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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines discretion]: the Eyre Peninsula Project. Joint annual reports for the period 29/12/2013 to 28/12/2018.
During the 2014 project reporting year, licensee Adelaide Resources undertook a research and development phase surface-based biogeochemical and field portable X ray fluorescence (FPXRF) spectrometric sampling programme over its Baggy Green gold...-
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Published: 22 Apr 2019
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The Eyre Peninsula Joint Venture Project. Joint annual reports for the period 19/9/2002 to 31/12/2008.
A number of tenements on central northern Eyre Peninsula are being explored by Adelaide Resources and its joint venture partner Newmont Mining for possible economic buried deposits of gold, copper and other base metals which may have formed in the...-
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Published: 27 Feb 2009
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Diesel Dam. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2014.
The Palaeoproterozoic Yarlbrinda Shear Zone is a broad and complex structure, which has both southwards and south-eastwards trending components that bifurcate near Tunkillia. The structure was a conduit for Mesoproterozoic hydrothermal fluids...-
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Published: 27 Jan 2015
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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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RB 2012/00019 Geochemistry of pre-1570 Ma mafic magmatism within southern Australia: implications for possible tectonic settings and timing of major mineralisation events in South Australia.
Geochemical and isotopic data from mantle-derived mafic rocks provide important constraints on our understanding of the composition and evolution of the lithosphere through time. Since the lithosphere is sensitive to tectonic processes such as...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2012
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RB 2018/00001 Regolith hand specimen atlas for South Australia
This regolith material hand specimen atlas displays 246 images of 212 regolith samples which have been collected over the last 30 years by the authors, present and past Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA) staff and members of the Cooperative...-
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Published: 01 May 2018
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RB 2007/00008 CHILDARA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The CHILDARA 1:250 000 map area is located on the western Gawler Craton, an ancient crystalline shield comprising Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic metasediments, volcanics and granites that has been tectonically stable since 1450 Ma...-
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Published: 01 May 2007
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Mulgathing (part of the Woomera Iron Ore Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/6/2012 to 21/6/2016.
An area centred about 100 km north-west of Tarcoola has been explored principally for buried economic iron ore formed within Paleoproterozoic BIF strata and also for iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation, while the central portion...-
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Published: 29 Jul 2016
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RB 2015/00025 Zircon U-Pb geochronology from selected Paleoproterozoic igneous rocks of the Gawler Craton by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
This technical report presents laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) U-Pb zircon geochronology data for 15 rock samples derived from locations spread across the Gawler Craton. The purpose of the subject dating project...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2015
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Cooria Hill. Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/12/2005 to 30/11/2010.
Exploration for possible epithermal / hydrothermal gold and/or IOCG drilling targets within an area located about 120 km north-east of Streaky Bay, on the north-eastern side of the Gawler Ranges near Lake Acraman, aimed at testing prominent...-
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Published: 27 Jan 2011
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Deception Hill, Lake Everard West, Yellabinna, Cooritta Hill and Lake Everard (the Tunkillia Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2012 to 31/12/2018.
In 2012, the first year after the project's acquisition, TGL spent A$6.4M on gold exploration and on doing mining feasibility studies. The work program was mainly an ongoing evaluation of development opportunities for the Area 223 gold resource. Some...-
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Published: 29 Jan 2019
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Kimba. First partial surrender report, for the period 6/11/2006 to 5/11/2013.
321 square km of the former area of EL 4938 has recently been relinquished due to a lack of encouraging results, and difficulty with land access onto certain private properties located therein due to some farmers’ resistance to mineral exploration....-
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Published: 23 Jan 2014
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Kimba. Second partial surrender report, for the period 6/11/2006 to 5/11/2015.
112.3 square km or 29% of the former area of EL 4938, in two separate blocks, has recently been relinquished due to a lack of encouraging results, and difficulty with land access onto certain private properties located therein due to some farmers’...-
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Published: 07 Dec 2015
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports for the period 8/10/2012 to 7/10/2016.
An area centred ~90 km west-northwest of Tarcoola and ~15 km south of the Challenger gold mine is being explored for possible economic metallic mineralisation that may have formed in igneous and metamorphic basement rocks, ideally in places where the...-
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Published: 12 Dec 2016
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Deception Hill. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 26/10/2004 to 9/10/2013.
The iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation potential of an area centred ~20 km south of Tarcoola, which appeared to contain untested but interesting gravity and soil geochemical anomalies, was investigated by Minotaur to try to...-
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Published: 28 Oct 2013
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Data release - as updated : Kimba. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/11/2006 to 5/11/2018.
A large, 705 square km area surrounding Kimba township was taken up to explore for possible economic buried deposits of Mount Isa or Broken Hill style base metals (Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag), and Tanami style lode gold. The licence lay in the northern part of the...-
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Published: 09 Jan 2019
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Nuckulla Hill. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/10/2002 to 28/11/2008.
Exploration for possible buried Ernest Henry or Olympic Dam style copper-gold mineralisation in the Nuckulla Hill area, 120 km north-east of Ceduna, did not progress during the first two years of tenure due to uncertainties in selecting a new remote...-
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Published: 22 May 2009
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Yandoolka Well. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2014.
A large area on Lake Everard Station, extending for ~44 km north-south through the Gawler Ranges immediately south of Lake Gairdner, has been explored for possible buried epithermal gold which may occur along the south-eastwards trending arm of the...-
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Published: 27 Jan 2015
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The Eyre Peninsula Project, and in part the Corrobinnie Uranium Joint Venture. Joint annual reports for the period 29/12/2008 to 31/12/2013.
During the sixth year of the project, licensee Adelaide Resources did not do any exploration directed at gold or base metals that might possibly occur on the subject tenements. However, its joint venture partner Quasar Resources undertook significant...-
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Published: 05 Mar 2014
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Moongi (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). First annual plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/5/2013 to 5/9/2014.
A tiny licence area located near Buckleboo, ~37 km north of Kimba, has been explored for possible economic buried epithermal Paris style silver and base metals, and/or gold and/or uranium mineralisation, that may have formed in Archaean to...-
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Published: 24 Nov 2014