Big Bend
Big Bend is a gold, base metals and graphite exploration project in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1994 and 2021, most recently Hurricane Prospecting Pty. Ltd. in 2021.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Big Bend, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 2 live and pending tenements sit over the Big Bend ground, held under 2 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 Big Bend
- Local government
- Shire of Upper Gascoyne
- Commodities targeted
- Base Metals 6 · Gold 3 · Graphite 2 · Copper 1 · Lithium 1 · Rare Earth Elements 1 · Manganese 1
- Work on record
- Geological mapping 3 · RC drilling 2 · Rock chip sampling 2 · Soil sampling 2 · Stream sediment sampling 2 · Diamond drilling 1 · Ground magnetic surveys 1 · Sirotem surveys 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 1 of 6 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 3 of 6 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 5 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A126343 | 2021 | Hurricane Prospecting Pty. Ltd. | Big Bend E09/2210 Annual Report for the period ending 05/10/2020 |
| A125517 | 2020 | Hurricane Prospecting Pty. Ltd. | Big Bend E09/21597 Annual Report for the period ending 03/07/2020 |
| A119264 | 2019 | Hurricane Prospecting Pty Ltd | The Big Bend Carbon (BBC) Graphite Project E09/2167 Annual Report for the period 29 November 2017 to 28 Novemb |
| A50492 | 1997 | Acacia Resources Ltd | Big Bend Joint Venture E09/589, 689, 690 Final Report |
| A43096 | 1994 | Acacia Resources Ltd | Big Bend Project, Annual Report E09/589 for period 11/01/1994 to 10/01/1995. |
| A39987 | 1994 | International Resource Services Pty Ltd | Big Bend Project, (1st) Annual Report for the year ended January 11th 1994, E09/589. |
Other projects in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne
What does the exploration record say about Big Bend?
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.