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Bookabie. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/10/2013 to 7/10/2016.
An area centred ~85 km west-northwest of Ceduna has ben explored for possible buried Ni±Cu±Co±Cr±PGE mineralisation of either Thomson Nickel Belt or Nova-Bollinger deposit styles, that may be associated with ultramafic–mafic rocks at four prospects...-
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Published: 07 Nov 2016
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Thurlga Ramp (part of the Eyre Peninsula Project, Corrobinnie Uranium JV and Thurlga JV periods). Data release : final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/1/2013 to 3/5/2019.
During the report period, licensee Andromeda Metals did no on-ground exploration. During its agreed 3-year earn-in period, joint venturer Investigator Resources undertook the following work described herein: - acquisition of high resolution aerial...-
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Published: 19 Jul 2019
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Data release: Sundown Outstation (part of the Alcurra Project). Annual reports to licence suspension, for the period 11/10/2012 to 10/10/2018.
An area straddling the Stuart Highway next to the SA/NT state border, ~40 km south of Kulgera, was taken up to explore for possible buried economic magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, epithermal gold and Broken Hill type copper-lead-zinc mineralisation that...-
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Published: 06 Jan 2019
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Data release: Mount Howe (part of the Alcurra Project). Annual reports to licence suspension, for the period 11/10/2012 to 10/10/2018.
An area straddling the Tarcoola - Alice Springs Railway line next to the SA/NT state border, ~40 km south-southeast of Kulgera, was taken up to explore for possible buried economic magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, epithermal gold and Broken Hill type...-
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Published: 06 Jan 2019
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 4 partnership DPY4-05, west-central Musgrave Province: Giles Complex, Harcus intrusion and Purananja intrusion magmatic copper-nickel-PGE prospects. Project interim and final reports.
PepinNini Minerals has recently completed a small stratigraphic drilling programme within the Musgrave Province in South Australia, which was carried out as a collaborative drilling project (DPY4-05) undertaken between the company and the SA...-
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Published: 30 Nov 2007
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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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Fig Tree Corner. Second partial surrender report, for the period 10/3/2005 to 4/4/2019.
Most of a sizeable licence area located on SA's Far West Coast, which formerly extended for 10 to 90 km inland from the vicinity of Bookabie, has now been partially relinquished owing to its perceived diminished prospectivity for Tertiary marine...-
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Published: 12 Apr 2019
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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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Nundroo. First annual and final report for the period 6/12/2001 to 5/12/2002.
The Thompson Nickel Belt of Canada was considered an analogue for the Fowler Suture Zone on the western margin of the Gawler Craton, 150 km north-west of Ceduna. Here, intensely magnetic zones consisting of cumulus gabbro-diorite and tonalite are...-
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Published: 12 Dec 2002
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Penong B area and Yumbarra (part of the Eucla Basin Project tenement Group 2). Joint final report at licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2017.
Two adjoining areas located north of Koonibba were taken up to explore this part of the south-eastern Eucla Basin for possible buried economic marine placer deposits of heavy mineral sands (HM), because they were believed to contain shallow or exposed...-
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Published: 12 Sep 2017
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Poondinga. Third partial surrender report, for the period 27/10/2004 to 4/4/2019.
309.6 square km or ~18.77% of the pre-existing area of EL 5564 Poondinga was partially relinquished on 19/2/2019 because in the licensee's view this south-eastern portion of the licence are does not appear to exhibit the geological features required...-
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Published: 12 Apr 2019
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Ooldea. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 2/7/2015 to 12/4/2019.
EL 5639, centred ~210 km north-west of Ceduna, was acquired by Iluka’s New Commodities team in 2015 as part of its strategy to explore for possible Voiseys Bay style magmatic nickel, copper and platinum group metallic mineralisation which might be...-
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Published: 29 Apr 2019
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RI 025 The Geology of the Mann 4 Mile Sheet
Includes Petrography of granulites and associated rocks. Appendix in: Mirams, R.C.-
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RB 2003/00021 Musgrave Province - Geological summary and exploration history.
The Musgrave Province is largely incorporated within the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands and includes cratonic crystalline middle Proterozoic basement rocks of the Musgrave Province proper, as well as mantling younger sedimentary rock successions...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2003
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RB 2002/00028 Gawler Craton, 2002. State of play. [Notes to accompany viewing of the ancillary] Drill core display.
This geotechnical workshop of seminars and core displays, which was held over two days on 5-6 December 2002, aimed to highlight recent collaborative research between PIRSA [MER], Geoscience Australia and the South Australian mineral industry that has...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2002
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RB 2002/00031 Musgrave Block, central Australia. Regional geology from interpretation of airborne magnetic data.
A regional geological interpretation of newly-acquired magnetic data for the majority of the Musgrave Block (central Australia) has been compiled at 1:250 000 scale. This report outlines the methodology and results of interpretation. Highlights of...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2002
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RB 2004/00016 Voisy's Bay - Reid Brook Zone: vectors to mineralisation
In his two month - long technical secondment from PIRSA to Canadian major nickel explorer and producer Inco Ltd, the mode of genesis of the Reid Brook Zone of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper mineralised magmatic system was analysed by the author using...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2004
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ExpNotes LINCOLN: Explanatory Notes LINCOLN, SI 53-11.
The LINCOLN 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area covers southern Eyre Peninsula and includes numerous islands lying off its eastern, southern and western coasts. The region encompasses a complex geological history and contains a variety of...-
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