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Atlas Iron Ltd

Holds ground today

Atlas Iron Ltd holds 82 Western Australian tenements covering 116,584 ha. It is a subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting. It has lodged 648 open-file WAMEX reports between 2006 and 2026, mostly for iron ore, gold and base metals.

Reports lodged
648
Tenements held
82
116,584 ha
Holding since
2006
Active
21yrs
2006 to 2026
Areas worked
15
most in Shire of East Pilbara
Owner
Hancock Prospecting
Last reported
2026
this year
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Where Atlas Iron Ltd has reported
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Who owns Atlas Iron?

Atlas Iron is a subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting. The group is named as a holder on 133 live Western Australian tenements.

The other companies Hancock Prospecting holds ground through, with the live tenements each is named on:

Mulga Downs Iron Ore Pty Ltd 41Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited 11Hancock Magnetite Holdings Pty Ltd 10

Established from company filings and public records.

Who holds paper over Hancock Prospecting's ground?

Atlas Iron is part of the Hancock Prospecting group, so these are the group's connections.

15 of Hancock Prospecting's live titles carry a caveat or mortgage held by another party. Hancock Prospecting holds caveats or mortgages over 6 live titles of other companies. It holds 11 live titles together with another holder.

Caveats and mortgages over its ground

Hanrine Finance Pty Ltd 8Global Advanced Metals Greenbushes Pty Ltd 4Wanparta Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC 3A.C.N. 611 488 932 Pty Ltd 3Njamal Native Title Applicants 1Adelaide Prospecting Pty Ltd 1

and 5 more

It holds caveats and mortgages over

Develop Global 3Millennium Minerals Pty Ltd 2Northern Star Resources 1

Holds ground with

Legacy Iron Ore Ltd 6Mulga Downs Investments Pty Ltd 4PLS Group 1

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From caveats, mortgages and joint holdings on the DMPE tenement register. A caveat protects an interest in a title, such as a royalty, an option or a loan; the register does not say which.

What Atlas Iron holds today

Atlas Iron holds 82 tenements across 116,584 ha. The register records 12 titles transferred in and 2 transferred out, the latest in July 2021.

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Exploration record

Commodities targeted
Iron 573 · Gold 125 · Base Metals 93 · Lithium 39 · Copper 30 · Manganese 9 · Tantalum 6 · Nickel 5
Where they worked
Shire of East Pilbara 311, Shire of Meekatharra 111, Town of Port Hedland 108, Shire of Ashburton 32, Shire of Cue 20, Shire of Murchison 16, Shire of Yalgoo 9, City of Karratha 9, City of Greater Geraldton 8, Shire of Upper Gascoyne 5
Also filed as
Atlas Iron Pty Ltd · Atlas Iron Limited · Atlas Iron Ltd
Work on record
Rock chip sampling 180 · Geological reconnaissance 143 · RC drilling 139 · Surface geochemistry 90 · Geological mapping 82 · Geophysical interpretation 65 · Mineral resource estimate 61 · Heritage survey 54
Resource declared
Yes, in 61 reports: A125651 (2020), A124085 (2020), A122463 (2020), A120584 (2019), A117091 (2018), A112163 (2017) and 55 more
Downloadable data
461 of 648 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
89 of 648 record no work done
Report types
Annual 398 · Final Surrender 163 · Partial Surrender 81 · Co-Funded Drilling 6
Reports by decade
492000s
4962010s
962020s

Reports filed

648 WAMEX exploration reports lodged by Atlas Iron Ltd.
Most recent reports
ReportYearProjectTitle
A155335 2026 McPhee Creek Final Surrender Report for E45/6215 for the period of 13/07/2023 to 9/06/2026
A155079 2026 Abydos Final Surrender Report for Abydos E45/5113 for the period 13/08/2018 to 4/05/2026
A154425 2026 Abydos Final Surrender Report for E45/5750 for the period 16/03/2022 to 9/03/2026, Abydos.
A154254 2026 Abydos Final Surrender Report for E45/2612 Abydos for the period 22/02/2017 to 21/02/2026
A154214 2026 Davidson Creek - E52/3589 Partial Surrender Report for E52/3589 for the period 14/02/2019 to 11/02/2026, Davidson Creek.
A153532 2026 Miralga Creek Partial Surrender Report for E45/3858 for the period of 29/10/2012 to 19/12/2025
A152955 2025 Mt Webber - E45/5499 Final Surrender Report for E45/5499 Mt Webber for the period 18/08/2022 to 15/10/2025
A152902 2025 McPhee Creek Final surrender Report for McPhee Creek E45/4696 for the period 24/10/2016 to 21/10/2025
A151803 2025 Davidson Creek - E52/3685 Final Surrender Report for Davidson Creek - E52/3685 for the period 22/05/2020 to 30/09/2025
A150634 2025 Davidson Creek Partial Surrender Report for E52/3684 for the period of 21/04/2020 to 12/09/2025
A150561 2025 Western Shaw Final Surrender Report for Western Shaw E45/5448 for the Period 3/12/2019 to 8/09/2025
A150135 2025 McPhee Creek Final Surrender Report for E46/1065 for the period 7/09/2015 to 22/08/2025, McPhee Creek.
A149515 2025 McPhee Creek Final Surrender Report for McPhee Creek E45/4841 for the period 3/07/2017 to 12/06/2025
A149388 2025 Wodgina - E45/4517 Final Surrender Report for Wodgina E45/4517 for the period 7/09/2015 to 29/05/2025
A149172 2025 Corunna Downs Final Surrender Report for E45/5322 for the period 7 May 2019 to 6 May 2025
A149157 2025 Miralga Creek Partial Surrender Report for E45/4987 Miralga Creek for the period of 7/05/2019 to 6/05/2025
A148600 2025 Miralga Creek Final Surrender Report for E45/5398 for the period of 3 October 2019 to 12 March 2025
A148599 2025 McPhee Creek North Final Surrender Report for E45/5695 McPhee Creek North for the period of 7 April 2021 to 7 March 2025
A148598 2025 McPhee Creek North Final Surrender Report for E45/5693 McPhee Creek North for the period 9th March 2021 to 7th March 2025
A148277 2025 Davidson Creek - E52/3595 Partial Surrender Report for Davidson Creek E52/3595 for the period 14 February 2019 to 13 February 2025
Report numbers filed by Atlas Iron Ltd
A155335 2026, A155079 2026, A154425 2026, A154254 2026, A154214 2026, A153532 2026, A152955 2025, A152902 2025, A151803 2025, A150634 2025, A150561 2025, A150135 2025, A149515 2025, A149388 2025, A149172 2025, A149157 2025, A148600 2025, A148599 2025, A148598 2025, A148277 2025, A148276 2025, A146215 2025, A146070 2025, A145932 2024, A145754 2024, A145746 2024, A145745 2024, A144918 2024, A144731 2024, A143698 2024, A143693 2024, A143674 2024, A143532 2024, A138362 2024, A137794 2023, A137573 2023, A135785 2023, A133858 2023, A133737 2023, A133603 2023, A133602 2023, A133192 2022, A132994 2022, A132993 2022, A132992 2022, A132991 2022, A132966 2022, A132928 2022, A132927 2022, A132781 2022

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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.