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Capricorn

Shire of Meekatharra

Capricorn is a base metals, gold and copper exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 12 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1991 and 2011, most recently Aurora Minerals Ltd in 2011.

Reports
12
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
21yrs
1991 to 2011, 15 years ago
Main target
Base Metals
Gold most reported overall
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Capricorn in the Shire of Meekatharra
Ground extent248 × 252 km
Report areas mapped6

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Capricorn, most active first.

Aurora Minerals Ltd 5Afmeco Pty Ltd 4Traka Resources Ltd 2Loma Pty Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 24 live and pending tenements sit over the Capricorn ground, held under 14 names.

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Exploration record on Capricorn

Local government
Shire of Meekatharra
Commodities targeted
Gold 8 · Base Metals 4 · Copper 2 · Lead 2 · Manganese 2 · Silver 2 · Uranium 2 · Zinc 2
Work on record
Geological mapping 3 · RC drilling 3 · Soil sampling 3 · Stream sediment sampling 3 · Aerial colour photography 2 · EM logging 2 · Rock chip sampling 2 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
6 of 12 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
3 of 12 record no work done
Report types
Annual 7 · Final Surrender 3 · Partial Surrender 2
Reports by decade
51990s
32000s
42010s

Exploration reports

12 WAMEX reports filed over Capricorn.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A91002 2011 Aurora Minerals Ltd Surrender Report Capricorn Project E52/2039
A90998 2011 Aurora Minerals Ltd Surrender Report Capricorn Project E52/2038
A86602 2010 Aurora Minerals Ltd Annual Report for the Capricorn Project, E52/2039 for the period 01/01/2009-31/12/2009
A86599 2010 Aurora Minerals Ltd Annual Technical Report, Capricorn Project E52/2038, for the period 01/01/2009-31/12/2009
A81041 2009 Aurora Minerals Ltd SURRENDER REPORT CAPRICORN E52/2111
A70768 2005 Traka Resources Ltd Capricorn Project, Annual Report for the period 04/06/2004 to 03/06/2005, E52/1176.
A68832 2004 Traka Resources Ltd Annual report for the period 04/06/2003-03/06/2004 Capricorn Project E52/1176
A40248 1994 Loma Pty Ltd Annual report for the period 18/12/92-17/12/93 Capricorn Project E52/561
A36593 1992 Afmeco Pty Ltd Capricorn Project, Report on Area Relinquished 15/05/1988 to 14/05/1992, E52/290.
A36592 1992 Afmeco Pty Ltd Capricorn Project, Annual Report for the period 15/05/1991 to 14/05/1992, E52/290.
A34529 1991 Afmeco Pty Ltd Capricorn Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 15/05/1988 to 14/05/1991, E52/290.
A33946 1991 Afmeco Pty Ltd Capricorn Project, Annual Report for the period 16/05/1990 to 15/05/1991, E52/290.

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What does the exploration record say about Capricorn?

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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.