Exploration of an area located on western Eyre Peninsula between Sheringa and Mount Hope is continuing, with the intent of discovering economic buried base and precious metal deposits of volcanogenic sediment-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) style within the local Archaean basement rock sequence. No field work took place during the last three years of tenure of the subject EL 2649 Mount Hope, before it was renewed over a substantially (by 60%) reduced area as EL 3290. The licensee used that time to conduct an ongoing but unsuccessful search for a joint venture partner. During March 2005, a detailed ground magnetic survey was conducted over the Mount Hope prospect area, which forms part of the strong north-south trending Coffin Bay aeromagnetic anomaly. Magnetometer readings were taken at 5 m intervals along east-west oriented lines spaced 200 m apart, for a total coverage of 66 line km. Interpretation of the magnetic data was undertaken by Euro Exploration after combining it with other ground magnetic data obtained from an earlier survey, and the results led to the siting of four proposed drillholes within this prospect. Their potential for finding economic grade VHMS was included as part of a PACE collaborative drilling project proposal submitted to PIRSA, which was approved as Year 2 project DPY2-38. However, Lynch Mining could not perform the required drilling on the prospect during the 2005 reporting period due to difficulties in obtaining a contract for the use of an appropriate drilling rig. Afterwards, Coughlan Drilling Pty Ltd were contracted to commence drilling on EL 3290 early in 2006. During mid-February 2006, i.e. in the next licence year, three PACE Project DPY2-38 rotary mud and diamond cored inclined holes MHDD01 (TD 213.3 m), MHDD02 (TD 201.1 m) and MHDD03 (TD 227.5 m) were completed for a total penetration of 641.9 m, which consisted of 312.9 m of rotary mud precollar drilling and 329 m of NQ2 coring [for a discussion of the drilling results see the project final report contained in Env 11184]. This drilling proved disappointing, in that it failed to identify the source of anomalous gold intercepts made in early 1997 in Werrie Gold's Mount Hope traverse drilling aircore drillholes. Consequently, more drilling will be necessary in the anomalous area as part of upcoming work. Lynch Mining contracted Geosolutions shortly afterwards to fly a low-level helimag survey totalling ~650 line km over much of the Mount Hope aeromagnetic anomaly, along east-west lines 100 m apart, using a mean sensor height above ground surface of 25 m. The area flown covered the extent of Lake Hamilton and surrounding partially heavily wooded areas which are not suitable for ground-based magnetic data acquisition. Euro Exploration were again retained to conduct 173 line km of further detailed ground magnetic surveying, this time at 1 metre station intervals along 100 m spaced east-west traverses of the Hillsea prospect. The new data defined targets for drill testing. Orientation regional calcrete soil geochemical sampling was undertaken over areas which previously had displayed anomalous base metal and gold values in soil sampling. A total of 164 samples were collected and assayed, but the results were of low tenor, with zinc mainly appearing to have weak anomalism over structures interpreted from aeromagnetic data, but lacking the coherence to guide drill site selection. Further exploratory drilling at the Allerton Hills prospect on EL 3290 was undertaken in 2007 [when?, Adrian], when one inclined rotary mud/diamond hole, MHDD04, was completed to TD 330.4 m via 92.8 m of rotary-mud precollar drilling and 237.6 m of NQ2 coring. This hole was sited eastwards on the prospect to drill in the opposite direction to previous holes MHDD02 and MHDD03, that had both been drilled approximately down dip. Again the bedrock sequence penetrated comprised graphitic calc-pelites, graphite schist and dolomite. The graphite schist contains sulphidic quartz veins (boudinaged and transposed), but no anomalous gold or base metals were detected in core samples. Weak gold anomalism (up to 0.28 ppm Au) was again detected in the saprolite. In 2008, follow-up regional calcrete sampling (150 samples) was done over areas which had displayed anomalous base metal and gold values in the orientation phase calcrete sampling of 2006. The additional surface geochemical data continued to expand the 3 defined areas of anomalous uranium along the eastern margin of Lake Hamilton, returning values of up to 3 ppm U. Some of this anomalism appeared to be associated with strong magnetic features, or else appeared to have a loose association with north-westerly trending structural zones. None of the anomalies are currently closed off, and further sampling is required to delineate targets in this region. It is inferred that the uranium may be present in either palaeochannel deposits or as hard rock - hosted primary mineralisation. Several spot values for gold, in excess of 1 ppb Au, are also present in this uranium anomalous region, but as yet, no significant anomaly has been generated by the calcrete sampling done in places where earlier aircore drilling had shown anomalous gold in saprock. Three whole rock samples of the drill core from MHDD04 were selected for performing a detailed analysis to inform petrogenetic studies. Concentrations of ~70 elements were determined by ACME Laboratories in Vancouver, Canada. 13 selected rock samples from three of the MHDD diamond drillholes were also examined and described mineragraphically. No field work took place at Mount Hope during 2009 and 2010. The licensee continued to evaluate evident geochemical and geophysical anomalies to choose where it might conduct additional ground magnetic surveying to define drill targets. An EWA addressing proposed drilling of three possibly prospective areas was submitted to PIRSA for its approval. During July-September 2011, following PIRSA's approval of its EWA, Lymex Tenements performed exploratory aircore drilling in the Lake Hamilton and Hillsea areas of its renewed Mount Hope EL 4442. 54 holes totalling 4478 m were completed on the Hillsea, The Bell and Spring Villa prospect areas [with the Hillsea prospect iron exploratory drilling forming part of PACE Project DPY6-33 - see that project's final report contained in Env 12244]. A significant iron occurrence was identified at the Hillsea prospect, in the form of low grade magnetite in BIF metasediments similar to those already discovered in the Bramfield region of EL 4537. The discovery of potentially economic iron mineralisation at relatively shallow depths at Hillsea will require follow-up diamond drilling to determine its thickness and extent. Magnetic susceptibility and radiation readings were taken on all basement samples, and radiation readings were taken on all cover sequence drill cuttings material at 1-metre hole depth intervals. At Hillsea, 13 aircore holes for 787 m were drilled along two traverses, all reaching into the basement, with hole MHAC085 encountering a best mineralised intercept of 19 m @ 40.04% Fe and 3.39% Mn below 33 m depth. Here the BIF consists dominantly of magnetite with subordinate haematite, with the intersection commencing at the top of the basement. Surrounding units comprise mica schists and sillimanite-rich gneisses. Elevated nickel (to 0.12% Ni) reported from this hole's drill cuttings assays suggested to Lymex a possible mafic (?skarn) affinity for the mineralisation. Drilling on the western traverse of the prospect encountered an increased thickness of the Bridgewater Formation cover before all 4 holes there passed into granite, thereby failing to account for the prominent magnetic anomaly in this area. An interpretation of the Hillsea prospect 2006 detailed ground magnetic survey data was subsequently carried out by C.G. Anderson and Associates, who have interpreted that the entire mapped magnetic zone below the 80-90 m depth of oxidation has a relatively uniform magnetic susceptibility equating to a magnetite volumetric grade averaging at least 15%. The magnetic interpretation results will be used by Lymex Tenements to plan its diamond drill testing of the aircore hole iron and manganese - mineralised intercepts. The Bell prospect was tested by 19 aircore holes for 1750 m drilled along three traverses, with the intent of testing both a strong linear magnetic feature and a significant surface calcrete anomaly observed from earlier sampling, for analogues to the Oakdale Archaean Cu-Zn style mineralisation. One hole failed to reach basement, while a further 9 holes were terminated within saprolite. No mineralisation was encountered. The Spring Villa prospect was tested by 22 aircore holes for 1941 m drilled along five traverses, also with the intent of testing both a strong linear magnetic feature and a significant surface calcrete anomaly observed from earlier sampling, for analogues to the Oakdale Archaean Cu-Zn style mineralisation. 3 holes failed to reach basement, whilst another hole was terminated within saprolite. Again, no significant mineralisation was encountered. During the next seven reporting years, from March 2012 to March 2019, no field work was performed. Future on-ground assessment of calcrete geochemical anomalies and geophysical targets was planned.