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Paratoo (was formerly part of the Grainger Project; recently made part of the Flinders Ranges JV Project). Annual reports from the time of cessation of previous joint venture(s) reporting, for the period 20/7/2007 to 1/11/2016.
During 2007-2008, the first year of the diamond exploration joint venture with the Filsell brothers in the Paratoo area, Flinders Mines' activities comprised: • acquiring part of a detailed helicopter-borne infill aerial magnetic ('helimag') survey,...-
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Published: 30 Jan 2019
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RB 2023/00031 Secondary prospectivity of South Australia's mine waste - review
According to its Critical Minerals Strategy of 2022, Australia aims to turn into the “global critical minerals powerhouse” by 2030 by becoming an integral part of the international critical minerals supply chain (DISER, 2022). The Geological Survey of...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2023
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Lake Torrens South - Port Augusta area (part of the Torrens Project). First partial relinquishment report for the period 23/9/2002 to 22/9/2003.
Iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation of either Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style was the target of exploration in an area lying immediately north of Port Augusta. A review of historic exploration data and an evaluation of new and historic...-
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Published: 08 Oct 2003
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The Musgrave Project. Joint annual reports for the period 5/10/2007 to 31/1/2012 [as later updated, to include additional licences, to 31/1/2017], plus respective successive full surrender final reports for individual licences.
The multi-licence Mithril - Barrick JV Musgrave Project area is centred 600 km south-west of Alice Springs, within the APY Lands of north-western South Australia. It is considered to be prospective for buried economic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide mineral...-
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Published: 09 Oct 2017
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Lake Torrens Areas 1 and 2, Lake Torrens South and Lake Torrens North (the Lake Torrens Brine Potash Project). First joint annual report plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 16/6/2016.
Much of the eastern side of the very large, 5,745 square km saline playa Lake Torrens, which occupies one of the most arid parts of Australia, was taken under licence by a Northern Territory - based company with the intent of systematically sampling...-
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Published: 14 Jun 2016
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Mount Irwin (part of the Alcurra Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 25/6/2013 to 30/11/2017.
An area in Far North SA, centred near Mount Irwin on Tieyon Station, is being explored for possible buried economic magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits associated with mafic-ultramafic intrusive rocks of the Proterozoic Giles Complex. Another newly recognised...-
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Published: 08 Mar 2018
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Francis Swamp. Combined first and second annual reports/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/10/2013 to 8/10/2015.
An area believed to cover the concealed southern margin of the Peake and Denison Domain of the Northern Gawler Craton was taken up by the Monax-Antofagasta copper exploration consortium to explore for possible buried economic iron-oxide associated...-
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Published: 24 Nov 2015
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Gawler Craton. Final report, Biogeochemical expression of Mineralisation. Project ADI RD01-095 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
This report describes the work undertaken by Marmota Limited as a successful applicant for funding through round one of the South Australian Accelerated Discovery Initiative (ADI). Marmota has undertaken biogeochemical surveys at its Aurora Tank gold...-
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Published: 31 Oct 2022
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Weetulta. Annual reports for the period 16/9/2005 to 15/9/2009.
EL 3413, surrounding the township of Weetulta on the Yorke Peninsula, is located geologically along the prospective south-eastern margin of the Gawler Craton. The licence area, which lies only about 10 km south of Moonta, has several historic mines...-
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Published: 20 Oct 2009
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Hiles Lagoon. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2004.
A discrete gravity low centred on Hiles Lagoon, which is a quite unusual topographic feature located 30 km east of Jamestown, that exists within a district where several kimberlite intrusions are known, was the target of resumed diamond exploration....-
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Published: 01 Feb 2004
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Pernatty [Station] and Yeltacowie (the Punt Hill IOCG Project). Joint annual reports for the period 29/11/2009 to 6/1/2012.
Two adjoining licence areas located in the country east of Pernatty Lagoon that lies between 80 and 180 km north of Port Augusta are being explored by Monax Mining Limited (Monax) for economic Proterozoic basement-hosted Iron-Oxide associated...-
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Published: 21 Jun 2012
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Eucolo Creek (also called the Churchill Dam Project). Annual reports for the period 31/1/2006 to 14/11/2018.
EL 3511 Eucolo Creek, of 528 square km, is situated near the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton within the Olympic Dam Domain, approximately 90 km south-west of the Olympic Dam IOCG-U deposit (3.98 billion tonnes at 1.1% Cu, 0.4 kg/t U3O8 and 0.5 g/t...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2018
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Mount Craig Copper Project. Final report for June to December 2021 geophysical and drilling program, Project ADI RD02-268 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2021].
An area centred ~28 km east of Hawker is being explored for possible buried epigenetic/hydrothermal, skarn style and sediment-hosted stratabound base and precious metals mineralisation that may have formed within prepared Adelaidean metasedimentary...-
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Published: 02 Nov 2021
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Weetulta. Fourth partial surrender report for the period 16/9/2005 to 15/9/2009.
Exploration addressing a new style of copper-nickel-cobalt-rare earth element mineralisation has been conducted in part of the Copper Triangle region of northern Yorke Peninsula, where reported historical drilling had encountered such mineralisation...-
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Published: 20 Oct 2009
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Crystal Brook, Port Broughton, Port Pirie, Mundoora and Winninnowie (the Moonta North Project). Annual reports and combined annual reports for the period 19/10/2000 to 1/8/2008.
Buried basement-hosted iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation of either Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style is the target of exploration across a number of scattered Exploration Licences trending from Port Broughton in the south to...-
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Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Cowell (latterly part of the Cowell JV Project). Annual reports for the period 7/11/2008 to 6/11/2011.
No field work was undertaken during licence Year 7, but Stellar instead did a review of the Cowell area's prospectivity for Tertiary palaeochannel-hosted sedimentary uranium mineralisation. Previous drilling data for the local Pirie Basin sediments...-
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Published: 05 Dec 2011
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-04 - Woodmurra Project, Denison Inlier, Proterozoic metamorphosed volcanogenic basement stratiform/syngenetic Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag prospects. Final report
An area lying ~70 km east and south-east of Oodnadatta is being explored for possible buried economic giant Broken Hill type (BHT) stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag deposits which may be contained within strongly deformed and metamorphosed Palaeo- to...-
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Published: 31 Oct 2016
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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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The Venus Bay Project. Respective joint annual and subsequent individual [for Venus Bay] annual reports to that remaining licence's expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2002 to 16/9/2012.
Renewed diamond exploration has been conducted in a part of the western Eyre Peninsula where numerous kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies occur in surficial sediments, and where the four adjoining licence areas involved lie in close proximity...-
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Published: 26 Nov 2012
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Kalabity. Final report, Project ADI RD02-266 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
On 19th May 2021 Sinosteel SA secured ADI funding to carry out the comprehensive Curnamona Geochemical Sampling Program utilising the skills of the in-house geologist together with academic research collaboration to perform rigorous geochemical...-
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Published: 31 Aug 2022
