Fairbairn
Fairbairn is a gold, copper and nickel exploration project in the Shire of Wiluna, Western Australia. Its 9 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 2016 and 2025, most recently Great Western Exploration Limited in 2025.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Fairbairn, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 6 live and pending tenements sit over the Fairbairn ground, held under 3 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 Fairbairn
- Local government
- Shire of Wiluna
- Commodities targeted
- Copper 7 · Gold 7 · Nickel 6 · Lithium 5 · Platinum Group Elements 5 · Tungsten 3 · Zinc 3 · Cobalt 2
- Work on record
- Geological reconnaissance 3 · Geological interpretation 2 · Heritage 2 · Land access 2 · Aerial EM surveys 1 · Aerial geophysical surveys 1 · Diamond drilling 1 · Downhole directional surveys 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 3 of 9 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 8 · Final Surrender 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A148819 | 2025 | Great Western Exploration Limited | Annual Mineral Exploration Report for Combined Reporting Group C104/2022 – Fairbairn Project, for the Period 1 |
| A143057 | 2024 | Great Western Exploration Limited | Annual Mineral Exploration Report for Combined Reporting Group C104/2022 – Fairbairn Project, for the Period 1 |
| A135163 | 2023 | Great Western Exploration Limited | Annual Mineral Exploration Report for Combined Reporting Group C104/2022 – Fairbairn Project, for the Period 1 |
| A130900 | 2022 | Great Western Exploration Limited | Combined Annual Report C104/2022 Fairbairn Project for the period ending 28/02/2022. |
| A129598 | 2022 | Great Western Exploration Limited | Annual Report for E 69/3443 – Fairbairn Project for the period ending 19/12/2021. |
| A117384 | 2018 | Vanguard Exploration Ltd | Annual Report for Tenement E69/3442 Fairbairn Project for the period 20 December 2016 to 19 December 2017 |
| A117383 | 2018 | Vanguard Exploration Ltd | Annual Report for Tenement E69/3443 Fairbairn Project for the period 20/12/2016 - 19/12/2017 |
| A109945 | 2016 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | C160/2014 Fairbairn Final Surrender Report For the Period 5 August 2014 to 13 June 2016, E69/03199, E69/03237, |
| A107865 | 2016 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | C160/2014 Fairbairn Annual Report for the period 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015, E 69/03177, E 69/03178, |
Other projects in the Shire of Wiluna
What does the exploration record say about Fairbairn?
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.