WA Mining Weekly May 25 - 31
Majors moving, juniors circling: the Dundas rush, Catalyst's Plutonic play, and the ground set to expire this week.
This Week’s Big Stories
Dundas Expiry Triggers Five-Way Scramble for Released Ground
Five applicants have piled onto a block of recently expired ground in the Dundas area: Peg Resources, Amery Holdings, Mining Equities, Forrestania Resources and Voyage Minerals. The history explains the rush. This ground has been pegged 53 times in nearly 101 years, with earlier scrambles clustering around 1970, 1980 and 1981. The draw now looks to be lithium: the Earl Grey pit at Mt Holland (Wesfarmers and SQM) sits about 80 km away in the southern Yilgarn. Amery and Mining Equities are no newcomers either, holding 53 and 77 tenements in the region respectively, and the surrounding ground is already tightly held by the likes of Charger Metals, Flynn Gold and Rubix Resources.
Catalyst Metals moves to close out its Vango takeover
Catalyst shifted more than a hundred tenements around its corporate structure this week, the administrative tail end of its $66 million takeover of Vango Mining. Vango brings a 1 Moz resource at 3.3 g/t gold across 40 km of strike in the Marymia-Plutonic belt, ground that has carried fragmented ownership for years despite its prospectivity. Paired with Catalyst’s earlier merger with Superior Gold, which delivered the adjacent Plutonic mine and its 3 Mtpa mill, the strategy is straightforward: feed higher-grade ore from targets like K2, Trident and Old Highway into the Plutonic plant to drive unit costs down. The consolidated belt reportedly holds around 7 Moz.
CGN Resources cements its Leonora footprint with Desdemona
CGN picked up 20 tenements covering roughly 16,000 hectares, almost all transferring from Kin West, completing its acquisition of the Desdemona Project from Patronus Resources (formerly Kin Mining). The deal was all-scrip, about $500,000 in shares, structured to keep CGN’s cash intact. That landholding now puts CGN at around 386 km² in the Leonora Gold Province, along strike from Gwalia and King of the Hills. With roughly $2.5 million preserved for drilling, the company is lining up maiden RC programs at the Christmas Well and Panhandle prospects, both barely touched since the early 2000s and shallow enough to give CGN a walk-up drill target without the cost of starting from scratch.
Contested Ground
Wildcat Resources Lodges 7 Pilbara Applications
WILDCAT RESOURCES LIMITED and WILDCAT (TABBA) PTY LTD lodged 7 new applications in the Pilbara mineral field.
Dundas Mineral Field Sees 7 New Applications
PEG RESOURCES PTY LTD, AMERY HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MINING EQUITIES PTY LTD, FORRESTANIA RESOURCES LIMITED, and VOYAGE MINERALS PTY LTD lodged 7 new applications in the Dundas mineral field.
Murchison Mineral Field Receives 7 Applications
KIMBERLEY INFRASTUCTURE PTY LTD, PARBO PADBURY PTY LTD, and THIRD EYE RESOURCES PTY LIMITED lodged 7 new applications in the Murchison mineral field.
North E Coolgardie Sees 5 New Applications
TECHGEN METALS LTD and PIPPIN, AARON JOHN lodged 5 new applications in the North E Coolgardie mineral field.
Dundas Tenement Expiry Triggers 4 Applications
Following the expiry of 1 tenement in the Dundas mineral field, PEG RESOURCES PTY LTD, AMERY HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MINING EQUITIES PTY LTD, and FORRESTANIA RESOURCES LIMITED lodged 4 new applications.
Ground Set to Expire This Week
Live tenements expiring in the next 7 days with no renewal applied for.
KARORA (HIGGINSVILLE) tenement expiring in DUNDAS M.F.
A 182-hectare Prospecting Licence, P 63/2100, held by major company KARORA (HIGGINSVILLE) PTY LTD, is set to expire on 2026-06-04 in the DUNDAS M.F. mineral field.
BLACK CAT (KAL EAST) tenement expiring in BULONG
A 135-hectare Prospecting Licence, P 25/2463, held by major company BLACK CAT (KAL EAST) PTY LTD, is due to expire on 2026-06-04 in the BULONG mineral field.
BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES tenement expiring in MT. MARGARET
A 6,468-hectare Exploration Licence, E 38/3500, held by mid-tier company BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES LIMITED, is set to expire on 2026-06-08 in the MT. MARGARET mineral field.
BLACK CAT (PAULSENS) tenement expiring in WEST PILBARA M.F.
A 3,332-hectare Exploration Licence, E 47/1773-I, held by mid-tier company BLACK CAT (PAULSENS) PTY LTD, is due to expire on 2026-06-07 in the WEST PILBARA M.F. mineral field.
TECHGEN METALS tenement expiring in MARBLE BAR
A 1,960-hectare Exploration Licence, E 45/5506, held by mid-tier company TECHGEN METALS LTD, expires on 2026-06-02 in the MARBLE BAR mineral field.
ABEH PTY LTD tenement expiring in COOLGARDIE
A 1,960-hectare Exploration Licence, E 15/1674, held by mid-tier company ABEH PTY LTD, is set to expire on 2026-06-03 in the COOLGARDIE mineral field.
BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES tenement expiring in MT. MARGARET
A 1,176-hectare Exploration Licence, E 38/3504, held by mid-tier company BRIGHTSTAR RESOURCES LIMITED, is due to expire on 2026-06-08 in the MT. MARGARET mineral field.
TECHGEN METALS tenement expiring in MARBLE BAR
A 784-hectare Exploration Licence, E 45/5511, held by mid-tier company TECHGEN METALS LTD, expires on 2026-06-02 in the MARBLE BAR mineral field.
MATSA GOLD tenement expiring in MT. MORGANS
A 784-hectare Exploration Licence, E 39/1760, held by mid-tier company MATSA GOLD PTY LTD, is set to expire on 2026-06-04 in the MT. MORGANS mineral field.
HAOMA MINING NL tenement expiring in MARBLE BAR
A 392-hectare Exploration Licence, E 45/3940, held by mid-tier company HAOMA MINING NL, is due to expire on 2026-06-06 in the MARBLE BAR mineral field.
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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.