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Downs West

Shire of Meekatharra

Downs West is an uranium exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 2008 and 2011, most recently Desert Energy Ltd in 2011.

Reports
6
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
4yrs
2008 to 2011, 15 years ago
Main target
Uranium
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Downs West in the Shire of Meekatharra
Ground extent36 × 20 km
Report areas mapped2

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Downs West, most active first.

Desert Energy Ltd 3Aurora Minerals Ltd 3

Who controls this ground today

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

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Exploration record on Downs West

Local government
Shire of Meekatharra
Commodities targeted
Uranium 6
Work on record
Soil sampling 3 · Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · Ground radioactivity surveys 1 · Radiometric assaying 1 · Spectroscopy 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
4 of 6 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
3 of 6 record no work done
Report types
Final Surrender 3 · Annual 3
Reports by decade
22000s
42010s

Exploration reports

6 WAMEX reports filed over Downs West.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A89345 2011 Desert Energy Ltd Surrender Report Downs West E51/1287 For the period 21 September 2008-31 August 2010
A89132 2010 Aurora Minerals Ltd Surrender Report for the Downs West Project, E51/1171 for the period 7 May 2007-12 May 2010
A87611 2010 Aurora Minerals Ltd Surrender Report Downs West E51/1171 For the period 7 May 2007-12 May 2010
A86019 2010 Desert Energy Ltd Annual Report for the Downs West Project, E51/1171 for the period 7 May 2009-6 May 2010
A80877 2009 Desert Energy Ltd ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT DOWNS WEST E51/1171, For the period 7 May 2007-6 May 2008
A78491 2008 Aurora Minerals Ltd Annual Report for the Downs West Project, E51/1171 for the period 7 May 2007-6 May 2008

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What does the exploration record say about Downs West?

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.