WA Mining Weekly Oct 13 - 19

Week on week, applications up 12% and transfers down 70%. 30,580 tenements are live or pending across the state.

Ground gone to ballot

2 companies in a ballot for 912 ha at East Pilbara

Wildcat Resources released E 45/7077 in the Shire of East Pilbara, 912 ha in all, on Oct 13. 2 parties applied over it overnight: Mining Equities and Raketa Resources. It has gone to ballot.

NextMaps flagged this ground on Oct 13, 1 day before the first application landed. Untested gold potential at Taipan Ridge prospect with a notable lead anomaly; previous holder only did rock-chip sampling.

Ground picked up

• Next day: Marquee Resources pegged E 08/3905 (30,366 ha, Ashburton), all of it ground Voltaic Strategic Resources released.
• Next day: Mining Equities pegged E 08/3903 (7,274 ha, Ashburton), all of it ground Voltaic Strategic Resources released.
• Next day: Raketa Resources pegged E 08/3904 (5,061 ha, Ashburton), all of it ground Voltaic Strategic Resources released.
• Next day: Fortescue pegged E 52/4649 and E 52/4650 (3,464 ha, Meekatharra), 87% of it ground Australian Manganese released.
• Next day: Forrestania Resources pegged E 28/3631 (2,663 ha, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), 78% of it ground Bulletin Resources released.
• Next day: Raketa Resources pegged E 45/7372 (1,925 ha, East Pilbara), all of it ground Rumble Resources released.
• Next day: Horizon Gold pegged E 57/1505 and E 57/1504 (611 ha, Sandstone), 70% of it ground Gateway Mining released.
• Next day: Riley, Wesley Thomas pegged P 24/6019 and P 24/6018 (347 ha, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), all of it ground Ardea Resources released.

Who is collecting dropped ground

Goldtimers Prospecting has taken 9 parcels (4,103 ha) off 5 different holders in the last 90 days, across Mount Magnet and Upper Gascoyne. That includes ground dropped by Santa Fe Minerals and Bustler Well Gold.

Raketa Resources has taken 8 parcels (58,539 ha) off 7 different holders in the last 90 days, across East Pilbara and Ashburton. That includes ground dropped by Infinity Mining and Wildcat Resources.

Biggest moves

Emerald Resources hands Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) 4,953 ha in Yilgarn

Emerald Resources (WA) transferred four tenements covering 4,953 hectares in the Yilgarn Mineral Field in the Shire of Yilgarn to Golden Horse Minerals (Aust). Golden Horse said in its September 2024 deal announcement with Emerald that the package was part of its Southern Cross gold focus in Western Australia and that it intended to use the acquisition to strengthen its regional footprint.

Why it matters: It adds ground to Golden Horse’s Yilgarn consolidation around its Southern Cross strategy and places more tenure under a buyer already focused on gold exploration in the district.

Sources: goldenhorseminerals.com · Current details for ABN 42 632 387 663 · Golden Horse Minerals Announces Southern Cross Footprint Expansion and Producti… · announcements.asx.com.au

Emerald Resources now holds 55 WA tenements · Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) now holds 76 WA tenements

Traka Resources hands Liberty Metals 7,639 ha in South West

Traka Resources has transferred one exploration licence covering 7,639 hectares in the Shire of Cranbrook to Liberty Metals. The ground was previously held by James Ian Stewart and sits in the South West MF district.

Traka Resources now holds no WA tenements under that name · Liberty Metals now holds 2 WA tenements

Taylor, Graeme Francis hands Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) 2,066 ha in Yilgarn

Graeme Francis Taylor has transferred one exploration licence covering 2,066 hectares in the Shire of Yilgarn to Golden Horse Minerals (Aust). The ground lies 43 kilometres from Golden Orb’s gold operation in the Yilgarn mineral field.

Taylor, Graeme Francis now holds 10 WA tenements · Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) now holds 76 WA tenements

Quick transfers

• Winch-Buist, William John → BW Joint Fund: 2 tenements (141 ha), Yilgarn Shire
• Fleming, Leo Glenn → First Au: 4 tenements (600 ha), Menzies Shire, Coolgardie Shire
• Allen, Dianne Elizabeth → Forrestania Resources: 1 tenement (290 ha), Kondinin Shire
• Strange, Vernon Wesley → Goldzone Investments: 1 tenement (171 ha), Yilgarn Shire
• Medallion Metals → Liberty Metals: a 20% share in 1 tenement (857 ha), Ravensthorpe Shire

Mining leases granted

• M 47/1657 · Fortescue · 1,318 ha, East Pilbara Shire · converted from E 47/1191-I · applied for Mar 2025
• M 70/1414 · VRX Silica · 721 ha, Chittering Shire · covers the proposed Muchea Silica Sand mine · converted from E 70/4886 · applied for Apr 2022

Ground dropped

• Voltaic Strategic Resources — 3 tenements, 96,952 ha, Ashburton Shire, Upper Gascoyne Shire · view on map
• Aurigen — 4 tenements, 75,325 ha, Leonora Shire, Laverton Shire · view on map
• Dalgaranga Resources — 1 tenement, 37,051 ha, Wiluna Shire · view on map
• Greatland Resources — 1 tenement, 34,191 ha, East Pilbara Shire · view on map
• Jadar Lithium — 1 tenement, 18,609 ha, Karratha Shire · view on map
• Wildcat Resources — 3 tenements, 18,579 ha, Wiluna Shire, East Pilbara Shire · view on map
• Metallium — 1 tenement, 16,803 ha, Laverton Shire · view on map
• Westar Resources — 1 tenement, 13,091 ha, Laverton Shire · view on map
• Mt Malcolm Mines — 1 tenement, 12,760 ha, Laverton Shire · view on map
• Lightning Minerals — 4 tenements, 9,891 ha, Dundas Shire, Coolgardie Shire · view on map
• Rumble Resources — 3 tenements and part of 1 more, at least 5,860 ha, Dundas Shire, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire · open for application now · view on map
• Peg Resources — 1 tenement, 5,512 ha, Dundas Shire · view on map

See all of this week's dropped ground on the map

Opening soon

• Oct 20 — E 80/5362 · 10,101 ha (32 blocks) · East Pilbara Shire
• Oct 20 — E 40/390 · 1,198 ha (4 blocks) · Menzies Shire
• Oct 26 — E 59/2442 · 1,796 ha (6 blocks) · Yalgoo Shire
• Nov 5 — E 45/5416 · 1,607 ha (5 blocks) · Port Hedland Shire
• Nov 6 — E 52/3857 · 2,199 ha (7 blocks) · Meekatharra Shire

Still open

No competing application shows on the register for this ground. The live tenure layer can lag a couple of business days, so confirm in Tengraph before lodging.

• E 69/3787 — Earaheedy · 8,359 ha · Wiluna Shire · partly surrendered Oct 5
• E 47/3402-I — Fortescue · 2,541 ha · Ashburton Shire · partly surrendered Sep 23
• E 38/2916 — Regis Resources · 2,134 ha · Laverton Shire · partly surrendered Oct 8
• E 69/3862 — Earaheedy · 1,239 ha · Wiluna Shire · partly surrendered Oct 5
• P 24/5435 — Stehn, Anthony Paterson · 114 ha · Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire · surrendered Oct 12
• P 24/5436 — Stehn, Anthony Paterson · 35 ha · Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire · surrendered Oct 12
• E 45/4368 — Rumble Resources · 2,480 ha · East Pilbara Shire · surrendered Oct 12
• E 28/3626 — Chalwell Prospecting · 2,170 ha · Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire · surrendered Oct 8

Where the pegging is

Coolgardie Shire led with 18 new applications from 8 holders, ahead of East Pilbara Shire on 4.

New faces

• Jugan — 1 first application (899 ha), Perenjori Shire · no WAMEX history under that name
• Goldfields Technical Services — 3 first applications (590 ha), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire · 6 WAMEX reports since 2020

Worth watching next week

• 5 parcels totalling 16,901 ha are scheduled to come out of the release pool in the coming weeks (see Opening soon for dates).
• Voltaic Strategic Resources's 96,952 ha in Ashburton and Upper Gascoyne is the largest package back on the market.

Tenement transfers, applications, surrenders and status changes are shown as registered by DMPE, which can lag the underlying deal by several weeks. This briefing is derived from public DMPE data and NextMaps’ own DASC and RSS feeds; verify against official sources before acting.

General information only. Nothing here is financial, investment, legal or tenure advice, and it is not a recommendation to acquire, dispose of or apply for any tenement or financial product. NextMaps is not licensed to give such advice. Seek your own professional advice, and confirm the register yourself, before acting.