WA Mining Weekly June 1 - 7

Catalyst (Old Highway) Consolidates Bryah Basin Block as Albright Exits

Catalyst (Old Highway) Pty Ltd, the registered project vehicle understood to sit within the Catalyst Metals group, received 10 tenements this week from Albright Metals Ltd. According to company announcements, the transaction reflects Catalyst exercising an option to acquire Albright’s remaining 50% interest in the Bryah Basin tenements for A$2.2 million. Catalyst Metals has been building momentum in the mid-west: company announcements indicate it recently joined the S&P/ASX 200 and reported a doubling of Plutonic Gold Belt reserves to 1.5 million ounces. Adding full control of what company and geological reports describe as a copper-gold VMS corridor in the Bryah Basin extends that footprint. For Albright, the divestment reportedly frees capital for redeployment into its Canadian focus. According to company announcements, that priority is the Golden Pike Gold and Antimony Project in New Brunswick. The logic on both sides is straightforward: Catalyst gets contiguous ground in a belt it already understands, and Albright converts a non-operating WA interest into cash for a Tier-1 jurisdiction play.

Manda Resources Ltd Absorbs 27 WA Tenements Ahead of Reported QLD Gold Float

Manda Resources Ltd received 27 tenements this week from Manda Resources Pty Ltd, a transfer that appears, given the near-identical entity names, to be an intra-group restructure moving assets from the proprietary vehicle into the public company ahead of a listing. The parcel includes E69/3537, E69/3663, and E69/3722, which company project descriptions associate with the Lake Burnside Sulphate of Potash project in WA. The WA tenure is the legacy asset base; the growth story is in Queensland. According to company announcements, Manda is consolidating a gold resource in North Queensland through a demerger of Pacgold’s assets and an acquisition of Territory Minerals, with the combined resource reportedly reaching 1.33 Moz. Emerald Resources (ASX: EMR) is described in those announcements as a major backer, having injected approximately $6.4 million into a pre-IPO seed round and committed to hold around 19.9% post-listing. The targeted raise is reportedly $21 million, with a late-2026 listing window. Securing the WA tenements cleanly under the listed entity before the prospectus is finalised is standard pre-IPO housekeeping, and the registry transfer this week suggests that process is now underway.

Terrain Trims Three Blocks to Concentrate Capital on Carlindie Anomaly

Terrain Minerals Ltd shed three tenements this week, E45/6952, E45/6523, and E45/6894, under a single transaction. The move looks, on available evidence, like deliberate portfolio trimming rather than a broader retreat, with the company understood to be redirecting expenditure toward E45/6524, its core Carlindie block, according to company announcements. That focus is driven by technical work: company reports indicate independent machine-learning bedrock mapping by RSC validated a 4 x 3 km gold-pathfinder anomaly (As-Sb-Bi-W-Cs) beneath transported cover at Carlindie. A high-intensity point-source feature, with bismuth and tungsten reportedly an order of magnitude above background, was identified within that footprint. RSC’s modelling also interpreted the anomaly as spatially coinciding with an underlying greenstone belt, per the same technical reports. By dropping the peripheral blocks, Terrain avoids carrying expenditure commitments on ground that does not directly test the machine-learning target. According to company announcements, the next steps are a field reconnaissance planned for July 2026 and a follow-up CSIRO UltraFine+ soil program designed to drill-test the model. The three shed tenements represent the expenditure overhead that would otherwise compete with that budget.

Contested Ground

14 New Applications in Yalgoo Mineral Field

ELDON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CADRE RESOURCES PTY LTD, ORMINEX PENNY’S FIND PTY LTD, GGJB PTY LTD, and WITHERS, GRAHAM JOHN were among the applicants for 14 new applications lodged in the Yalgoo mineral field.

8 New Applications in Broad Arrow Mineral Field

BELL, KEVIN ARTHUR, GOLDTIMERS PROSPECTING PTY LTD, and MACKIE, GLEN ALAN were among the applicants for 8 new applications lodged in the Broad Arrow mineral field.

7 New Applications in Pilbara Mineral Field

GREATLAND PTY LTD and MUCCANABOUT PTY LTD were among the applicants for 7 new applications lodged in the Pilbara mineral field.

6 New Applications in Mt Margaret Mineral Field

MT MALCOLM GOLD HOLDINGS PTY LTD, GOLDTIMERS PROSPECTING PTY LTD, and DE LA MONTAGNE, QUEENIE KATHRYN were among the applicants for 6 new applications lodged in the Mt Margaret mineral field.

6 Applications Follow 1 Expiry in Mt Margaret

In the Mt Margaret mineral field, 1 tenement expired, followed by 6 new applications. MT MALCOLM GOLD HOLDINGS PTY LTD and GOLDTIMERS PROSPECTING PTY LTD were among the applicants.

3 Applications Follow 1 Expiry in Pilbara

In the Pilbara mineral field, 1 tenement expired, followed by 3 new applications. MUCCANABOUT PTY LTD was among the applicants.

Ground Set to Expire This Week

Live tenements expiring in the next 7 days with no renewal applied for.

MT MALCOLM GOLD HOLDINGS tenement expiring in MT. MALCOLM

A 392-hectare Exploration Licence held by major holder MT MALCOLM GOLD HOLDINGS PTY LTD in the MT. MALCOLM mineral field is set to expire on 2026-06-13.

GENESIS MINERALS tenement expiring in MT. MALCOLM

A 4-hectare Miscellaneous Licence held by major holder GENESIS MINERALS (LEONORA) PTY LTD in the MT. MALCOLM mineral field is due to expire on 2026-06-14.

KALGOORLIE MINING ASSOCIATES tenement expiring in COOLGARDIE

An 11,172-hectare Exploration Licence held by mid-tier holder KALGOORLIE MINING ASSOCIATES PTY LTD in the COOLGARDIE mineral field expires on 2026-06-10.

KALGOORLIE MINING ASSOCIATES tenement expiring in WARBURTON M.F.

A 7,840-hectare Exploration Licence held by mid-tier holder KALGOORLIE MINING ASSOCIATES PTY LTD in the WARBURTON M.F. mineral field is set to expire on 2026-06-10.

KALGOORLIE MINING ASSOCIATES tenement expiring in WARBURTON M.F.

A 3,920-hectare Exploration Licence held by mid-tier holder KALGOORLIE MINING ASSOCIATES PTY LTD in the WARBURTON M.F. mineral field is due to expire on 2026-06-10.

GREENMOUNT RESOURCES tenement expiring in PEAK HILL M.F.

A 1,568-hectare Exploration Licence held by mid-tier holder GREENMOUNT RESOURCES PTY LTD in the PEAK HILL M.F. mineral field expires on 2026-06-14.

EXTENSION HILL tenement expiring in SOUTH WEST M.F.

A 1,002-hectare Mining Lease held by mid-tier holder EXTENSION HILL PTY LTD in the SOUTH WEST M.F. mineral field is set to expire on 2026-06-14.

BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES tenement expiring in MT. MARGARET

A 93-hectare Prospecting Licence held by mid-tier holder BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES LIMITED in the MT. MARGARET mineral field is due to expire on 2026-06-13.

FOCUS OPERATIONS tenement expiring in COOLGARDIE

A 60-hectare Prospecting Licence held by mid-tier holder FOCUS OPERATIONS PTY LTD in the COOLGARDIE mineral field expires on 2026-06-09.

BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES tenement expiring in MT. MARGARET

An 11-hectare Prospecting Licence held by mid-tier holder BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES LIMITED in the MT. MARGARET mineral field is set to expire on 2026-06-13.

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Disclaimer

Tenement expiry dates, applications, transfers, and status changes are based on currently available data and may not reflect real-time outcomes. There is often a 4–6 week delay for Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration to process, lodge, and gazette dealings, meaning ground referenced as “expiring”, “relinquished”, or “transferred” may already have been renewed, surrendered, amended, or otherwise dealt with but not yet publicly reflected.

This information is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute a definitive statement of tenement status, ownership, or availability. Coverage is not exhaustive. No guarantee is given that ground identified will become available, or as to the timing of any such availability. Users should verify all tenement details and dealings directly with official government sources before making any commercial or exploration decisions.

All commentary and interpretations are based on public data and are subject to change as new information becomes available.

Live spatial overlays highlighting tenement drops and upcoming compulsory or voluntary surrenders are available on NextMaps, derived from the MTO dealings feed and the DASC.