Murchison Downs
Murchison Downs is an uranium, rare earth elements and tantalum exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1990 and 2012, most recently Geological Resources Pty Ltd in 2012.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Murchison Downs, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 4 live and pending tenements sit over the Murchison Downs ground, held under 4 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 Downs
- Local government
- Shire of Meekatharra
- Commodities targeted
- Uranium 3 · Rare Earth Elements 1 · Tantalum 1 · Gold 1
- Work on record
- Soil sampling 3 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Multielement analysis 1 · Petrology 1 · RC drilling 1 · Rock chip sampling 1 · Rotary drilling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 3 of 4 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 3 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A95141 | 2012 | Geological Resources Pty Ltd | Murchison Downs E51/1434 Annual Report for the period 13/06/2011 to 12/06/2012 |
| A95027 | 2012 | Emu Nickel Nl | Surrender Report, Murchison Downs Project, E51/1339, Meekatharra Shire Western Australia, Reporting period 20 |
| A91902 | 2011 | Emu Nickel Nl | Annual Report, Murchison Downs Project, E51/1339, Meekatharra Shire Western Australia, Reporting period 20 Sep |
| A31481 | 1990 | Arimco Nl | Annual Report for Period 11/09/89 - 10/09/90 Murchison Downs (E53/136, M51/104-105, P51/925,1341-1342) |
Other projects in the Shire of Meekatharra
What does the exploration record say about Murchison Downs?
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.