Tabba Tabba
Tabba Tabba is a lithium, tin and tantalum exploration project in the Town of Port Hedland, Western Australia, earlier explored for copper and nickel. Its 13 WAMEX reports were lodged by 7 companies between 1971 and 2025, most recently Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd in 2025.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Tabba Tabba , most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 45 live and pending tenements sit over the Tabba Tabba ground, held under 27 names.
- 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
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Tabba Tabba
- Local government
- Town of Port Hedland
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 6 · Nickel 6 · Tantalum 4 · Tin 3 · Gold 3 · Lithium 2 · Base Metals 1
- Work on record
- Stream sediment sampling 8 · Geological mapping 7 · Rock chip sampling 7 · Soil sampling 6 · Surface geochemistry 3 · Geophysical interpretation 2 · Petrology 2 · Aerial colour photography 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 3 of 13 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Final Surrender 5 · Non-statutory 5 · Annual 3
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A150771 | 2025 | Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project E45-6598 Final Surrender Report for the period ending 12/09/2025 |
| A150731 | 2025 | Ngungaju Lithium Operations Pty Ltd | Final Surrender Report E45-5137 Tabba Tabba Project for the period ending 12/09/2025. |
| A105307 | 2015 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 13/03/2012 to 19/12/2014, E45/2851. |
| A51565 | 1997 | Lynas Gold Nl | Tabba Tabba Project, Annual Report E45/1678 for the period 17th May 1996 to 16th May 1997. |
| A27487 | 1989 | Lynas Gold Nl | Final Report, Exploration Licence 45/815, Tabba Tabba. |
| A11045 | 1982 | Csr Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Non-statutory Report: Relilnquishment Report for the year ending 12th February 1982, TR70 |
| A11588 | 1980 | Jimberlana Minerals Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Non-statutory Report: Summary Report on the Strelley, Tabba Tabba, Wodgina, Kangan & Stan |
| A10098 | 1973 | Csr Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, 1972 Annual Report for the period 15th July -22nd July, September 1973, MC45/1413-1416, |
| A15657 | 1972 | Pacminex Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Final Surrender Report for the period ending 27/04/1973, MC45/1413-1416, 1996, & 5622-562 |
| A15656 | 1971 | Pacminex Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Non-statutory Report: Report on Stream Sediment Survey, November 1971, MC45/1413-1416, 19 |
| A15655 | 1971 | Pacminex Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Non-statutory Report: Summary Exploration Report, November 1971, MC45/1413-1416, 1996-199 |
| A15654 | 1971 | Pacminex Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Non-statutory Report: Geological Report, October 1971, MC45/1413-1416, 1996-1997, & 5622- |
| A15653 | 1971 | Pacminex Pty Ltd | Tabba Tabba Project, Annual Report, January 1971, MC45/1413-1416, 1996-1997, & 5622-5623. |
Other projects in the Town of Port Hedland
What does the exploration record say about Tabba Tabba ?
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.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure 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.