The subject adjacent licence areas, located approximately 55 km north-northeast of Coober Pedy, were the first tenements taken out for regional opal exploration under the provisions of the newly proclaimed South Australian Opal Mining Act 1997. The...

Exploration for large-scale opal deposits over an area north and north-west from Coober Pedy included literature research, air photo interpretation, digital terrain modelling, and field reconnaissance. No unrecorded previous opal workings were...