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Fortescue Ltd

Holds ground today

Fortescue Ltd holds 853 Western Australian tenements covering 2,792,916 ha through 9 registered companies. It has lodged 110 open-file WAMEX reports between 2023 and 2026, mostly for iron ore, lithium and tantalum.

Reports lodged
110
Tenements held
853
2,792,916 ha · across 9 companies
Holding since
1997
Active
4yrs
2023 to 2026
Areas worked
12
most in Shire of East Pilbara
Last reported
2026
this year
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Where Fortescue Ltd has reported
+7 more local government areas

Companies Fortescue holds ground through

Fortescue (ASX:FMG) holds Western Australian ground through 9 registered companies, with the live tenements each is named on:

FMG Pilbara Pty Ltd 332Chichester Metals Pty Ltd 190FMG Resources Pty Ltd 56FMG Magnetite Pty Ltd 23FMG Nullagine Pty Ltd 21CD Hub Pty Ltd FMG North Pilbara Pty Ltd Fortescue Ltd this pageMoorlabbin Exploration Pty Ltd

From Fortescue's consolidated entity disclosure statement, as at 2026-06-30.

Who holds paper over Fortescue's ground?

18 of Fortescue's live titles carry a caveat or mortgage held by another party. Fortescue holds caveats or mortgages over 21 live titles of other companies. It holds 14 live titles together with another holder.

Caveats and mortgages over its ground

Mount Gibson Iron Ltd 4Vox Royalty 4Flinders Mines Limited 4Vaalbara Resources Pty Ltd 3Global Advanced Metals Greenbushes Pty Ltd 2Tec Pipe Pty Ltd 1

It holds caveats and mortgages over

Lightning Minerals Ltd 8Peregrine Gold 3Develop Global 2Black Cat Syndicate 2Mitsui Iron Ore Development Pty Ltd 2Rio Tinto 2

and 6 more

Also 1 title held by a private individual.

Holds ground with

Formosa Steel Ib Pty Ltd 14

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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 Fortescue holds today

Fortescue holds 853 tenements across 2,792,916 ha through its companies. The register records at least 54 titles transferred in and 6 transferred out, the latest in December 2024.

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Exploration record

Commodities targeted
Iron 44 · Lithium 25 · Tantalum 20 · Tin 20 · Copper 19 · Gold 18 · Base Metals 15 · Lead 5
Where they worked
Shire of East Pilbara 47, Shire of Ashburton 23, Shire of Meekatharra 13, Shire of Lake Grace 7, Shire of Ravensthorpe 7, Shire of Jerramungup 4, Shire of Upper Gascoyne 2, Shire of Halls Creek 2, Shire of Menzies 2, Shire of Gnowangerup 1
Work on record
Geological mapping 30 · Heritage 28 · Aerial colour photography 20 · Surface geochemistry 18 · Geological reconnaissance 15 · Wamex review 13 · Geological interpretation 12 · Lag sampling 11
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
65 of 110 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
32 of 110 record no work done
Report types
Final Surrender 54 · Annual 32 · Partial Surrender 24

Reports filed

110 WAMEX exploration reports lodged by Fortescue Ltd.
Most recent reports
ReportYearProjectTitle
A155389 2026 Central Chichester Ranges Central Chichester Ranges E46/611 Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 29/06/2026
A155198 2026 Turee Creek C282/2011 Turee Creek Combined Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 03/06/2026. E 47/1446,E 52/3369
A154991 2026 Bellary E47/3406 Bellary Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 03/06/2026
A154716 2026 Serpentine E47/1351 Serpentine Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 06/05/2026. (C228/2008)
A154462 2026 Fig Tree E47/3280 Fig Tree Final Surrender Report for the period ending 25/03/2026. (C24/2010)
A154454 2026 Turee Creek E52/3791 Turee Creek Final Surrender Report for the period ending 25/03/2026.(C282/2011)
A154369 2026 Isdell E45/5258 Isdell Final Surrender Report for the period 21 August 2019 to 9 March 2026
A154124 2026 Opthalmia E52/3615 Opthalmia Final Surrender Report for the period ending 20/03/2026.(C128/2011)
A153914 2026 Anketell C81/2020 Anketell Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 10/03/2026
A153908 2026 Isdell C123/2019 Isdell Combined Final Surrender Report for the period ending 3/3/2026
A153891 2026 Kidson E45/6378 Kidson Final Surrender Report for the period ending 9 March 2026
A153890 2026 E45/5525 Final Surrender Report period ending 24/02/2026
A153761 2026 Kidson C197/2020 Kidson Combined Final Surrender Report for the period ending 3/3/2026
A153759 2026 Kidson Kidson C197/2020 Kidson Combined Final Surrender Report for the period ending 12/2/2026
A153398 2026 Fig Tree E47/3264 Fig Tree Final Surrender Report for the period ending 05/01/2026
A150683 2025 Maroochydore C97/2021 Maroochydore Final Surrender Report for the period ending 13/10/2025
A149922 2025 Isdell Isdell C123/2019 Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the period ending 20/08/2025. E 45/5258,E 45/5512,E 45/
A149921 2025 Eider E45/5326 Eider Partial Surrender Report for the period ending 15/08/2025. (C166/2020)
A149390 2025 E45/5525 Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the period ending 01/07/2025.
A148798 2025 Maroochydore C097/2021 Maroochydore Annual Mineral Exploration Report for the period ending 29/4/2025
Report numbers filed by Fortescue Ltd
A155389 2026, A155198 2026, A154991 2026, A154716 2026, A154462 2026, A154454 2026, A154369 2026, A154124 2026, A153914 2026, A153908 2026, A153891 2026, A153890 2026, A153761 2026, A153759 2026, A153398 2026, A150683 2025, A149922 2025, A149921 2025, A149390 2025, A148798 2025, A148687 2025, A148634 2025, A148628 2025, A148625 2025, A148546 2025, A148460 2025, A148430 2025, A148427 2025, A148424 2025, A148422 2025, A148420 2025, A148419 2025, A148186 2025, A147678 2025, A146406 2025, A146404 2025, A146400 2025, A146397 2025, A145628 2024, A145626 2024, A145535 2024, A145533 2024, A145465 2024, A145463 2024, A145462 2024, A145237 2024, A145144 2024, A145062 2024, A145060 2024, A145041 2024

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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.