Shallow diamond drilling of a diatomaceous siltstone occurrence located 14 km north of Geranium Siding (24 vertical BQ cored holes, total 93.5 m) outlined an indicated in situ resource of 1 Mt, comprising a 5 m thick bed of 60%-70% diatom content...

Initial bulk gravel sampling for diamond indicator minerals, and sampling of residual surface clays for base metals, returned negative results and only background values respectively. Subsequent rotary drilling of 3 holes (total 390 m), following...

Diamonds and base and precious metal exploration undertaken north-east of Port Kenny on western Eyre Peninsula comprised loam sampling for kimberlite indicator minerals, RC drilling (7 vertical holes, total 470 m), plus bedrock petrological, heavy...

Field investigations were undertaken of reported occurrences of the rare strontium-bearing sulphate mineral celestite within lacustrine chemical sediments deposited along the western and southern margins of Lakes Frome, Callabonna and Blanche. The...

A manganese-rich Adelaidean stratigraphic unit outcropping along the western flank of the Mount Remarkable Range, which returned 1.8% Co, 1.5% Cu and 1.0% Zn in a grab sample from the Willowie Cobalt prospect, warrants further work because it is...

Exploration for possible buried Ernest Henry or Olympic Dam style copper-gold mineralisation in the Nuckulla Hill area, 120 km north-east of Ceduna, did not progress during the first two years of tenure due to uncertainties in selecting a new remote...

The Wheal Ellen prospect situated at the centre of EL 3232 is named after the historical lead-zinc-silver mine which was worked there, primarily in the 1850s. Numerous other old shallow workings are also present along strike and in beds running...

Exploration work undertaken within an area located 80 km north of Yunta and just to the south of Baratta has concentrated on two regional targets: Cainozoic sediments hosting possible alluvial gold, evaporite and uranium deposits, and Neoproterozoic...

Some large areas of vacant ground located in the south and west of Mulgathing Station that lie adjacent to the Bulgunnia Fault Zone were taken up by Monax Mining initially to explore primarily for Olympic Dam type IOCG-U mineralisation and also for...

A renewed effort to determine the diamond mineral potential of the 15.6 square km of land comprising Flinders Island was instigated during January 1999, under tenure of EL 2577, by Orogenic Exploration Pty Ltd, a company related to the previous...

Olympic Dam style copper-gold mineralisation was the target of exploration in two adjoining areas which lie about 100 km north-northeast of Port Augusta and 55 km west of Hawker, on alluvial plains adjacent to south-eastern Lake Torrens. All of the...

During the 2006-2007 licence reporting year (Year 16), on renewed EL 3516 Middleback Range, incoming new licensee OneSteel determined from a review of BHP Billiton's drilling database that some 3.1 Mt of JORC 'inferred' category iron ore (haematite)...

During licence Year 11, the lithological logs were digitised and are now presented for the remaining eight holes of the first drilling program (completed in 2002), together with the holes from the second (2003), and third (2004) drilling programs....

The Neoproterozoic is characterised by global environmental change and the diversification of many groups in the fossil record including animals and photosynthesising microflora. The cause-effect relationships between environmental and biotic changes...

An area centred approximately 50 km west-northwest of Tarcoola was taken up to explore for possible economic Tertiary palaeochannel-hosted roll front type sedimentary uranium mineralisation. EL 3372 contains the Warrior Palaeochannel, a tributary of...

Development of the Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit in the Mount Woods region will require an adequate source of water to support planned mining and ore processing operations, currently estimated to involve at least 6 million tonnes of ore per year....

Exploration Licence 2494 was granted in March 1998 to Paladin Energy Minerals NL and Brightstar Power Corporation Pty Ltd - the Paladin Brightstar Joint Venture (PBJV), with Paladin Resources NL as manager. The target commodity being explored for by...

This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 31 December 2015, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...

This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 31 December 2014, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...

This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2015, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...