Following a change in exploration focus in late 1985, from the search for sedimentary uranium to looking for possible Broken Hill style stratiform Ag-Pb-Zn base metal mineralisation within concealed Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks, in the Kalkaroo...

Known fine-grained cassiterite vein mineralisation occurring at Prospect Hill was investigated via detailed geological mapping (at 1:1000 scale), ground magnetic surveying and the conduct of metallurgical testwork. Out of this work it was concluded...

TARGET: Possible diamondiferous kimberlites, Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, and base metals associated with chemosedimentary iron formations. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetic and gravity surveys, rock chip and loam sampling, and stratigraphic...

During licence Year 6, in November 2005, Mt Gibson Iron Limited (MGI) undertook a brief exploration campaign at Hawks Nest, acting under the terms of an access and option agreement which it had made with Felix Resources Limited, a company seeking to...

During Year 12 of the Olary JV Project (2008-2009), field work was undertaken only on EL 3849 Outalpa to make up for the earlier underspending on that licence relative to commitments. In early 2009, a ground radioactivity survey was acquired using a...

Work targeting Archaean to Proterozoic iron ore in BIF that was carried out by the Iron Road JV partners during 2010-2011 comprised studies of the geological setting and physical characteristics of magnetite iron mineralisation delineated by Stage I...

A large part of the Harris Greenstone Domain basement tectonostratigraphic block, extending from 10 km to 130 km west of Kingoonya, is being explored for possible buried economic gold, nickel and other base metal mineralisation which may be associated...

At the newly discovered Mount Torrens lead prospect, grid auger soil geochemical sampling, 1:5000 scale geological mapping, limited ground geophysical test surveying and the drilling of 23 percussion holes totalling 3388 m indicated the existence of...

Arising out of exploratory drilling carried out by Ironclad Mining in 2012, which aimed to test the shallow subsurface haematite ore potential of an ironstone outcrop located in the central north of the Wilcherry Hill licence area, an unexpected...

For the period from 1/1/2013 until the date of licence full surrender, the following additional activities were undertaken: - 1/1/2013 to 31/1/2013 – magnetite ore characterisation analyses, and interpretation of 2012 ground gravity survey data,...

During licence Year 11 (2007-2008), exploration activities on renewed EL 3745 included: • acquiring 1.9 line km of TEM profiles at Dingo prospect; • acquiring 21.4 line km of ground magnetic survey coverage at 1-metre station spacing on three...

In 2022 SIMEC Mining/Onesteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd successfully applied for up to $270,000 of funding through the South Australian Government’s Accelerated Discovery Initiative (ADI) program. The company proposed to undertake RC and diamond drilling...

No work was reported as occurring on this area during its tenure.

During the 2011-2012 project reporting period, exploration activities within the Mount Woods Project area which were conducted by OZL primarily targeted IOCG style mineralisation. Work included: · a continuation of office-based target generation and...

During the 2009-2010 reporting year, as part of the strategy to significantly advance the future development of the Hawks Nest Iron Ore Project, Western Plains Resources (WPG) successfully concluded a series of complex joint venture negotiations with...

During the Northern Eyre Peninsula Project (NEPP) 2013-2014 reporting year, exploration field work took place on two of the six project tenements. On EL 4884 Minbrie, a single 151 m deep vertical RC drillhole, BURC092, was completed in August 2013,...

Two separate prospect areas have been explored with reconnaissance and follow-up IP surveys (total 264 line km), ground magnetic surveys (34 line km), minor TX - Afmag and REM surveys (4 line km), and regional and detailed geological mapping (1:12,000...

A project to compare Gawler Craton iron formations of unknown age with those of known Archaean age (from geochronology) and with the Proterozoic, Lake Superior - type Middleback Range iron deposits has concentrated on characterising each formation by...

A programme of ground magnetic surveying along 7 short traverses, plus air/mud drag-bit percussion drilling (5 vertical open holes totalling 509 m) was used to investigate a set of previously untested discrete aeromagnetic high anomalies covered by...

This report deals comprehensively with the physiography, prospect geology, and ore genesis, and includes an assessment of the iron ore reserves and other mineral resources of an area which has been almost the sole source of the iron ore used in...