As part of ongoing exploration of three areas in the western and northern Murray Basin, an open-file data review, in conjunction with the acquisition and interpretation of previous aeromagnetic and gravity data, provided a basis for CRAE's siting of 5...

Drilling of 49 rotary mud and partially cored holes totalling 1443 m (of which only 20 holes penetrated into the top of the basement) has been undertaken at the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin to further outline an occurrence of Tertiary lignite...

14 rotary/cable tool holes were drilled to test for lignite and uranium.

The tenement was acquired to search for uranium contained within Tertiary palaeochannels. Uranium enriched zones were found in association with coaly or lignitic zones. Detail drilling is recommended to delineate the structure of the drainage system.

Two areas located approximately 45-55 km west of Ooldea were explored for possible buried Olympic Dam - type base metal deposits in poorly known Archaean to Early Proterozoic basement beneath the Eucla and Officer Basin sedimentary sequences. A...

The subject area, which covered the western onshore portion of the Polda Trough, was initially acquired to explore buried probable Carpentarian sediments for base metals and uranium, but a subsequent review of available information suggested that...

Exploration for base and precious metals within an area 40-60 km north-west of Penong, now relinquished from the EL, comprised 5 km of ground magnetic surveys and aircore drilling of 4 resulting magnetic features (13 holes, total 626 m). The drilling...

Scout drilling of gravity low anomalies in the eastern half of the buried Permian Wallira Trough (11 rotary mud holes totalling 1135 m), in a search for possible economic Upper Permian coal seams which might extend westward from those discovered in...

This report reviews the evolution of depositional environments for the Australian Permian sequence, particularly in regard to the formation of coal, and describes the interpreted nature of sedimentation in the Arckaringa Basin. The depositional...

Exploration was carried out 50 km east of Port Augusta to try to locate possible concealed Triassic coal-bearing basins similar to the nearby Boolcunda and Springfield basins, and to assess the potential for economic Cainozoic lignite occurrences....

Capital and operating costs of Monad process are estimated. Comparison with conventional drying processes is recommended.

TARGET: To define lignite in the Wilkinson Lakes lignite deposit which is of a composition that would be suitable to undergo carbon beneficiation and/or coal liquefaction processes; also, any economic oil shale occurrences and/or sedimentary uranium...

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Drilling of 7 holes (total 330 metres) in the Mount Gambier area failed to intersect Tertiary brown coal.

This report documents the construction for MESA of a technical database on the potential for undiscovered Triassic coal within small intermontane basins of the north-central Flinders Ranges region, addressing all alluvium-covered areas that lie within...

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No field work was undertaken on the Moorlands Lignite Field. Work carried out consisted of letters written to Ariadne and to Coaltech requesting an evaluation of the Moorlands lignite for its suitability for use as a furnace feed. No offers were made...

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...

Lignites were leached and dried to test feasibility for use as an auxiliary or start up fuel for a power station. Pilot plant tests indicate solar densified coal may be feasible for a production rate of 100 000 tonnes / annum.

Products to be recovered from coal by pyrolysis are fuel gases, tar for conversion to liquid fuels, and char for gasification or direct combustion. Laboratory tests performed on Wakefield coal have determined the nature and yields of decomposition...