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Weekly Intel 12 October 2026 8 min read

WA Mining Weekly Oct 6 - 12

Mineral Search to Jetstone Holdings leads 14 registered transfers this week, with 12 holders dropping ground and 3 new entrants to WA.

WA Mining Weekly Oct 6 - 12

Week on week, applications up 27% and transfers up 433%. 30,555 tenements are live or pending across the state.

Ground gone to ballot

4 parties in a ballot for 1,484 ha at Yilgarn

Allen, Dianne Elizabeth: 4 parties in a ballot: 1,484 ha, Yilgarn Shire, all lodged Oct 9Allen, Dianne Elizabeth released E 77/3423 in the Shire of Yilgarn, 1,484 ha in all, on Oct 2. 4 parties applied over it, every one of them lodging on Oct 9: Normandy Minerals, Leeuwin Metals, Strange, Vernon Wesley and McAulay, Darren Michael. DMPE normally decides priority between them by ballot.

NextMaps flagged this ground on Oct 2, 7 days before the first application landed.

3 companies in a ballot for 7,341 ha at Cue

Scorpion Minerals: 3 parties in a ballot: 7,341 ha, Cue Shire, all lodged Oct 9Scorpion Minerals was required to relinquish E 20/953 in the Shire of Cue, 7,341 ha in all, on Aug 28. 3 parties applied over it, every one of them lodging on Oct 9: Obsidian Mining Corporation, Catalina Resources and Hamelin Gold. DMPE normally decides priority between them by ballot.

NextMaps flagged this ground on Sep 22, 16 days before the first application landed.

Contested ground

Ground picked up

Who is collecting dropped ground

Goldtimers Prospecting has taken 8 parcels (3,989 ha) off 4 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.

Forrestania Resources has taken 7 parcels (5,162 ha) off 6 different holders in the last 90 days, across Dundas and Menzies. That includes ground dropped by Dynamic Metals and Solstice Minerals.

Biggest moves

Mineral Search leaves WA, handing Jetstone Holdings 954 ha at Dundas

Mineral Search to Jetstone Holdings: · 4 tenements, 954 ha, Esperance ShireJetstone Holdings received 4 tenements (954 ha) from Mineral Search in Esperance Shire (registered this week).

Why it matters: Mineral Search is left holding no WA tenements under that name, so this is an exit rather than a reshuffle.

Mineral Search now holds no WA tenements under that name · Jetstone Holdings now holds 5 WA tenements

Kairos Minerals leaves WA, handing Pilbara Gold 3,894 ha at Marble Bar

Kairos Minerals to Pilbara Gold: · 3 tenements, 3,894 ha, Port Hedland Shire, East Pilbara ShirePilbara Gold received 3 tenements (3,894 ha) from Kairos Minerals in Port Hedland Shire and East Pilbara Shire (registered this week).

Why it matters: Kairos Minerals is left holding no WA tenements under that name, so this is an exit rather than a reshuffle.

Kairos Minerals now holds no WA tenements under that name · Pilbara Gold now holds 3 WA tenements

Quick transfers

Companies exiting WA

Mining leases granted

Ground dropped

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

Opening soon

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.

Where the pegging is

Yilgarn Shire and Leonora Shire drew the most, 8 new applications each.Yilgarn Shire and Leonora Shire drew the most, 8 new applications each.

New faces

Worth watching next week

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.

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