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Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd

Holds ground today

Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd holds 239 Western Australian tenements covering 64,157 ha. It is a subsidiary of Westgold Resources (ASX:WGX). It has lodged 91 open-file WAMEX reports between 2001 and 2016, mostly for gold and base metals.

Reports lodged
91
Tenements held
239
64,157 ha
Holding since
2000
Active
16yrs
2001 to 2016
Areas worked
2
most in Shire of Cue
Owner
Westgold Resources
ASX:WGX
Last reported
2016
10 years ago
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Where Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd has reported

Who owns Big Bell Gold Operations?

Big Bell Gold Operations is a subsidiary of Westgold Resources (ASX:WGX). The group is named as a holder on 564 live Western Australian tenements.

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

Karora (Higginsville) Pty Ltd 168Valiant Gold Limited 62Aragon Resources Pty Ltd 37Polar Metals Pty Ltd 30Avoca Resources Pty Ltd 25Corona Minerals Pty Ltd 3Karora (Beta Hunt) Pty Ltd 1Westgold Resources Limited

From Westgold Resources' consolidated entity disclosure statement, as at 2026-06-30.

Who holds paper over Westgold Resources' ground?

Big Bell Gold Operations is part of the Westgold Resources group, so these are the group's connections.

360 of Westgold Resources' live titles carry a caveat or mortgage held by another party. It holds 17 live titles together with another holder.

Caveats and mortgages over its ground

Royal Gold 184Kali Metals 163Alicanto Minerals WA Pty Ltd 31Dark Star Exploration Pty Ltd 30S2 Resources 27Franco-Nevada 21

and 7 more

Also a private individual, over 1 title.

Holds ground with

Shumwari Pty Limited 6Auris Minerals 3Grange Resources 1

Also 2 private individuals, on 7 titles.

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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 Big Bell Gold Operations holds today

Big Bell Gold Operations holds 239 tenements across 64,157 ha. The register records at least 60 titles transferred in, the latest in April 2022.

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Exploration record

Commodities targeted
Gold 91 · Base Metals 2
Where they worked
Shire of Cue 86, Shire of Meekatharra 5
Work on record
RC drilling 32 · Aircore drilling 25 · Soil sampling 19 · Geophysical interpretation 18 · Geological interpretation 17 · RAB drilling 15 · Diamond drilling 9 · Aeromagnetic interpretation 6
Resource declared
Yes, in 4 reports: A71791 (2006), A68090 (2004), A64241 (2001), A63981 (2001)
Downloadable data
67 of 91 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
12 of 91 record no work done
Report types
Annual 50 · Final Surrender 32 · Partial Surrender 9
Reports by decade
512000s
362010s

Reports filed

91 WAMEX exploration reports lodged by Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd.
Most recent reports
ReportYearProjectTitle
A108271 2016 Yaloginda C44/2006 Final Surrender Report, M51/454 for the period 15/01/1993 - 25/01/2016
A108270 2016 Nannine Final Surrender Report M51/802 Nannine Project for the period 05/06/2013 - 25/01/2016
A108269 2016 Yaloginda Final Surrender Report, M51/797 Yaloginda Project for the period 08/02/2001 - 25/01/2016
A108145 2016 Big Bell Annual Mineral Exploration Report, C150/1998 BIG BELL For the Period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015, M 20/
A107985 2016 Big Bell Partial Surrender Report M20/197 Big Bell Project for the period ended 17/12/2015
A107623 2016 Big Bell Partial Surrender Report, M20/50 Big Bell Project M20/50 for the period 25/02/1987 to 09/11/2015
A107663 2015 Big Bell Partial Surrender Report M20/192 Big Bell Project for the period 11/09/1990 - 09/11/2015
A107662 2015 Big Bell Partial Surrender Report M20/307 Big Bell Project for the period 03/04/1996 to 09/11/2015
A107570 2015 Cuddingwarra Cuddingwarra Project C304/1995 Final Surrender Report for the period 30/10/2007 to 29/10/2015, P20/1998, P20/1
A105997 2015 Yaloginda Yaloginda Project C44/2006 Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, E51
A105620 2015 Cuddingwarra Final Surrender Report E20/638, E21/153, M20/300, M20/313 and M21/104 (Part of Cuddingwarra Combined Reporting
A105110 2015 Cuddingwarra Final Surrender Report M20/315 (Cuddingwarra) for the period ended 02/02/2015
A105081 2015 Cuddingwarra Annual Mineral Exploration Report C304/1995 Cuddingwarra Project for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December
A104809 2015 Big Bell Combined Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the period 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2014, C150/1998 Tenements: E20/2
A104808 2015 Cuddingwarra Final Surrender Report P20/1967 Cuddingwarra for the period 31/01/2007 - 30/12/2014
A104807 2015 Cuddingwarra Final Surrender Report, P20/1967 Cuddingwarra for the period 31/01/2007 - 30/1/2014
A104806 2015 Cuddingwarra Final Surrender Report, P20/1976 Cuddingwarra, for the period 25/07/2007 to 31/12/2014
A101150 2014 Big Bell Big Bell Project, Annual Report for the period 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2013, E20/216; M20/17, 50, 98, 99, 192, 197
A100267 2013 Golden Crown - Austin Final Surrender Report P21/689 (Golden Crown / Austin) for the period ended 20 November 2013
A100098 2013 Big Bell Partial Surrender Report, Big Bell Project E20/216 for the period ended 4 October 2013
Report numbers filed by Big Bell Gold Operations Pty Ltd
A108271 2016, A108270 2016, A108269 2016, A108145 2016, A107985 2016, A107623 2016, A107663 2015, A107662 2015, A107570 2015, A105997 2015, A105620 2015, A105110 2015, A105081 2015, A104809 2015, A104808 2015, A104807 2015, A104806 2015, A101150 2014, A100267 2013, A100098 2013, A100097 2013, A99820 2013, A99819 2013, A99818 2013, A99817 2013, A99816 2013, A99815 2013, A99507 2013, A99506 2013, A98842 2013, A98684 2013, A97989 2013, A97224 2013, A96811 2013, A96369 2013, A95806 2012, A82956 2009, A82544 2009, A81049 2009, A77798 2008, A74342 2007, A74096 2007, A73973 2006, A71791 2006, A71765 2006, A71715 2006, A70964 2005, A70888 2005, A70550 2005, A70236 2005

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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.