
Ground extent63 × 81 km
Report areas mapped9
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Belele, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 5 live and pending tenements sit over the Belele ground, held under 3 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 Belele
- Local government
- Shire of Meekatharra
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 12 · Uranium 7 · Base Metals 6 · Platinum 6 · Copper 3 · Nickel 3
- Work on record
- Soil sampling 8 · Aerial magnetic surveys 3 · Geological reconnaissance 3 · Geophysical interpretation 3 · Petrology 2 · Regolith mapping 2 · Rotary drilling 2 · Aerial EM surveys 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 9 of 22 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 4 of 22 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 15 · Partial Surrender 3 · Non-statutory 3 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
31970s
1980s
61990s
72000s
22010s
42020s
Exploration reports
22 WAMEX reports filed over Belele.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A146461 | 2025 | Desert Metals Limited | Annual Mineral Exploration Report for Tenement E51/1907, Belele Project, for the Period 5th November 2023 to 4 |
| A138731 | 2024 | Desert Metals Limited | Annual Exploration Report for the Belele Project - E 51/1907 period ending 04/11/2023. |
| A133340 | 2022 | Desert Metals Limited | Annual Mineral Exploration Report for Tenement E51/1907, Belele Project, for the Period 5th November 2021 to 4 |
| A129126 | 2021 | Desert Metals Limited | Annual Mineral Exploration Report for Tenement E51/1907, Belele Project, for the Period 5th November 2020 to 4 |
| A100996 | 2014 | Native Metals Pty Ltd | Belele Project, Annual Report for the period 25/11/2012 to 24/11/2013, E51/1478. |
| A96514 | 2013 | Native Metals Pty Ltd | Annual Report Belele Project E51/1478 For the period 25 November 2011 to 24 November 2012 |
| A85005 | 2009 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Partial Surrender Report E51/1117, 1118, Period 4th August 2006 to 4th August 2009 |
| A83057 | 2009 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Annual Report E51/1117 Period 3rd August 2008 to 4th August 2009 |
| A83055 | 2009 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Annual Report E51/1118 Period 3rd August 2008 to 4th August 2009 |
| A79934 | 2008 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Annual Report E51/1118 Period 3rd August 2007 to 4th August 2008 |
| A79880 | 2008 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Annual Report E51/1117, Period 3rd August 2007 to 4th August 2008 |
| A75911 | 2007 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Annual Report E51/1118 Yeelirrie Project Period 3rd August 2006 to 4th August 2007 |
| A75910 | 2007 | Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd | Annual Report E51/1117 Period 3rd August 2006 to 4th August 2007 |
| A49468 | 1996 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report for E51/365 and E51/366 Belele Project SG50-11 Belele, Western Australia |
| A47446 | 1996 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Belele Project, Annual Report For the Period Ending October 31 1995 on E51/365 and E51/366. |
| A46831 | 1996 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 14/09/95, Belele Project ,E51/365. |
| A43730 | 1995 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Belele Project, Annual Report Exploration Licences E51/365 & E51/366 for the period ending 31st October 1994. |
| A40912 | 1994 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Belele Project, Annual Report for the period ending 31st October 1993, E51/365 & 366. |
| A29825 | 1990 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | Belele Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 21/03/1988 to 28/02/1990 ,E51/174 & 175. |
| A2540 | 1972 | Murchison Central Mines Ltd | Belele Project, Non-statutory Report: Report (for Mallina Mining & Exploration NL) on the Ground Investigatio |
All 22 report numbers over Belele
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What does the exploration record say about Belele?
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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.