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Desdemona

Shire of Menzies

Desdemona is a gold and nickel exploration project in the Shire of Menzies, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1973 and 2024, most recently Kin West Wa Pty Ltd in 2024.

Reports
4
Operators
3
companies on record
Worked
52yrs
1973 to 2024, 2 years ago
Main target
Gold
Nickel most reported overall
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Desdemona in the Shire of Menzies
Ground extent7.6 × 7.6 km
Report areas mapped3

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Desdemona, most active first.

Western Mining Corporation Ltd 2Kin West Wa Pty Ltd 1Kin Mining Nl 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 11 live and pending tenements sit over the Desdemona ground, held under 4 names.

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Exploration record on Desdemona

Local government
Shire of Menzies
Commodities targeted
Nickel 3 · Gold 2 · Asbestos 2 · Chromium 2 · Cobalt 2 · Copper 2 · Manganese 2 · Mercury 2
Work on record
Aircore drilling 1 · Geological mapping 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Geophysical logging 1 · Percussion drilling 1 · Structural interpretation 1 · Vacuum drilling 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
1 of 4 reports include a digital package
Report types
Non-statutory 2 · Final Surrender 1 · Annual 1
Reports by decade
21970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
12010s
12020s

Exploration reports

4 WAMEX reports filed over Desdemona.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A138595 2024 Kin West Wa Pty Ltd Final Surrender Report for Desdemona Tenement E40/323 for the period ending 12/12/2023.
A120201 2019 Kin Mining Nl Annual Report for Desdemona E40/366 for the period 9th February 2018 to 8th February 2019
A7476 1978 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Desdemona Project, Non-statutory Report: Terminal Report for the period 11th July 1973 to 12th March 1974, MC4
A4393 1973 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Desdemona Project, Non-statutory Report: Vacuum Drilling Reportfor the year ending 30th June 1973, MC40/486-49

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What does the exploration record say about Desdemona?

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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.