35 surface samples of various clastic sediments deposited on Kangaroo Island were studied microscopically to see if the respective abundances, composition and mineralogical features of their heavy mineral grain components might shed light on possible...

The now relinquished south-western portion of a licence area centred ~130 km north-west of Ceduna has been explored for possible economic marine placer heavy mineral sands deposits. The only work which took place on this ground was the aircore...

A group of exploration licences located on the northern margin of the Eucla Basin, and situated north of the Trans Australian Railway, which cover ground extending into the Eocene to Miocene marginal marine depositional hinterland behind the Barton...

An area centred ~70 km north-east of Ceduna has been explored by Iluka Resources for possible economic buried Tertiary heavy mineral sands (HM) marine placer deposits. The only work performed on EL 4545 has been the conduct during 2008 of limited...

Through the financial assistance of PIRSA's PACE Initiative, Iluka Resources has undertaken exploratory drilling activities on its Maralinga area ELs 4330, 4333, 4334, 4337 and 4338 in the eastern Eucla Basin, as approved Year 6 programme DPY6-61....

A licence area consisting of two separate sub-blocks located on the plains extending to the west of the Middleback Range on north-eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up to explore for possible economic buried deposits of stratabound magnetite iron ore...

Six of the 31 heavy mineral sands (HM) exploration licences that were originally granted to Iluka Resources (Iluka) in September 2009 (which then were designated as Iluka's tenement Group 4) have recently been fully surrendered, because they are now...

A group of exploration licences located on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin, at a short distance east and south-east of Ceduna, are being explored for economic Tertiary heavy mineral sands (HM) marine placer deposits by Iluka Resources. The...

A group of exploration licences located on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin, that cover ground a short distance north of Ceduna, are being explored for economic Tertiary heavy mineral sands (HM) marine placer deposits by Iluka Resources. One...

An area consisting of two separate sub-blocks located ~50 km north-east and east of Burra has been explored for possible economic buried marine placer heavy mineral (HM) sand deposits. The target strata comprised littoral marine sediments of the...

Exploration for possible economic heavy mineral sands carried out by Iluka Resources within an area centred 100 km west of Tarcoola has consisted only of desktop studies and failed joint venture negotiations - no field work was done. The background...

Large portions of two licence areas located between 50 and 80 km north of Ceduna, with a combined total subject area of 1119.6 square km, have now been relinquished by Iluka in compliance with statutory requirements made under the company's Eucla...

Two adjoining areas centred ~ 75 km east of Tailem Bend have been explored for possible economic buried Tertiary marine placer heavy mineral sand (HMS) deposits that may have been formed within the Murray Basin sedimentary succession, as winnowed...

A large, ~1300 square km licence area extending NE-SW and centred ~100 km west of Tarcoola and ~170 km NNW of Ceduna was taken up to explore part of the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin for possible economic buried Tertiary detrital heavy mineral...

Four exploration licences distributed along the northern and north-eastern edges of Iluka's Group 4 of jointly reported tenements have been fully surrendered, after work performed there recently suggested that their perceived prospectivity for...

Within an area located approximately 110 km north-west of Ceduna, exploration has primarily been directed at assessing the heavy mineral sands potential of Tertiary Eucla Basin shoreline sediments, with an additional objective of determining the base...

An area centred ~7 km west-southwest of Morgan has been explored since 8/7/2013 by Iluka Resources (Iluka) for possible economic buried Tertiary heavy mineral sands deposits. The company was targeting any mineralised Loxton-Parilla Sand (LPS)...

Three entire exploration licence areas centred approximately 150 km north of Maralinga have been surrendered by Iluka Resources because they are now deemed unprospective for heavy mineral marine placer deposits. These areas lie on the interpreted...

The geomorphic feature known as the Ooldea Range, a prominent Eocene dune formed at the limit of the marine transgression on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin, has now been taken under licence by WA-based company Iluka Resources to explore for...

A small area centred ~30 km west-northwest of Ceduna has been explored for possible economic Tertiary heavy mineral sands deposits. During the first licence year, Bemax performed a literature review and examined available geological data for this...