BHP Minerals Pty Ltd
BHP Minerals Pty Ltd holds 610 Western Australian tenements covering 241,478 ha. It is a subsidiary of BHP Group (ASX:BHP). It has lodged 918 open-file WAMEX reports between 1962 and 2016, mostly for gold, zinc and lead.
Who owns BHP Minerals?
BHP Minerals is a subsidiary of BHP Group (ASX:BHP). The group is named as a holder on 761 live Western Australian tenements.
The other companies BHP Group holds ground through, with the live tenements each is named on:
From BHP Group's consolidated entity disclosure statement, as at 2026-06-30.
Who holds paper over BHP Group's ground?
BHP Minerals is part of the BHP Group group, so these are the group's connections.
26 of BHP Group's live titles carry a caveat or mortgage held by another party. BHP Group holds caveats or mortgages over 72 live titles of other companies. It holds 496 live titles together with another holder.
Caveats and mortgages over its ground
It holds caveats and mortgages over
and 3 more
Holds ground with
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 BHP Minerals holds today
BHP Minerals holds 610 tenements across 241,478 ha. The register records at least 60 titles transferred in, the latest in August 2021.
- Which tenements they hold, by type and local government area
- Every title bought, sold or transferred, and who it was with
- Expenditure compliance across the portfolio
- Dormant ground and forfeiture exposure
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record
- Commodities targeted
- Gold 434 · Zinc 184 · Lead 168 · Base Metals 113 · Mineral Sands 104 · Copper 98 · Iron 54 · Diamond 51
- Where they worked
- Shire of Derby-West Kimberley 84, Shire of East Pilbara 77, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder 64, Shire of Halls Creek 62, Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley 41, Shire of Coolgardie 31, Shire of Meekatharra 30, Shire of Wiluna 17, Shire of Cue 16, Shire of Augusta-Margaret River 15
- Also filed as
- Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd · Bhp Minerals Ltd
- Work on record
- RC drilling 262 · Rock chip sampling 244 · Rotary drilling 195 · Geological mapping 188 · Diamond drilling 170 · Soil sampling 145 · Stream sediment sampling 137 · Aerial magnetic surveys 122
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 44 reports: A52358 (1997), A51476 (1996), A49352 (1996), A48147 (1996), A48146 (1996), A48145 (1996) and 38 more
- Downloadable data
- 131 of 918 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 4 of 918 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 452 · Non-statutory 198 · Final Surrender 192 · Partial Surrender 76
Reports filed
| Report | Year | Project | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A107633 | 2016 | Mudlark Well | Mudlark Well E47/01875 Partial Surrender Report for the period 20/11/2009 - 20/11/2015 |
| A63370 | 2001 | Southern Fraser | Southern Fraser Project, WA, Annual and Final report for Exploration Licences E63/687 and E63/688 for the peri |
| A62638 | 2001 | Grass Patch | Report No CR10175, Exploration Licences E63/640-644,660, Grass Patch Project, Albany-Fraser Project, Combined |
| A62095 | 2001 | Denmark | Exploration licences E70/2101,2102,2103,2210, Denmark Projec Project, Albany Fraser Program, WA Combined Final |
| A61921 | 2001 | Albany-Fraser | Exploration Licences E63/447-449 Grass Patch Joint Venture Albany-Fraser Project WA Annual Report for the peri |
| A61919 | 2001 | Devils Creek | E70/2225 Devils Creek Albany-Fraser Project WA. First annual and final report for the period ended 12 December |
| A61256 | 2000 | Denmark | Exploration Licences E70/2101,2102,2103 and 2210, Denmark Project, Albany Fraser Program WA, Combined Annual R |
| A61255 | 2000 | Denmark | Exploration Licences E70/2012,2013,2099,2100,2144,2172, Denmark Project, Albany Fraser Program WA, Combined Fi |
| A61066 | 2000 | Manjimup | CR9807 Exploration Licences E70/2009,2010,2014,2090,2111, 2120,2121 and 2205 Manjimup Project Albany Fraser Pr |
| A61030 | 2000 | Southern Fraser | CR 9834 Final Report for Exploration Licences E63/689 and E 63/690 and Annual Report for Exploration Licences |
| A60925 | 2000 | Nabberu | Exploration Licences EL69/1280,EL69/1319,EL69/1353 and EL69/1472 First Annual and Final Report Nabberu Joint V |
| A60729 | 2000 | Grass Patch | Annual report for E63/640-644 and 660 Grass Patch Project for Year Ended 19/05/2000 Combined Report No. C2/200 |
| A60705 | 2000 | Balingup Gneiss Complex | First Annual Report E70/1932 Balingup Gneiss Complex for the Period 18 April 2000. Pemberton-Irwin Inlet S150- |
| A60607 | 2000 | Albany- Fraser | CR9809 Exploration Licences E28/901-905 Naretha Albany- Fraser Project Final Report for the Period ending Marc |
| A60039 | 2000 | Mabel Downs Joint Venture | CR9275 Mable Downs Joint Venture E80/2102,E80/2107,E80/2109 Annual Reprot for the Year Ending 22/03/2000 Dixon |
| A59990 | 2000 | Springvale | Springvale Project ,E80/2223,2224,2278, 2343,2344,2345 & 2346 , Annual Report for the period ending 09/02/2000 |
| A59926 | 2000 | Albany - Fraser | Albany - Fraser (JV) Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1999, E63/447-449. [Grass Patch].[C1/200 |
| A59726 | 2000 | Mount Webb | Final Report for Exploration Licence EL80/2039,EL80/2040, EL80/2041,EL80/2042,EL80/2255,EL80/2256,EL80/2257,EL |
| A59227 | 1999 | Murray Range | E69/1234 Murray Range (WA) Combined Annual and Final Report for the period ended 6th August 1999. |
| A59173 | 1999 | Fraser 3 | E69/1392 Fraser 3 Western Australia First Annual Report for the period ended 18 August 1999 |
Report numbers filed by BHP Minerals Pty Ltd
Named projects
Project names BHP Minerals Pty Ltd used in their reports, with the shire each sits in.
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