Murchison
Murchison is a gold, copper and silver exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 8 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1995 and 2023, most recently Sandfire Resources Limited in 2023.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Murchison, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 22 live and pending tenements sit over the Murchison ground, held under 8 names.
- 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
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Murchison
- Local government
- Shire of Meekatharra
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 8 · Copper 7 · Silver 6 · Lead 1 · Zinc 1
- Work on record
- Aerial colour photography 4 · Aircore drilling 3 · Geological mapping 3 · Rock chip sampling 3 · Aerial EM surveys 2 · Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · Moving loop EM surveys 2 · Surface geochemistry 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 6 of 8 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 8 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 5 · Final Surrender 2 · Partial Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A138000 | 2023 | Sandfire Resources Limited | C35/2015 Murchison Project Final Surrender Report 2023 |
| A137626 | 2023 | Sandfire Resources Limited | E52/3498 Murchison Project Final Surrender Report 11 October 2017 to 10 October 2023 |
| A130956 | 2022 | Sandfire Resources Limited | E52/3330 Murchison Project Partial Surrender Report 2022 for the period ending 04/04/2022. |
| A125096 | 2020 | Sandfire Resources Limited | C35/2015 Murchison Project Annual Report for the period 9 August 2019 to 8 August 2020 |
| A114897 | 2017 | Sandfire Resources Nl | C35/2015 Murchison Project Annual Report for the period 9 August 2016 to 8 August 2017, E52/02880, E52/02881, |
| A110000 | 2016 | Sandfire Resources Nl | C35/2015 Murchison Project Annual Report For the Period 9 August 2015 to 8 August 2016, E52/02880, E51/01647, |
| A107051 | 2015 | Sandfire Resources Nl | Murchison Project Combined Annual Mineral Exploration Report C35/2015, E52/2880 & E52/2881 for the Period 9/08 |
| A45514 | 1995 | Sabminco Nl | Murchison Project. M52/444. Peak Hill Mineral Field, WA. Annual report on work completed during the period 11/ |
Other projects in the Shire of Meekatharra
What does the exploration record say about Murchison?
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.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure 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.