Results of earlier regional soil sampling conducted by SADME across the Karinya Shale, plus tectonic/structural considerations, had identified 3 prospect areas, Frankton, The Gap and Accommodation Hill, for follow-up mapping, soil sampling, and the acquisition of ground magnetic, IP and Sirotem surveys. The latest detailed investigations have now shown that several coincident Cu, Pb, Zn, As and Au soil anomalies at The Gap prospect represent the best geochemical results, and that they generally occur over the contact between basal calc-siltstone of the Karinya Shale and underlying meta-sandstone of the Backstairs Passage Formation. Structural mapping has refined the shape of secondary folds noted previously within the Karinya Shale and the Milendella Limestone Member. IP and Sirotem survey responses have outlined the black shales of the Karinya Shale, which mask any possible response from mineralisation, but also serve to define a possible ferruginised shear zone at the top of Milendella Limestone Member. Several lamprophyre dykes, termed minettes, have been identified and are generally associated with interpreted Landsat lineaments. Two inclined diamond drillholes are proposed at Frankton prospect to test the Karinya Shale and upper Backstairs Passage Formation for possible base and precious metal mineralisation, and to obtain complete stratigraphic sections. Reverse circulation drillholes are proposed at The Gap prospect and Accommodation Hill prospect.