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L 47/279

PendingMiscellaneous LicenceShire of AshburtonWest Pilbara M.F. District

Area

15.68ha

Applied

June 2008

18 years ago

WAMEX reports

WA median is 53

Report drilling

of 43 reports

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Register summary

Holder: Hamersley Iron Pty. Limited
Part of: Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) as at 2025-12-31
Local government: Shire of Ashburton
Application received: 24 June 2008

Exploration history on this ground

43 historical WAMEX exploration reports intersect L 47/279: 10 report geochemistry or sampling, 28 include a digital data package.

When this ground was worked · 42 of 43 reports dated

41980s

71990s

172000s

142010s

Most recent reports

Report	Year	Operator	Project	On this ground	Title
A112210	2017	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Annual Report Exploration Licence 47/1781 (GDSR 6556) for the period 02/02/2016 to 01/02/201
A105735	2015	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina	<1%	Kangeenarina Project Area Combined Annual Report Exploration Licence 47/1781 and Prospecting Licences 47/1337,
A105452	2015	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Combined Annual Mineral Exploration Report: C225/2008 Solomon East for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 Decembe
A101034	2014	Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Project, Partial Surrender Report for the period 02/02/2008 to 14/01/2014, E47/1781. [C21/20
A101548	2014	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Annual Report for the Period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013, C225/2008 Solomon East

38 more reports

A102239	2014	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina	<1%	Kangeenarina Project Area Combined Annual Report Exploration Licence 47/1781 and Prospecting Licences 47/1337
A97997	2013	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina	<1%	Kangeenarina Project, Annual Report for the period 24th April 2012 to 23rd April 2013, E47/1781; P47/1337 & 13
A97386	2013	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Annual Report for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012, Solomon East Project C225/2008, E47/1011, 131
A93815	2012	Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Annual Technical Report for Kangeenarina E47/1781, P47/1337 & P47/1353-1359 C21/2008 for the period 24 April 2
A93275	2012	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Solomon East Project, Annual Report for the period 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011, E47/1011, 1333, 1334, 1398, 1399,
A89651	2011	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Annual report for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010, Solomon East Project, C225/2008 Tenement Num
A90040	2011	Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Project, Annual Report for the period 24th April 2010 to 23rd April 2011, E47/1781; P47/1337
A85927	2010	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Annual report for the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, Solomon East Project
A86608	2010	Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Project Area, Combined Annual Technical Report for Exploration and Prospect Licences E47/178
A81239	2009	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon East	<1%	Annual report for the period 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008, Solomon East Project, E47/1011, E47/1333, E47
A82133	2009	Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Project Area Combined Annual Technical Report for Exploration and Prospect Licences E47/1781
A78473	2008	Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Project Combined Annual Report for E47/1781, P47/1337, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358 Re
A75165	2007	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well Project, Annual Report for the period 24th April 2006 to 23th April 2007, E47/731.
A72458	2006	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well, Annual Report for E47/731, 24 April 2005 to 23 April 2006.
A70857	2005	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well iron ore exploration	<1%	Kangeenarina Well, Annual report for E47/731, 10 June 2004 - 09 June 2005 (C264/1996, Ref 2118).
A68951	2004	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well, Annual Report E47/731 for the period 10/06/2003-09/06/2004.
A67859	2003	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Final Surrender Report for the period ending 2003 Mount Sheila Project E47/720
A66811	2003	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Combined Annual Report for the period 9 May 2002 to 8 May 2003 Mt Sheila Project E47/536,720 GDSR No.4322
A66929	2003	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well/Stevenson Bore, Combined Annual Report for E47/731,E47/803 10 June 2001 to 9 Jun2002. Robe R
A65116	2002	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well/Stevenson	<1%	Combined Annual Report For E47/731 and E47/803 10 June 2001 - 9 June 2002. Our Ref: 1752 DMPR Ref: C264/1996
A64866	2002	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences E47/536 & & E47/720 Report for The Period 9th May 2001 to 8th May
A63736	2001	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well E47/731 Partial Surrender Report.
A62717	2001	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Mt.Sheila Project Area Exploration Licences E47/536 & E47/720 West Pilbara Mineral Field Western Australia Com
A62950	2001	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Wel	<1%	Kangeenarina Well/Stevenson Bore, Combined Annual Report for E47/731,803, 10 June 2000 - 9 June 2001.
A60875	2000	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well/Stevenson Bore Combined Annual Report for E47/731 and E47/803 10 June 1999 to 9 June 2000.Re
A60716	2000	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Turner/ Mount Sheila	<1%	Mt Sheila Project Combined Annual Reprot Exploration Licences E47/536 & E47/720 West Pilbara Mineral field Wes
A58755	1999	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well / Stevenson Bore Combined Annual Report E47/731, E47/803 10/06/1998 - 09/06/1999
A58457	1999	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Mt Sheila Project Combined Annual Report Exploration Licence s E47/536,720, Report for the Period 9/5/1998 to
A55356	1998	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well	<1%	Kangeenarina Well/Stevenson Bore Combined Annual Report for E47/731 and E47/803 10/06/97-09/06/98
A55065	1998	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Detrital and Associated Resources at Mount Sheila, Combined Annual Report 1997/1998 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd E4
A51550	1997	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Detrital and Associated Resources at Mt Sheila Combined Annual Report 1996 to 1997 E47/536 and E47/720 West Pi
A51876	1997	Robe River Mining Co Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina Well - Stevenson Bore	<1%	Kangeenarina Well/Stevenson Bore Annual report for E47/731 and E47/803 10 June 1996 to 9 June 1997 C264/1996
A48320	1996	Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd	Mount Sheila	<1%	Mt Sheila Exploration Licences E47/536 & E47/720 West Pilbara Mineral Field Western Australia Annual report fo
A23242	1988	Cra Exploration Pty Ltd	Silvergrass	<1%	Silvergrass Project[s], Final Surrender Report , March 1987,E47/226 - 230 & ELA 47/241 - 242.
A11453	1982	Hamersley Exp Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina-Mount Margaret	<1%	TR 6979H. Report for the period 12/5/81 to 30/6/82
A10007	1981	Hamersley Exp Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina-Mount Margaret	<1%	Annual report. TRs 6975 - 6980H. 1980/81
A9194	1980	Hamersley Exp Pty Ltd	Kangeenarina-Mount Margaret	<1%	1979/90. TRs 6979 H & 6980 H
A79097	1753	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd	Solomon	<1%	Annual report for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008, Solomon Project, E47/1011, E47/1306, E47/1333, E47

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Expenditure compliance, expiry and ownership-age signals become available once this application is granted. L 47/279 is a pending application, so it has no expenditure obligation, expiry date or ownership history yet.

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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 2026-09-27. Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.