Mount Short
Shire of Ravensthorpe
Mount Short is a base metals, lithium and gold exploration project in the Shire of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, earlier explored for nickel and copper. Its 30 WAMEX reports were lodged by 11 companies between 1970 and 2025, most recently Orbminco Limited in 2025.
Reports
30
Operators
11
companies on record
Worked
56yrs
1970 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Base Metals
Nickel most reported overall
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Mount Short in the Shire of Ravensthorpe
Ground extent52 × 52 km
Report areas mapped12
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Mount Short, most active first.
Greenstone Resources Nl 8Traka Resources Ltd 6Chevron Exploration Corp 4Anax Metals Limited 3Silver Lake Resources Limited 2Qni Exploration And Development Pty Ltd 2Orbminco Limited 1Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd 1Outokumpu Exp Aust Pty Ltd 1Falconbridge Australia Pty Ltd 1Pickands Mather & Co Internat 1
Who controls this ground today
Today 9 live and pending tenements sit over the Mount Short ground, held under 4 names.
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- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
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- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Mount Short
- Local government
- Shire of Ravensthorpe
- Commodities targeted
- Nickel 15 · Base Metals 13 · Gold 10 · Copper 8 · Lithium 4 · Rare Earth Elements 1 · Zinc 1
- Work on record
- Soil sampling 10 · Diamond drilling 7 · Geological mapping 6 · RC drilling 6 · Geological reconnaissance 5 · Rock chip sampling 5 · Geological interpretation 4 · Ground EM surveys 4
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 17 of 30 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 30 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 22 · Partial Surrender 4 · Final Surrender 2 · Co-Funded Drilling 1 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
21970s
41980s
51990s
72000s
82010s
42020s
Exploration reports
30 WAMEX reports filed over Mount Short.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A146353 | 2025 | Orbminco Limited | Annual Report for Mount Short JV project E74/651 for the period ending 11/12/2024 |
| A133755 | 2023 | Anax Metals Limited | Mount Short Project Annual Technical Report E74/00651 for the period ending 10/12/2022 |
| A129469 | 2022 | Anax Metals Limited | Mount Short Annual Report E74/651 for the period edning 10/12/2021 |
| A125857 | 2021 | Anax Metals Limited | Annual Technical Report - E74/651 Mount Short Project for the period ending 10/12/2020 |
| A119924 | 2019 | Traka Resources Limited | Mount Short Base Metal Project E74/00378 Surrender Report for the period 11 March 2007 to 9 March 2019 |
| A119209 | 2019 | Traka Resources Limited | Annual Exploration Report C158/2012 Mount Short Base Metal Project for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 Decembe |
| A115955 | 2018 | Traka Resources Limited | Mount Short Base Metal Project C158/2012 Annual Exploration Report For the Period 11 March 2017 to 10 March 20 |
| A114402 | 2017 | Traka Resources Limited | Partial Surrender Report for E74/378 Mt Short Project for the period 11/03/2007 - 08/05/2017 |
| A112084 | 2017 | Traka Resources Limited | Annual Exploration Report Mt Short Project E74/00378 for the period 11 March 2016 to 10 March 2017 |
| A104855 | 2015 | Silver Lake Resources Limited | Mount Short Project (C158/2012) Annual Report for the period 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2014, E332-I, E74/378-I and |
| A102406 | 2014 | Silver Lake Resources Ltd | Partial Surrender Report for E74/332 for the period 22 March 2011 to 21 March 2014 |
| A93348 | 2012 | Traka Resources Ltd | Co-Funded Government – Industry Drilling Program of the Mt Short Base Metal Prospect Diamond Drilling Program |
| A65751 | 2002 | Qni Exploration And Development Pty Ltd | Mount Short Project Combined Annual Report C91/2001. Exploration Conducted On Mining Leases M74/82, M74/84 And |
| A65540 | 2002 | Greenstone Resources Nl | Annual Report On Exploration 8 September 2001 To 7 September 2002 E74/272 Mount Short Report No. GNR177 |
| A65138 | 2002 | Greenstone Resources Nl | Mount Short Project, E74/152, Annual Report for the period 27 April 2001 - 26 April 2002. |
| A64024 | 2002 | Greenstone Resources Nl | Mt Short Project, Annual Report for the period 08/11/2000 to 07/11/2001, E74/272. |
| A63719 | 2001 | Qni Exploration And Development Pty Ltd | Ravensthorpe Joint Venture Mount Short Project P74/226 and P74/227 Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. Annual Re |
| A63278 | 2001 | Greenstone Resources Nl | Mount Short Project, E74/152, Annual Report for the period 27 A pril 2000 - 26 April 2001. |
| A60621 | 2000 | Greenstone Resources Nl | Mount Short Project, E74/152, Annual Report for the period 27/04/1999 to 26/04/2000. |
| A58766 | 1999 | Greenstone Resources Nl | Mt Short Project ,[Greenstone JV] E74/152 ,Annual report for the period 27/04/98-26/04/99. |
All 30 report numbers over Mount Short
A146353 2025, A133755 2023, A129469 2022, A125857 2021, A119924 2019, A119209 2019, A115955 2018, A114402 2017, A112084 2017, A104855 2015, A102406 2014, A93348 2012, A65751 2002, A65540 2002, A65138 2002, A64024 2002, A63719 2001, A63278 2001, A60621 2000, A58766 1999, A54179 1998, A51369 1997, A46408 1995, A30141 1990, A27152 1989, A27131 1989, A22753 1988, A20686 1987, A5653 1975, A14184 1970
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