Newman
Shire of Meekatharra
Newman is a construction materials, base metals and aggregate exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 18 WAMEX reports were lodged by 9 companies between 1974 and 2025, most recently Peregrine Gold Ltd in 2025.
Reports
18
Operators
9
companies on record
Worked
52yrs
1974 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Construction Materials
Base Metals most reported overall
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Newman in the Shire of Meekatharra
Ground extent170 × 64 km
Report areas mapped13
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Newman, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 61 live and pending tenements sit over the Newman ground, held under 19 names.
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- 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 Newman
- Local government
- Shire of Meekatharra
- Commodities targeted
- Base Metals 6 · Construction Materials 5 · Iron 5 · Aggregate 4 · Zinc 2 · Gold 1 · Gravel 1 · Copper 1
- Work on record
- Aeromagnetic interpretation 2 · Base metals 2 · Geological mapping 2 · Geological reconnaissance 2 · Geophysical interpretation 2 · Gravity interpretation 2 · Ground gravity surveys 2 · Structural interpretation 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 9 of 18 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 5 of 18 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 14 · Final Surrender 2 · Partial Surrender 1 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
11970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
132010s
42020s
Exploration reports
18 WAMEX reports filed over Newman.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A150400 | 2025 | Peregrine Gold Ltd | Newman Gold Project E52/3783 Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 24/08/2025 |
| A132838 | 2022 | Kimberley Quarry Pty Ltd | Combined Annual Report for the Newman Project Area (C102/2017) for the period ending 16/09/2022 |
| A128908 | 2021 | Kimberley Quarry Pty Ltd | Combined Annual Report for the Newman Project Area (C102/2017) for the period ending 16/09/2021 |
| A125544 | 2020 | Gundara Enterprises Pty Ltd | Newman Exploration Annual Mineral Exploration Report C102/2017 for the period ending 16/09/2020, E52/3217 and |
| A119082 | 2019 | Gundara Enterprises Pty Ltd | Newman Annual Mineral Exploration Report C102/2017 for the period 17 September 2017 to 16 September 2018, E52/ |
| A115338 | 2017 | Gundara Enterprises Pty Ltd | Newman Exploration Project C102/2017 Annual Report for the period 17 September 2016 to 16 September 2017, E52/ |
| A113880 | 2017 | Marindi Metals Operations Pty Ltd | Newman Zinc Project Annual Report for E52/3241 "PRAIRIE DOWNS" for the period 15 March 2016 to 14 March 2017 |
| A113879 | 2017 | Marindi Metals Operations Pty Ltd | Newman Zinc Project Annual Report for E52/3231 "PRAIRIE DOWNS" for the period 15 March 2016 to 14 March 2017 |
| A113878 | 2017 | Marindi Metals Operations Pty Ltd | Newman Zinc Project Annual Report for E52/3230 "PRAIRIE DOWNS" for the period 15 March 2016 to 14 March 2017 |
| A112128 | 2017 | Marindi Metals Pty Ltd | Newman Zinc Project Annual Reports for tenements E52/3103, E52/3283, and E52/3284 reporting period 01/12/2015 |
| A107614 | 2015 | Marindi Metals Pty Ltd | Newman Base Metal Project Annual Report for Combined Reporting Group C103/2007 for the period 11th October 201 |
| A107413 | 2015 | Marindi Metals Ltd | Annual Report Newman Base Metal Project E52/3118 and E52/3155 (CC22/2015) for the period 1st Sep 2014 to 31st |
| A107143 | 2015 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Final Surrender Report for the Period 22 June 2012 to 05 June 2015, E52/2725 |
| A98172 | 2013 | Rico Resources Ltd | Newman Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 22/03/2010 to 11/06/2013, E52/2191. [C106/2011] |
| A97802 | 2013 | Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Pty Ltd | Newman Project, Annual Report for the period 31st January 2012 to 30th January 2013, E52/2190-2191 & E52/2378. |
| A94156 | 2012 | Rico Resources Ltd | Exploration completed in the Newman Project 2011-2012, C106/2011, E52/2190-I, E52/2191-I, E52/2192-I, E52/2378 |
| A90252 | 2011 | Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Pty Ltd | Newman Project, Annual Report for the period 22nd March 2010 to 21st March 2011, E52/2191. (C106/2011) |
| A4553 | 1974 | Westralian Nickel Exp Nl | Newman Project, Non-statutory Report: Brief Exploration Report, March 1974, MC52/954-979, 1266-1268, 1274-1281 |
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