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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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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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The Lake Torrens Project; plus the Olympic Domain Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2006 to 31/12/2010.
Licensee Copper Range originally took up a group of three tenements located in central South Australia covering areas within and west of Lake Torrens, with the intent, much reinforced following the Carrapateena deposit discovery made in 2005, of...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1911
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Oak Dam North-east, Lake Torrens, Glenside, Winjabbie and Trimmer Inlet; plus Shore Hill and Red Swamp (initially the UXA Stuart Shelf South JV Project; then OZ Minerals' Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/11/2010 to 6/1/2017.
In continued exploration for possible economic buried Olympic Dam or Prominent Hill type IOCG style mineralisation that may exist within Proterozoic bedrock, joint venture operator Straits Resources undertook the following work on the project...-
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Published: 06 Mar 1918
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Hidden Swamp and Stuart Creek South (part of the Theseus Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 18/6/2012 to 20/10/2016.
Small parts of two licence areas located on the north-central Stuart Shelf, between 35 and 70 km north-northwest of the Olympic Dam mine, have been surrendered due to their perceived low prospectivity for Mesoproterozoic IOCG type mineralisation. Part...-
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Published: 21 Dec 1916
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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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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Island Dam, Stuart Shelf and Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports for the period 11/10/2009 to 30/6/2018.
Exploratory drilling carried out by BHP Billiton (BHPB) during the 2009-10 project reporting year took place at six prospects thought to have good IOCG mineralisation potential, based in part on earlier drilling results and also on refined target...-
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Published: 30 Aug 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Acropolis South and North Roxby. Joint annual reports for the period 26/4/2003 to 3/5/2009.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of buried, Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-U style mineralisation is being conducted over two separate multiple-block licence areas in the Olympic Dam district, EL 2931 (Acropolis South) and EL 2932...-
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Hidden Swamp and Stuart Creek South (part of the Theseus copper exploration Project). Joint second partial surrender report, for the period 18/6/2012 to 25/9/2018.
Brownfields exploration for possible buried economic Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG type mineralisation undertaken within three now relinquished licence portions located between ~25 km to ~75 km north-northwest of the Olympic Dam mine has...-
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Published: 22 Nov 1918
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Mount Vivian and Kingoonya (part of the North-west Olympic Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 8/10/2012 to 21/2/2018.
During its tenure of the surrendered portions of the subject tenements, Fortescue carried out a desktop review of historical exploration data, and conducted basic field reconnaissance trips, stakeholder negotiations, heritage surveys and two...-
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Published: 28 Mar 1918
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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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Winjabbie (part of the Carrapateena Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 1/1/2014 to 5/6/2020.
Two separate portions of ground totalling 172 square km or 70% of an area located immediately to the north-east of Woomera township have now been relinquished by licensee OZ Exploration Pty Ltd. Work undertaken on these relinquished portions of EL...-
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Published: 08 Sep 1920
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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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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Playford South-East. Annual reports for the period 18/12/2006 to 17/12/2010.
A previously undrilled area of the Stuart Shelf centred about 80 km west-northwest of Andamooka and 50 km north-east of the Olympic Dam mine is being explored for possible economic buried IOCGU mineralisation that may be hosted by Mesoproterozoic...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1911
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The Macfarlane Project. First joint annual report and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 1/7/2012 to 18/3/2014.
After BHP Billiton (BHPB) gained ownership of five of the subject exploration licences, and later was granted another three in its own right, the licence group as a whole (now called the Macfarlane Project) continued to be explored primarily for...-
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Published: 16 May 1914
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : (for 10 exploration licences comprising) the Lake Torrens JV Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2007 to 31/12/2011.
A group of ten, mainly adjoining licence areas occupying the plains surrounding the northern end of Lake Torrens, are now being jointly explored for possible economic buried Olympic Dam style IOCG related mineralisation that may have formed in the...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 6 partnership DPY6-02, evaluation of the Vulcan IOCGU mineralised system. Project final report.
Tasman Resources has discovered a new potential iron oxide - associated copper-gold-uranium (IOCGU) ore deposit at the Vulcan prospect, located 30 km north-northeast of Olympic Dam. The prospectivity of the Mesoproterozoic basement rocks in this...-
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Published: 28 Sep 1910
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Torrens. First annual report for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2010.
An area located wholly within the Lake Torrens National Park, and centred 35 km west of Parachilna, was taken up to explore for possible economic Olympic Dam or Prominent Hill type IOCG style mineralisation that may exist within Proterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1911
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Burt Lagoon, Kallioota, Emu Lookout, Mount Norwest and Hookina (the BHPB Lake Torrens Project). Joint annual reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 27/6/2012 to 10/3/2015.
After BHP Billiton (BHPB) gained ownership of two of the subject exploration licences, and later was granted another three in its own right, the licence group as a whole (now called the Lake Torrens Project) continued to be explored primarily for...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1915
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West of Lake Eyre area. Annual reports and combined annual reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 13/11/2006 to 19/3/2013.
An area of Cretaceous and younger cover located close to the south-western margin of Lake Eyre North, where no previous drilling had occurred, was taken up to explore for possible buried IOCG deposits hosted by the underlying basement, and for...-
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