West Musgraves
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
West Musgraves is a nickel and copper exploration project in the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, Western Australia. Its 19 WAMEX reports were lodged by 10 companies between 2002 and 2025, most recently Bhp Nickel West Pty Ltd in 2025.
Reports
19
Operators
10
companies on record
Worked
24yrs
2002 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Nickel
7 commodities on record
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West Musgraves in the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
Ground extent190 × 135 km
Report areas mapped15
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over West Musgraves, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 18 live and pending tenements sit over the West Musgraves ground, held under 8 names.
Free account
- 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 West Musgraves
- Local government
- Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 17 · Nickel 17 · Gold 5 · Platinum Group Elements 5 · Base Metals 1 · Titanium 1 · Vanadium 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical interpretation 13 · Aerial magnetic surveys 6 · Aerial EM surveys 5 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 3 · Digital elevation modelling 3 · Geological interpretation 3 · Remote sensing and proximal sensing 3 · Rock chip sampling 3
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 9 of 19 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 13 · Final Surrender 4 · Partial Surrender 2
Reports by decade
142000s
32010s
22020s
Exploration reports
19 WAMEX reports filed over West Musgraves.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A150088 | 2025 | Bhp Nickel West Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report for E69/3157 West Musgraves for the period ending 22/08/2025 |
| A148329 | 2025 | Bhp Nickel West Pty Ltd | Partial Surrender Report E69/3535 for the period ending 18/02/2025 |
| A92797 | 2012 | Ausprey Resources Pty Ltd | Annual Report West Musgraves Project E69/2288 For the period 14 November 2010 to 13 November 2011 |
| A88862 | 2011 | Ausprey Resources Pty Ltd | Annual Report West Musgraves Project E69/2288 For the period 14 November 2009 to 13 November 2010 |
| A87482 | 2010 | Beadell Resources Ltd | ANNUAL REPORT FOR PERIOD 1/06/2009 to 31/05/2010. PROJECT WEST MUSGRAVES - HANDPUMP PROSPECT E69/2066, E69/206 |
| A76176 | 2007 | Discovery Metals Ltd | EXPLORATION LICENCE E69/1641 MUSGRAVE PROJECT WA FINAL SURRENDER REPORT. |
| A75460 | 2007 | Oxiana Ltd | Annual Report for the period 12/05/2006 to 11/05/2007 Project West Musgrave E69/2066 |
| A72703 | 2006 | Discovery Nickel Ltd | Exploration Licence E69/1663 Musgrave Project, Western Australia, Annual Report for the Year Ended 28 February |
| A71429 | 2005 | Bhp Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd | Relinquishment report, C333/1997, For the period 2 May 1996 to 16 September 2005, West Musgraves project, Full |
| A69852 | 2005 | Wmc Resources Ltd | Relinquishment report C333/1997, for the period 30 December 1996 to 29 November, 2004, West Musgraves Project, |
| A69594 | 2004 | Mithril Resources Ltd | Annual Report, West Musgraves Project, Exploration Licence E69/1731,for the period 10/06/2003 to 09/06/2004. |
| A69578 | 2004 | Mithril Resources Ltd | Second Annual Report, West Musgraves Project, Exploration Licence E69/1751 for the period 19th April 2003 to 1 |
| A69557 | 2004 | Mithril Resources Ltd | Second annual report for the period 02/07/03 - 01/07/04 Musgrave West Project, E69/1752 |
| A67982 | 2004 | Wmc Resources Ltd | Relinquishment Report for the period 08/09/2000- 17/10/2003 West Musgraves Project (C333/1997), E69/1533-1534, |
| A67153 | 2003 | Mithril Resources Ltd | First Annual Report for the period 8 May 2002 to 7 May 2003 E69/1750 West Musgraves Project |
| A67152 | 2003 | Mithril Resources Ltd | First Annual Report for the period 10 June 2002 to 9 June 2003 West Musgraves Project E69/1731 |
| A67151 | 2003 | Mithril Resources Ltd | First Annual Report for the period 19 April 2002 to 18 April 2003 West Musgraves Project E69/1751 |
| A67150 | 2003 | Mithril Resources Ltd | First Annual Report for the period 2 July 2002 to 1 July 2003 Mithril Resources Ltd E69/1752 |
| A64454 | 2002 | Falconbridge Aust Pty Ltd | First Annual Report For The Period Ended 31 January 2002 Exploration Licences E69/1640, 1641, 1642. Combined R |
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What does the exploration record say about West Musgraves?
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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.