L 47/18
LiveMiscellaneous LicenceShire of AshburtonWest Pilbara M.F. District
L 47/18 is a live miscellaneous licence in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia, held by Hamersley Iron Pty Limited and Hamersley Resources Limited (part of Rio Tinto Limited). Granted on 22 Jan 1992 for 5 years (renewed), it expires on 21 Jan 2027. The ground is covered by 44 historical WAMEX reports.
Area
1,518ha
Expires
Jan 2027
in 3 months
WAMEX reports
44
WA median is 53
Report drilling
24
of 44 reports
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For L 47/18 that covers 44 WAMEX reports · 4 open-file drillholes (804 m drilled) · 68 earlier titles on the ground since 1958 · 1 native title determination · conservation land over part of it.
Register summary
- Holders
- Hamersley Iron Pty Limited, Hamersley Resources Limited
- Part of
- Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) as at 2025-12-31
- Local government
- Shire of Ashburton
- Application received
- 22 Jan 1992
- Commenced
- 22 Jan 1992
- Expiry
- 21 Jan 2027
- Term
- 5 Years (Renewed)
The full record on L 47/18
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, and the one change of holder on record
- The full record: 32 conditions and 2 endorsements
- Native title context, combined reporting and rent status
Premium
- At-risk and opportunity signals, and expenditure compliance over five years
- Every register dealing (14 on record), with mortgages, caveats and transfers flagged
- Expiry band, and how long the holder has had it
Exploration history on this ground
44 historical WAMEX exploration reports intersect L 47/18: 2 report geochemistry or sampling, 19 include a digital data package.
Work on record: RC drilling 17 · Geological mapping 10 · Geological reconnaissance 10 · Percussion drilling 9 · Geophysical logging 7 · Aboriginal site surveys 6. Resource declared in A104154 (2014), A88344 (2010), A49550 (1996), A16528 (1985).
Rather than open these one by one on the DMPE site,
have them read into one cited report on L 47/18, free for new accounts.
When this ground was worked
11970s
71980s
61990s
132000s
172010s
Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Project | On this ground | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A121838 | 2019 | Hamersley Iron Pty. Limited; Hamersley Resources Limited | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences 47/537 & 47/538 (C005/1997) (GDSR: 7053 |
| A109582 | 2016 | State Resources Pty Ltd | The Hill | <1% | Annual Technical Report for The Hill Project E47/02464 for the period 24/05/2015 to 23/05/2016 |
| A110062 | 2016 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Final Surrender Report For the Period 23 May 2006 to 13 June 2016, E47/01480, E47/0320 |
| A106360 | 2015 | State Resources Pty Ltd | The Hill | <1% | Annual Technical Report for The Hill Project E47/2464 for the period 24 May 2014 to 23 May 2015 |
| A107332 | 2015 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences 47/537 and 47/538 (C005/1997) |
39 more reports
| A107581 | 2015 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | C184/2007 Mount MacLeod Annual Report for the period 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015, E47/01390, E47/01391, |
| A102781 | 2014 | State Resources Pty Ltd | The Hill | <1% | THE HILL PROJECT E47/2464-I ANNUAL MINERAL EXPLORATION REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 24 MAY 2013 – 23 MAY 2014 |
| A103984 | 2014 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences E47/537 and E47/538 (C005/1997) for the |
| A104154 | 2014 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | Mount MacLeod Project (C184/2007) Annual Report for the Period 01 September 2013 to 31 August 2014, E47/1390-1 |
| A99965 | 2013 | Rio Tinto Iron Ore | Marandoo West | <1% | Combined Annual Technical Report for the Period 16/10/2012 to 15/10/2013, E47/537 and E47/538 for the period 1 |
| A100146 | 2013 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | Annual Report for the Period 01 September 2012 to 31 August 2013, C184/2007 Mount MacLeod, E47/1390.....P47/16 |
| A95649 | 2012 | Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area C5/1997 Combined Annual Technical Report for the Period 16/10/2011 to 15/10/2012, E |
| A95685 | 2012 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | Combined Annual Report for the period 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012, Mt MacLeod Project, E47/1390-1, 1419 |
| A91810 | 2011 | Rio Tinto Iron Ore | South Fortescue & Marandoo West | <1% | SOUTH FORTESCUE & MARANDOO WEST COMBINED ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT C5/1997 EXPLORATION LICENCES 47/537 and 47/53 |
| A92246 | 2011 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | Mt MacLeod Project, Annual Report for the period 1st September 2010 to 31st August 2011, E47/1390-1391, 1455, |
| A88344 | 2010 | Rio Tinto Iron Ore | South Fortescue - Marandoo West | <1% | SOUTH FORTESCUE & MARANDOO WEST COMBINED ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT EXPLORATION LICENCES E47/537 and E47/538 (C00 |
| A88768 | 2010 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | Combined Annual report for the period 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2010, Mt MacLeod Project, E47/1390-1, E47/ |
| A84672 | 2009 | Rio Tinto Iron Ore | South Fortescue - Marandoo West | <1% | South Fortescue & Marandoo West Exploration Licences E47/537 and E47/538 (C005/1997), Annual Technical Report |
| A84803 | 2009 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount Macleod | <1% | Annual Report for the period 1 September 2008 to 31 August 2009, Mt MacLeod Project, E47/1479-1480, E47/1455, |
| A79973 | 2008 | Rio Tinto Iron Ore | South Fortescue - Marandoo West | <1% | SOUTH FORTESCUE & MARANDOO WEST COMBINED ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT Exploration Licences E47/537 and E47/538 (C00 |
| A80340 | 2008 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Mount MacLeod | <1% | Annual report for the period 1 September 2007 to 31 August 2008, Mount MacLeod Project, E47/1479-1480, E47/145 |
| A75564 | 2007 | Poondano Exploration Pty Ltd | Poondano | <1% | Exploration Report for the Year Ending 22 May 2007 E47/1480-I |
| A76542 | 2007 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area Exploration Licences E47/537 & E47/538 West Pilbara Mineral Field WA Comb Annual Re |
| A73690 | 2006 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project, Annual Report for the period 16/10/2005 to 15/10/2006, E47/537-538. |
| A71394 | 2005 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area, Exploration Licences E47/537 & E47/538, West Pilbara Mineral Field Western Austral |
| A69489 | 2004 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Combined annual report for the period 16/10/03 - 15/10/04 Marandoo West Project, West Pilbara Mineral Field, C |
| A67692 | 2003 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project, Annual Report for the period 16/10/2002 to 15/10/2003, E47/537 & 538. |
| A65695 | 2002 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Combined Annual Report E47/537 & E47/538 covering period 16/10/2001 To 15/10/2002.( Marandoo West Project ). |
| A63744 | 2001 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area exploration licences E47/537 & E47/538 West Pilbara Mineral Field, Western Australi |
| A61478 | 2000 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area E47/537 and E47/538, West Pilbara Mineral Field, WA. Combined Annual Report for the |
| A59348 | 1999 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area, Exploration Licences E47/537- 538, West Pilbara Mineral Field, WA, Combined Annual |
| A56760 | 1998 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | Marandoo West | <1% | Marandoo West Project Area Exploration Licence: E47/537-538 West Pilbara mineral Field W.A. 16/10/97 - 15/10 |
| A52993 | 1997 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | West Marandoo | <1% | West Marandoo Project Area, Exploration Licence: E47/537-538 West Pilbara Mineral Field, W.A. Annual Report, 1 |
| A49550 | 1996 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | South Fortescue - Marandoo West | <1% | South Fortescue - Marandoo West Project, Annual Report for the period 16/10/1995 to 15/10/1996, E47/537 & 538 |
| A46134 | 1995 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | South Fortescue - Marandoo West | <1% | South Fortescue - Marandoo West Project, Annual Report for the period 16th October 1994 to 15th October 1995, |
| A40989 | 1994 | Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd | The Eastern Rail Corridor | <1% | R Report For the Period 04/93 Eastern Rail Corridor Project L47/18 |
| A18891 | 1986 | Cra Services Ltd | Mount Bruce - Marandoo - South Fortescue | <1% | Mount Bruce - Marandoo - South Fortescue, Geological progress (annual) report, For period 16 September 1985 to |
| A16528 | 1985 | Cra Services Ltd | Marramamba | <1% | Marramamba Project, Annual Report for the period 16th September 1984 to 15th September 1985, E47/39. |
| A12187 | 1983 | Cra Services Ltd | Marandoo | <1% | Marandoo Project, Final Surrender Report, February 1983, TR70/6998H. |
| A12899 | 1983 | Cra Services Ltd | Marandoo | <1% | Marandoo Project, Annual Report for the period 16th September 1982 to 15th September 1983, E47/39. |
| A11134 | 1982 | Cra Services Ltd | Marandoo | <1% | Marandoo Project, Annual Report for the period 10th May 1981 to 10th May 1982, TR70/6998H. |
| A9975 | 1981 | Cra Services Ltd | Marandoo | <1% | Marandoo Project, Annual Report for the period 10th May 1980 to 10th May 1981, TR70/6998H. |
| A9106 | 1980 | Texasgulf Australia Ltd | South Fortescue - Marandoo | <1% | South Fortescue - Marandoo Project, Annual Report for the period 01/04/1979 to 01/04/1980, TR70/6998H. |
| A4505 | 1973 | Australian Steel & Mining Corp | Marra Mamba | <1% | Marra Mamba Project, Non-statutory Report: Report on Testing Marra Mamba Formations, February 1973, TR70/5674- |
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.