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Sawback

Shire of Meekatharra

Sawback is a gold and base metals exploration project in the Shire of Meekatharra, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1996 and 1998, most recently Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd in 1998.

Reports
4
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
3yrs
1996 to 1998, 28 years ago
Main target
Gold
2 commodities on record
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Sawback in the Shire of Meekatharra
Ground extent27 × 17 km

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Sawback, most active first.

Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd 3Egerton Gold Nl 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 7 live and pending tenements sit over the Sawback ground, held under 2 names.

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Exploration record on Sawback

Local government
Shire of Meekatharra
Commodities targeted
Base Metals 4 · Gold 4
Work on record
Geophysical interpretation 3 · Stream sediment sampling 3 · Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · BLEG sampling technique 2 · Ground EM surveys 2 · Transient EM surveys 2 · Aboriginal site surveys 1 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Report types
Annual 3 · Partial Surrender 1

Exploration reports

4 WAMEX reports filed over Sawback.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A54861 1998 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd E52/835, Sawback Project, Annual Report for the Period 14 February 1997 to 13 February 1998.
A51795 1997 Egerton Gold Nl Sawback Project, Partial Surrender Report for period 14th February 1994 to 13th February 1997, E52/835.
A51428 1997 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd E52/835, Sawback Project, Annual Report for the Period 14 February 1996 to 13 February 1997
A47773 1996 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd E52/835, Sawback Project, Annual Report for the Period 14 February 1995 to 13 February 1996

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What does the exploration record say about Sawback?

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.