E 09/3031
LiveExploration LicenceShire of Upper GascoyneGascoyne M.F. District
E 09/3031 is a live exploration licence in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne, Western Australia, held by Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited (part of Rio Tinto Limited). Granted on 30 July 2026 for 5 years, it expires on 29 July 2031. The ground is covered by 45 historical WAMEX reports.
Area
40,002.57ha
Expires
July 2031
in 5 years
WAMEX reports
45
WA median is 53
Report drilling
12
of 45 reports
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For E 09/3031 that covers 45 WAMEX reports · 6 open-file drillholes (162 m drilled) · 44 earlier titles on the ground since 1967 · 1 native title determination · no conservation land.
Register summary
- Holder
- Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Limited
- Part of
- Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) as at 2025-12-31
- Local government
- Shire of Upper Gascoyne
- Application received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Commenced
- 30 July 2026
- Expiry
- 29 July 2031
- Term
- 5 Years
The full record on E 09/3031
The register summary says who holds it today. The rest of the record says how they came to, what is attached to it, and whether it is being worked.
Free account
- Current holders and their shares (no change of holder on record)
- The full record: 1 year of expenditure, 8 conditions and 17 endorsements
- Native title context, combined reporting and rent status
Premium
- At-risk and opportunity signals, and expenditure compliance over five years
- Dealings, mortgages, caveats and transfer history
- Expiry band, and how long the holder has had it
Exploration history on this ground
45 historical WAMEX exploration reports intersect E 09/3031: 28 report geochemistry or sampling, 33 include a digital data package.
Work on record: Rock chip sampling 21 · Stream sediment sampling 16 · Geological mapping 15 · RC drilling 11 · Aerial EM surveys 10 · Geological reconnaissance 10. Resource declared in A107727 (2016).
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When this ground was worked
11970s
11980s
111990s
2000s
262010s
62020s
Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Project | On this ground | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A138414 | 2024 | Sammy Resources Pty Ltd | Lyons | 2.9% | Annual Report for E09/2671 Lyons Project for the period ending 29/11/2023. |
| A138589 | 2024 | Metals Of Australia Pty Ltd | AUGUSTUS | <1% | Annual Report for E09/2353 Augustus Project for the period ending 03/12/2023. |
| A144989 | 2024 | Murchison Ree Pty Ltd | Lyons | 2.9% | Final Surrender Report for E09/2671 Lyons Project for the period ending 19 July 2024 |
| A137070 | 2023 | Moore River Metals Pty Ltd | Berala | 1.7% | Annual and Final Report for the Berala Project - E09/2648 for the period ending 25/08/2023. |
| A129359 | 2022 | Metals Of Australia Pty Ltd | Augustus | <1% | Annual Report for E09/2353 Augustus Project for the period ending 03/12/2021 |
40 more reports
| A125797 | 2021 | Metals Of Australia Pty Ltd | Augustus | <1% | Annual Report E09/2353 Augustus project for the period 4 December 2019 to 3 December 2020 |
| A118070 | 2018 | Pure Minerals Limited | Battery Hub | 3.4% | Annual Technical Report for Battery Hub Project C22/2018 for the period 13 September 2017 to 12 September 2018 |
| A112164 | 2017 | Cosmopolitan Minerals Ltd | Lyons River | 17% | Dooley Downs - Lyons River Project (C82/2016) E09/2103 and E09/2104 Annual Report for the period 15/10/2015 - |
| A114192 | 2017 | Golden Phoenix Australia Pty Ltd | Augustus | <1% | Augustus Project (C63/2017S) Combined Annual Report to the Department of Mines and Petroleum for the period 29 |
| A111907 | 2017 | Cosmopolitan Minerals Ltd | Lyons River | 15% | Lyons River Project Combined Annual Report C48/2015 E092015,E09/2079 & E52/3048 22 August 2015 to 21 August 20 |
| A107727 | 2016 | Aurora Minerals Limited | Capricorn Southeast | 11% | Final Surrender Report for E09/01433, E09/01602 Capricorn Southeast Project for the period 24 November 2009 to |
| A107916 | 2016 | Cosmopolitan Minerals Limited | Lyons River | 15% | Combined Annual Report Lyons River Project C48/2015, E09/2044, 2079 & E52/3048 For the period 22nd August 2014 |
| A109684 | 2016 | Golden Phoenix Australia Pty Ltd | Augustus | <1% | Augustus Project (C63/2014) Combined Annual Report to the Department of Mines and Petroleum for the period 01 |
| A105705 | 2015 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 4.6% | Surrender Report Capricorn Southeast E09/1652 for the period 30 March 2010 to 11 March 2015 |
| A105947 | 2015 | Rio Tinto Iron Ore | Upper Gascoyne | 24% | Upper Gascoyne C114/2014 Surrender Report for Exploration Licences 09/2037, 09/2038 & 52/2907 for the period 1 |
| A106114 | 2015 | Golden Phoenix Australia Pty Ltd | Augustus | <1% | Augustus Project C63/2014 Combined Annual Report to the Department of Mines and Petroleum for the period 01 Ap |
| A107131 | 2015 | Aurora Minerals Limited | Capricorn Southeast | 7.7% | Surrender Report for Exploration Licence 09/1600 Capricorn Southeast Project for the period 24 November 2009 t |
| A105244 | 2015 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 5.4% | Capricorn Southeast Project (C63/2010) Annual Technical Report for the Year Ending 31 December 2014, Explorati |
| A101445 | 2014 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn | 5.4% | Capricorn Southeast Project (C63/2010) Exploration Licenses: 09/1428; 09/1433; 09/1600; 09/1602; 09/1605; 09/1 |
| A103004 | 2014 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 5.9% | Capricorn Southeast Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 24/11/2009 to 05/06/2014, E09/1428,1433, |
| A104175 | 2014 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 7.8% | Capricorn Southeast Project C63/2010 Partial Surrender Report (E09/1433; E09/1600-I; E09/1602-I; E09/1652) for |
| A96599 | 2013 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 3.2% | Capricorn Southeast Project (C63_2010) Annual Technical Report for the year ending 31 December 2012 (E09/1427; |
| A92434 | 2012 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 19% | Partial Surrender Report: Combined Reporting Number C63/2010 Capricorn Southeast Project, BANGEMALL BASIN WES |
| A92825 | 2012 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 8.4% | Annual Technical Report; Capricorn Southeast Project; Basngemall Basin, Western Australia, Combined Reporting |
| A93686 | 2012 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 1.5% | Partial Surrender Report for Exploration Licences 09/1427; 09/1428; and 09/1652, Capricorn Southeast Project, |
| A95172 | 2012 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | <1% | Partial Surrender Report for Exploration Licence 09/1359; Capricorn Southeast Project Joint Venture, C63/2010. |
| A95773 | 2012 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 27% | Surrender Report for Exploration Licences 52/2137; and 52/2139, Capricorn Southeast Project, C63/2010 19 Octo |
| A95774 | 2012 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 4.4% | Partial Surrender Report for Exploration Licences 09/1433; 09/1600; 09/1602; 09/1605; 52/2036; and 52/2037, Ca |
| A89788 | 2011 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn Southeast | 8.4% | Annual Technical Report; Capricorn Southeast Project; Combined Reporting C63_2010; Year ending Dec 31 2010 |
| A91000 | 2011 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn | 4.6% | Partial Surrender Report Capricorn Project E09/1652 |
| A91003 | 2011 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn | 63% | Surrender Report Capricorn Project E09/1663 (C63/2010) |
| A91004 | 2011 | Aurora Minerals Ltd | Capricorn | 62% | Surrender Report Capricorn Project Common Reporting Number C63_2010 E09/1472 |
| A57765 | 1999 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd | Dooley Downs | 6.2% | Dooley Downs, Annual report for year ending 30th December 1998, E09/885-887 |
| A54079 | 1998 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Edmund | <1% | BHP-Aberfoyle Jillawarra Joint Venture, Edmund Group- Bangemall Basin 3rd Annual Report for Exploration Licen |
| A51530 | 1997 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Edmund / Jillawarra | 3.8% | Edmund / Jillawarra Project, Annual Report for Exploration Licences E52/931-937, 945-949, 967-970, E09/655-657 |
| A52803 | 1997 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Edmund - Lyons River North | 60% | Edmund - Lyons River North Project, Final Surrender Report for the period ending 27th October 1997, E09/693. |
| A53732 | 1997 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | PYICR | 15% | Combined Final and Annual Report Exploration Licences E08/742, E09/609 and E52/778. |
| A49391 | 1996 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | PYICR | 4.9% | PYICR Project,Annual Report for the period 7 September 1995 to 6 September 1996 E8/655, E8/656, E9/608, E9/60 |
| A49616 | 1996 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | PYICR | 43% | Partial Surrender Report Exploration Licence E09/609 |
| A47781 | 1996 | Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd | Edmund / Jillawarra | 3.8% | Edmund / Jillawarra Project, Annual Report for the period 20/02/1995 to 19/02/1996, E52/931-937, 945-949, 96 |
| A46040 | 1995 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | PYICR | 4.9% | PYICR Project, Annual Report for the period 7 September 1994 to 7 September 1995, E8/655, E8/656, E9/608, E9/ |
| A42105 | 1994 | Aztec Mining Co Ltd | Jeeaila River | 20% | Jeeaila River project, Final Surrender Report for theperiod 15/02/1993 to 07/07/1994, E09/596;, E52/730 & 731. |
| A43129 | 1994 | Stockdale Prospecting Ltd | PYICR | 9.6% | PYICR Project, Annual Report E8/655, E8/656/E9/608, E9/609, and E52/778 December 1994. |
| A21559 | 1987 | Alcoa Of Australia Ltd | Bangemall Basin | <1% | Bangemall Basin, [Non-statutory Report: Mapping, circa 1966] |
| A21557 | 1972 | Alcoa Of Australia Ltd | Bangemall Basin | <1% | Bangemall Basin Project, Non-statutory Report: Edmund Area, Plates 1- 5, January 1972, |
What does the exploration record say about this ground?
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Tenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0), as at 2026-10-08. Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.