Tungsten, Molybdenum

Exploration continues to focus on increasing resources for tungsten and molybdenum in the Aileron Province.

Prospectivity

The Territory’s most significant tungsten and molybdenum resource is at the Molyhil tungsten and molybdenum deposit hosted in the Aileron Province northeast of Alice Springs. Further tungsten occurrences are present in the Hatches Creek and Wauchope tungsten fields in the Davenport Province that produced most historic production of wolframite and scheelite. Historic occurrences across the Aileron province and Pine Creek Orogen highlight further exploration opportunities.

The Molyhil deposit is hosted in a scheelite-molybdenite-magnetite skarn located 220 km northeast of Alice Springs near the Plenty Highway, with estimated resources containing 11,800 t of tungsten and 4,000 t of molybdenum. Tivan Ltd has acquired Investigator Resources Ltd 25% interest in the Molyhil and all surrounding tenements held by Thor Energy PLC. Tivan will focus on exploring the project's upside and undertaking an updated Prefeasibility study in 2026.

Projects

In approvals process

Region	Project	Resource	Company
Aileron Province	Molyhil	4.65 Mt @ 0.26% WO₃, 0.09% Mo	Tivan Ltd

JORC resources

Region	Deposit	Resource	Company
Aileron Province	Samarkand	0.245 Mt @ 0.19% WO₃, 0.13% Cu	Tivan Ltd
Aileron Province	White Violet	0.495 Mt @ 0.22% WO₃, 0.06% Cu	Tivan Ltd
Davenport Province	Hatches Creek	12 Mt @ 0.17% WO₃, 0.12% Cu 6.1 Mt @ 0.29% Cu	Tungsten Mining NL

Exploration Results

Region	Name	Resource	Company
Davenport Province	Hatches Creek	Green Diamond: 4 m @ 1.45% WO₃, 37 m @ 0.14% WO₃, 3 m @ 6.30% Cu	Tungsten Mining NL
Davenport Province	Hatches Creek	Hit or Miss: 17 m @ 0.43% WO₃	Tungsten Mining NL
Davenport Province	Hatches Creek	Treasure: 5 m @ 2.05% WO₃	Tungsten Mining NL
Davenport Province	Hatches Creek	Bonanza: 5 m @ 1.51% WO₃	Tungsten Mining NL

More information

NTGS reports and publications

Tungsten, molybdenum search in GEMIS
McGloin et al (2019). Using tourmaline to identify base metal and tungsten mineralising processes in the Jervois mineral field and Bonya Hills, Aileron Province. NTGS Record 2019-001.

Last updated:

26 November 2025

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