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Mount Toodla. Data release made at licence expiry/renewal as a reduced area : annual reports for the period 12/4/2000 to 11/4/2005.
Exploration for possible buried Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U-REE deposits in Proterozoic basement on the eastern flanks of the Peake and Denison Ranges, in an area located approximately 65 km south-east of Oodnadatta, has concentrated on a very large...-
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 4 partnership no. DPY4-65, Chianti mineral prospect. Project completion dataset.
The subject set of reports describes the results of PACE Initiative Year 4 partly-subsidised drilling work conducted in the vicinity of the Chianti prospect, which lies approx. 20 km north of the old Mount Gunson mining camp. The aim of this work,...-
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Andamooka Creek, Willaroo Dam, Island Dam and Stuart Shelf / Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports on activities undertaken by the Joint Venture consortium, for the period 11/10/1996 to 10/10/2009 [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
As a result of the BHP Billiton takeover of the Stuart Range Project, the mineral exploration strategy was changed. Formerly, WMC had been looking for economical targets of >500 Mt size containing on average more than 2.4% copper equivalent....-
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Tallaringa and Mount Igy (the Tallaringa JV Project). Joint annual reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 18/1/2009 to 6/2/2015.
During the 2009-2010 project joint reporting year, the following activities occurred: - the conduct of an Aboriginal heritage work area clearance survey in the northern part of EL 3485 Tallaringa by the Antakarinja Land Management Council Native...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kainton, Melton and Paskeville (the Melton Project). Joint annual reports for the period 27/8/2007 to 26/8/2019.
Exploration for possible buried sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation which could have formed within early Tertiary palaeochannel sediments of the northern Saint Vincent Basin is being carried out in a small area near Kainton on north-eastern Yorke...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Torrens area. Annual reports for the period 6/4/2009 to 17/8/2018.
During the 2009-2010 reporting period, work completed by Straits included: • participation in Native Title and Land Access activities and negotiations, which have constituted the majority of the work undertaken; and • Holding numerous meetings and...-
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Heartbreak Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/9/1996 to 26/9/1997.
Mulgathing Complex and Hiltaba Suite rocks were interpreted from aeromagnetic data obtained in areas located 10 km north of, 70 km south-east of, and 35 km south of Tarcoola. Calcrete sampling was followed by RAB drilling (178 holes, total 5047 m)...-
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Area within Tallaringa Conservation Park. Biennial reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 25/10/196 to December 2001.
Proterozoic and Archaean rocks of the Gawler Craton were the target hosts for gold and base metal mineralisation in the area of the eastern Tallaringa Conservation Park, west of Coober Pedy. Following an assessment of geological and geophysical data,...-
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Parakylia (part of the Theseus Project). Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 31/5/2012 to 1/7/2014.
Brownfields exploration for possible buried economic Mesoproterozoic IOCG type mineralisation within a licence area located ~45 km west of the Olympic Dam mine has consisted only of the interpretation of available geophysical data. Additional airborne...-
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Wilkinson Lakes East. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 3/5/2010 to 6/2/2015.
An area centred ~150 km west of Coober Pedy, that is located mostly north-west of and that also has a small part lying immediately south-east of the Karari Fault, a major crustal structure which has controlled deposition at the southern limit of the...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kalabity. Annual reports for the period 25/2/2009 to 11/3/2019.
The main exploration activities undertaken during the first year of tenure of renewed EL 4239 (licence Year 6, 2009-2010) consisted of drill testing of uraniferous prospects defined by previous exploration, after the prior acquisition of an airborne...-
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Mount Moulden. Technical data submitted in support of a mineral exploration licence application.
Dataset comprises an information package which was supplied by the licence proponents to the Executive Board of Anangu Pitjantjatjara, as part of the formal process of seeking their permission to conduct mineral exploration activities within the...-
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Houghton. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 24/9/1984 to 23/3/1986.
No technical data was submitted. The exploration target was sediment-hosted gold mineralisation, possibly in the form of quartz stockworks, that might underlie old gold mine workings made in basal Adelaidean strata adjacent to the Houghton Inlier.-
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West Lake Torrens (part of the Murdie Project). Final report for geophysical, drilling and logistics program, Project ADI RD01-120 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 1, 2021].
ADI funding was granted by DEM to Kelaray to conduct approved geophysical surveys and exploratory drilling and apply logistical support within its Murdie Project, for a combined expenditure of up to A$320,000. At the outset of the project, Kelaray...-
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Lake Torrens South, Beda Arm and Carrapateena Arm (latterly the Lake Torrens Joint Venture Project). Annual reports (singular and combined) to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 21/2/1996 to 7/1/2008.
Economic Olympic Dam style iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation has been the target of exploration carried out in three adjoining areas which together extend for about 55 to 170 km north of Port Augusta, covering southern Lake...-
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Ruby Hill Project : Douglas Creek prospect drilling program. Final report, Project ADI RD02-288 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Copper Search Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Copper Search Limited) was granted co-funding from the Department of Energy and Mining in July 2021 to a subsidy total of up to $228,000, to assist it with high risk exploration of remote parts of the...-
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Andamooka Creek, Willaroo Dam, Island Dam and Stuart Shelf / Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports on activities undertaken by the Joint Venture consortium for the period 11/10/1996 to 10/10/2009 [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
The four Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project exploration licences collectively cover approximately 2668 square km of semi-arid pastoral land surrounding the Olympic Dam mine and extending east and south-eastwards as far as Lake Torrens [the Olympic Dam...-
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-25 - Pidinga and Fig Tree Corner, western Gawler Craton, orogenic gold prospects. Drilling project final report.
An area centred ~70 km north-east of Yalata and lying ~30 km to the east of the Jacinth and Ambrosia heavy mineral deposits is being explored by Doray Minerals Limited under a joint venture agreement it has made with grant licensee Iluka Resources...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North Roxby Downs, Acropolis South, Parakylia, Roxby Downs North, Hidden Swamp and Roxby Downs (the Theseus Project). Joint annual reports for the period 4/5/2012 to 30/6/2018.
Brownfields exploration for possible buried economic Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG type mineralisation, so far undertaken by BHP Billiton ('BHPB') within six semi-contiguous licences together covering an area extending from 40 km south to 68 km...-
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Yarna Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 19/11/2002 to 4/12/2010.
An area of sparse basement outcrop situated to the west of Lake Acraman in the central Gawler Ranges district was taken up to explore for possible economic Olympic Dam style mineralisation, based on the licensee's evaluation of past drillhole data...-
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