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Data release - as updated : Wirrida Outstation. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/6/2012 to 7/6/2019.
An area covering probable extensions to the Permian sediments of the southern Phillipson Trough was taken up by Southern Coal Holdings (SCH), a wholly owned subsidiary of WPG Resources Ltd, to explore for possible economic sub-bituminous coal...-
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Published: 30 Jul 2019
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Western River (part of the Kangaroo Island Project). Second partial surrender report for the period 22/5/2003 to 12/6/2010.
Two project tenements enclosing a nearly 40 km long section of the deep-seated, east-west trending Cygnet-Snelling Shear Zone have been explored for possible economic gold and base metal sulphide mineralisation. A number of historic mine workings and...-
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Published: 16 Nov 2010
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Lake Labyrinth. Fourth partial surrender report, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2011.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located 20 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of a...-
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Published: 27 Jun 2011
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Carnding. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 18/1/2006 to 22/2/2012.
Three separate small sub-blocks forming a licence in the Tarcoola district have been explored for possible economic buried Tertiary sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation and for any other metallic mineralisation that may have formed in underlying...-
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Published: 29 Feb 2012
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Hallett. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/5/2013 to 22/5/2018.
Exploration for possible buried vein style copper-gold mineralisation, that may have formed in contact metamorphosed hornfelsic rocks adjacent to an inferred buried Delamerian or younger mafic intrusive body, has been conducted in a preliminary...-
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Published: 22 May 2018
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Lake Labyrinth (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2012.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located from 20-30 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of...-
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Published: 05 Apr 2012
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Lake Labyrinth. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/2/2010 to 1/2/2012.
Exploration for possible Proterozoic basement-hosted mesothermal gold mineralisation in rocks bounding the Labyrinth Shear Zone, 18 km north-west of Kingoonya, has consisted only of the acquisition of an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey (4847 line...-
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Published: 21 Mar 2012
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Morgans (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). Annual reports for the period 17/1/2012 to 16/1/2019.
An area of mainly covered bedrock consisting of two separate sub-blocks bordering the south-eastern Gawler Ranges, which is considered prospective for finding buried hypogene IOCG mineralisation and possible stratiform and metamorphic base metals in a...-
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Published: 21 Mar 2018
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Western River Cove - Parndana area (part of the Kangaroo Island Project). Data release: annual reports and first partial relinquishment report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/7/2005 to 18/10/2012.
An area in the vicinity of Parndana, located on north-central Kangaroo Island approximately 30 km west-southwest of Kingscote, is being explored mainly for possible economic gold and Mississippi Valley type base metal sulphide mineralisation...-
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Published: 26 Feb 2013
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Port Broughton. Progress reports, annual reports, technical reports, and final report to licence expiry/ surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 19/9/2001.
Exploration targetted Roxby Downs style and Ernest Henry style copper-gold mineralisation in an area of intensely magnetic, concealed Proterozoic metasedimentary and intrusive igneous basement terrain, characterised by complex regional geophysical...-
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Published: 12 Dec 2000
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Lake Cootabarlow. Annual reports for the period 26/5/97 to 23/1/2001.
In the past, little detailed mineral exploration has been conducted over the area lying immediately to the north-east of Lake Frome, east of the Beverley uranium deposit. Although the area retains potential for uranium, base metal, celestite and...-
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Published: 23 Jan 2001
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Carpie Puntha and Peterlumbo (part of the Wilcherry Hill Joint Venture Project). Data release made at the third renewal / partial surrender of the latter licence: progress reports and annual reports for the period 14/2/1989 to 30/8/2003. [Index 1 of 2].
Two contiguous areas located south of the Gawler Ranges, between Buckleboo and Franklin Harbour, were taken up primarily to explore the Early Proterozoic metasedimentary sequence for possible Broken Hill type economic stratiform / hydrothermal base...-
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Published: 16 Oct 2003
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The Musgrave Project [Part]. Data release in lieu of submitting a final report for EL 5317: joint annual reports for the period 5/10/2010 - 31/1/2016, plus separate letters of advice of full surrenders the last being accepted on 10/11/2016.
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Published: 06 Oct 2016
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Tilcha 2 area. Progress report to licence surrender for the period 19/11/2007 to 18/11/2008.
An area underlain by possible Broken Hill district - style Palaeoproterozoic basement strata, situated on the northern margin of the Curnamona Province, was explored by conducting 50 line km of reconnaissance ground geophysical profiles comprising...-
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Published: 10 Jun 2008
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Sahara Prospect. Final report, Model Test and Core Scanning. Project ADI RD02-270 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
This report summarises exploration conducted by Western Areas between May 2021 and October 2021, under the ADI Agreement ADI: RD02/270-ED Sahara Prospect Model Test and Core Scanning. The discovery of magmatic Ni-Cu sulphide at Sahara in 2020,...-
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Published: 31 Oct 2022
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bonnie Brae. Annual reports for the period 4/8/2011 to 3/8/2018.
An area centred ~30 km north of Winnininnie is being explored for possible buried primary hydrothermal gold deposits within Neoproterozoic bedrock, as part of a broader search for same in a region which has significant surficial gold deposits which...-
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Published: 04 Oct 2017
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Playford South-East. Annual reports for the period 18/12/2006 to 17/12/2010.
A previously undrilled area of the Stuart Shelf centred about 80 km west-northwest of Andamooka and 50 km north-east of the Olympic Dam mine is being explored for possible economic buried IOCGU mineralisation that may be hosted by Mesoproterozoic...-
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Published: 08 Feb 2011
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EL6648 - Whey Whey Creek area. Annual technical reports and surrender report for the period 02/09/2021 to 12/04/2024.
Exploration Licence 6648 is located approximately 130 km northeast of Peterborough, north of the Barrier Highway. The tenement was applied for, for the purpose of joining the two parts of existing tenement EL 6484 already held by the company. The...-
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Published: 17 May 2024
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SP 020 Goldfields of South Australia
Although gold is widespread throughout South Australia, the state has traditionally been, and continues to be, recognised as a minor producer. The 2001-2002 gold production figure of 3.64 t still only represents approximately 1.4% of the total...-
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SP 001 Silver and a Trace of Gold
After placing the Aclare mine within its setting in the early mining history of the Kanmantoo and Callington districts, this historical account ranges widely, for the problems encountered during Aclare's period of operation plus the vicissitudes of...-
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