Great Victoria Desert
Shire of Menzies
Great Victoria Desert is a nickel, copper and gold exploration project in the Shire of Menzies, Western Australia. Its 26 WAMEX reports were lodged by 8 companies between 1995 and 2025, most recently Matlock Geological Services Pty Ltd in 2025.
Reports
26
Operators
8
companies on record
Worked
31yrs
1995 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Nickel
12 commodities on record
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Great Victoria Desert in the Shire of Menzies
Ground extent197 × 135 km
Report areas mapped13
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Great Victoria Desert, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 9 live and pending tenements sit over the Great Victoria Desert ground, held under 6 names.
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- The main holders here, by number of titles
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- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Great Victoria Desert
- Local government
- Shire of Menzies
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 12 · Gold 12 · Nickel 12 · Zinc 9 · Cobalt 8 · Uranium 7 · Lead 4 · Silver 4
- Work on record
- Aerial magnetic surveys 6 · Aircore drilling 5 · Geophysical interpretation 5 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 4 · Geological reconnaissance 4 · Aerial geophysical surveys 3 · Ground gravity surveys 3 · Remote sensing and proximal sensing 3
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 15 of 26 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 26 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 17 · Final Surrender 7 · Partial Surrender 1 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
11990s
2000s
132010s
122020s
Exploration reports
26 WAMEX reports filed over Great Victoria Desert.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A147905 | 2025 | Matlock Geological Services Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E39/2067 "Great Victoria Desert" for the period ending 21/08/2024 |
| A139370 | 2024 | Matlock Geological Services Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E39/2067 Great Victoria Desert for the period ending 21/08/2023 |
| A137664 | 2023 | Velo Resources Pty Ltd | Final Report for E39/2115 Great Victoria Desert for the period ending 29/09/2023 |
| A137166 | 2023 | Velo Resources Pty Ltd | Final Report for Great Victoria Desert E39/2013 for the period 9 August 2019 to 1 June 2023 |
| A137164 | 2023 | Velo Resources Pty Ltd | Great Victoria Desert Final Report for E39/2012 for the period ending 01/06/2023 |
| A134434 | 2023 | Velo Resources Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E39/2012 Great Victoria Desert Project for the period ending 04/03/2022 |
| A134339 | 2023 | Matlock Geological Services Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E39/2067 Great Victoria Desert for the period ending 21/08/2022 |
| A133350 | 2022 | Velo Resources Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E39/2013 Great Victoria Desert Project for the period ending 8/8/2022 |
| A126010 | 2021 | Matlock Geological Services Pty Ltd | Great Victoria Desert E39/2067 Annual Report for the period ending 21/08/2020 |
| A123951 | 2020 | Discovex Resources Limited | Combined Annual Report - Great Victoria Desert Project CR18/2016 for the period ending 31/3/2020 |
| A123333 | 2020 | Velo Resources Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E39/2012 Great Victoria Desert Project for the period ending 04/12/2019 |
| A123155 | 2020 | Matlock Geological Services Pty Ltd | Annual Report, E39/2067, Great Victoria Desert Project, 22 August 2018 to 21 August 2019 |
| A119668 | 2019 | Gateway Mining Ltd | C18/2016 Great Victoria Project Annual Report for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, E39/01765, E39/018 |
| A117340 | 2018 | Omni Projects Pty Ltd | Great Victoria Project C18/2016 Annual Report for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, E39/01765, E39/018 |
| A117265 | 2018 | Omni Projects Pty Ltd | Great Victoria Desert Project C18/2016 Annual Report For the Period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, E39/01765, E3 |
| A109306 | 2016 | Omni Projects Pty Ltd | E39/01765, E39/01882 Great Victoria Project C18/2016 - Annual Technical Report for the period 1 April 2015 to |
| A106558 | 2015 | Zeus Resources Ltd | Partial Relinquishment Report: E39/1683; Great Victoria Desert, Mount Margaret, Western Australia, for the per |
| A106554 | 2015 | Zeus Resources Ltd | Final Report On Exploration: E39/1401; Great Victoria Desert, Mount Margaret, Western Australia for the period |
| A106241 | 2015 | Omni Projects Pty Ltd | Great Victoria Desert Project E39/1737 Final Surrender Report for the period 4 November 2013 to 29 January 201 |
| A105256 | 2015 | Omni Projects Pty Ltd | Great Victoria Desert E39/01765 Annual Report for the period 20 March 2014 to 19 March 2015 |
All 26 report numbers over Great Victoria Desert
A147905 2025, A139370 2024, A137664 2023, A137166 2023, A137164 2023, A134434 2023, A134339 2023, A133350 2022, A126010 2021, A123951 2020, A123333 2020, A123155 2020, A119668 2019, A117340 2018, A117265 2018, A109306 2016, A106558 2015, A106554 2015, A106241 2015, A105256 2015, A104387 2014, A95745 2012, A93016 2012, A93015 2012, A92404 2011, A46162 1995
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