Darkan
Shire of West Arthur
Darkan is a gold and copper exploration project in the Shire of West Arthur, Western Australia. Its 15 WAMEX reports were lodged by 6 companies between 2007 and 2025, most recently Porter Street Investments Pty Ltd in 2025.
Reports
15
Operators
6
companies on record
Worked
19yrs
2007 to 2025, 1 year ago
Main target
Gold
2 commodities on record
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Darkan in the Shire of West Arthur
Ground extent36 × 37 km
Report areas mapped4
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Darkan, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 3 live and pending tenements sit over the Darkan ground, held under 3 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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- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Darkan
- Local government
- Shire of West Arthur
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 15 · Copper 9
- Work on record
- Surface geochemistry 6 · Geological reconnaissance 3 · Rock chip sampling 3 · BLEG analysis 2 · Geophysical interpretation 2 · Land access 2 · Laterite sampling 2 · Stream sediment sampling 2
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 10 of 15 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 2 of 15 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 11 · Final Surrender 4
Reports by decade
22000s
62010s
72020s
Exploration reports
15 WAMEX reports filed over Darkan.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A149074 | 2025 | Porter Street Investments Pty Ltd | C290/2024 Darkan Project Annual Report for the period ending 03/03/2025 |
| A145011 | 2024 | Newmont Boddington Pty Ltd | Surrender Report for E70/6010 (Darkan Project) for the period 8 March 2022 to 22 August 2024 |
| A144982 | 2024 | Newmont Boddington Pty Ltd | Surrender Report for E 70/5833 (Darkan Project) for the reporting period 26 August 2021 to 22 August 2024 |
| A140719 | 2024 | Newmont Boddington Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E70/6010 (Darkan Project) for the period 8 March 2023 to 7 March 2024 |
| A137193 | 2023 | Newmont Australia Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E70/5833 (Darkin Project) for the reporting period 26th August 2022 to 25th August 2023 |
| A135023 | 2023 | Newmont Australia Pty Ltd | Annual Report for E 70/6010 (Darkan Project) for the reporting period from 8th March 2022 to 7th March 2023 |
| A123033 | 2020 | Cadre Resources Pty Ltd | Darkan Project E70/04902 Final Surrender Report for the period ending 22/07/2019 |
| A117771 | 2018 | Cadre Resources Pty Ltd | Annual Technical Report E70/04902 Darkan Project for the period 09/05/2017 - 08/05/2018 |
| A110455 | 2016 | Oracle Mining Limited | Final Surrendr Report E70/03522 Final Surrender Report for the period 2 September 2014 to 30 August 2016 |
| A107480 | 2015 | Oracle Mining Limited | Darkan Au-Cu Project E70/3522 Annual Technical Report for the period 02/09/2014 to 01/09/2015 |
| A103780 | 2014 | Oracle Mining Limited | Darkan Project, Annual Report for the period 02/09/2013 to 01/09/2014, E70/3522. |
| A99376 | 2013 | Oracle Mining Limited | Darkan Project E70-3522 Annual Report for the period 2nd September 2012 – 1st September 2013 |
| A95733 | 2012 | Oracle Mining Limited | Darkan E70-3522 Annual Report for the period 2nd September 2011 – 1st September 2012 |
| A79387 | 2007 | Eleckra Mines Ltd | Darkan Project, Annual Report, Exploration licence E70/2732, For the period 25 May 2007 to 24 May 2008 |
| A75355 | 2007 | Eleckra Mines Ltd | Darkan Project ,Annual Report for the period 25th May 2006 to 24th May 2007, E70/2732. |
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What does the exploration record say about Darkan?
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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.