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Dooley Downs

Shire of Upper Gascoyne

Dooley Downs is a gold, diamond and base metals exploration project in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1988 and 1999, most recently Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd in 1999.

Reports
4
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
12yrs
1988 to 1999, 27 years ago
Main target
Gold
3 commodities on record
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Dooley Downs in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne
Ground extent68 × 68 km
Report areas mapped3

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Today 8 live and pending tenements sit over the Dooley Downs ground, held under 5 names.

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Exploration record on Dooley Downs

Local government
Shire of Upper Gascoyne
Commodities targeted
Gold 3 · Base Metals 1 · Diamond 1
Work on record
Rock chip sampling 3 · Stream sediment sampling 2 · Geological mapping 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Geophysical interpretation 1 · Soil sampling 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Report types
Annual 2 · Final Surrender 2
Reports by decade
21980s
21990s

Exploration reports

4 WAMEX reports filed over Dooley Downs.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A57765 1999 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Dooley Downs, Annual report for year ending 30th December 1998, E09/885-887
A45477 1995 Pelican Resources Nl Surrender Report for the period 14/10/94-01/09/95, Dooley Downs Project, E08/731
A28494 1989 Seltrust Mining Corp Pty Ltd Exploration Licence 08/179, Dooley Downs, Final Report, for the period 19th August 1987 to 4th August 1989.
A24472 1988 Bp Minerals Aust Pty Ltd Dooley Downs Joint Venture, Annual report for year ending 18 August 1988, E08/179

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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.