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Galena

Shire of Northampton

Galena is a lithium, copper and zinc exploration project in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, earlier explored for lead. Its 3 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1974 and 2023, most recently Lennard Shelf Exploration Pty Ltd in 2023.

Reports
3
Operators
3
companies on record
Worked
50yrs
1974 to 2023, 3 years ago
Main target
Lithium
Lead most reported overall
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Galena in the Shire of Northampton
Ground extent15 × 90 km
Report areas mapped3

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Galena, most active first.

Lennard Shelf Exploration Pty Ltd 1Askins P W Baxter C 1Aust Consolidated Minerals Ltd 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 5 live and pending tenements sit over the Galena ground, held under 4 names.

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Exploration record on Galena

Local government
Shire of Northampton
Commodities targeted
Lead 3 · Copper 2 · Silver 2 · Zinc 2 · Graphite 1 · Lithium 1
Work on record
Auger drilling 1 · Geological mapping 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Petrology 1 · Soil sampling 1 · Vlf EM surveys 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
2 of 3 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 2 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
11970s
1980s
1990s
12000s
2010s
12020s

Exploration reports

3 WAMEX reports filed over Galena.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A134319 2023 Lennard Shelf Exploration Pty Ltd Galena Project E66/105 for the period ending 23/02/2023.
A79426 2008 Askins P W; Baxter C ANNUAL REPORT for E66/51 GALENA for the Period 30 July 2007 to 29 July 2008
A5724 1974 Aust Consolidated Minerals Ltd [Annual] report on Galena area, 1973 - 1974, MC66/40 ... 66/517

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What does the exploration record say about Galena?

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