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Smith Well

Shire of Sandstone

Smith Well is a gold and base metals exploration project in the Shire of Sandstone, Western Australia, earlier explored for copper and zinc. Its 5 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1980 and 1999, most recently Croesus Mining Nl in 1999.

Reports
5
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
20yrs
1980 to 1999, 27 years ago
Main target
Gold
Copper most reported overall
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Smith Well in the Shire of Sandstone
Ground extent39 × 52 km
Report areas mapped4

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Smith Well , most active first.

Esso Exploration Aust Inc 2Croesus Mining Nl 1Black Hill Minerals Ltd 1Jones Mining Nl 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 10 live and pending tenements sit over the Smith Well ground, held under 8 names.

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Exploration record on Smith Well

Local government
Shire of Sandstone
Commodities targeted
Copper 4 · Zinc 4 · Gold 2 · Base Metals 1
Work on record
Geological mapping 4 · Rock chip sampling 4 · Gossan sampling 3 · Percussion drilling 3 · Ground magnetic surveys 2 · Rotary drilling 2 · Soil sampling 2 · Geological reconnaissance 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
2 of 5 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 3 · Final Surrender 2
Reports by decade
41980s
11990s

Exploration reports

5 WAMEX reports filed over Smith Well .
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A57629 1999 Croesus Mining Nl Surrender Report for E57/395 Smith Well for the Period 28 January 1998 to 27 January 1999
A13528 1984 Esso Exploration Aust Inc Smith Well (JV) Project, Annual Report for the period ending 31/12/1983, MC57/4649-4650 & MC57/4759-4760.
A13124 1983 Black Hill Minerals Ltd Smith Well Project, Annual Report for the period ending 31st December 1983 ( Field Season), MC57/4831-4835.
A12137 1983 Jones Mining Ltd Smith Well Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 01/07/1981 to 31/01/1983, MC57/4649-4650, 475-4760,
A8912 1980 Esso Exploration Aust Inc Smith Well Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1979, MC57/4505-4508.

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