An integrated scientific research program addressing structural, sedimentological and metallogenic aspects of basin evolution has been conducted in the Kanmantoo Trough for the past three years. Joint collaboration in this program involved MESA, the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide. Results of this ongoing research, and recent exploration within the Kanmantoo Trough, have the potential to change our current perceptions of the basin's genesis and its potential for hosting mineralisation. The purpose of this excursion was to re-assess the mineral potential of the Cambrian Kanmantoo Group in the light of this new research. Participants looked at the evidence for synsedimentary and structurally controlled Pb-Zn mineralisation and metamorphic Cu mineralisation within the Kanmantoo Trough, and also viewed the synsedimentary and synorogenic magmatism within the basin, thereby attempting to establish temporal and spatial links of this magmatism to mineralisation. A visit to the recently discovered stratabound Fe, Mn and P-rich gossanous outcrop associated with the base of the Karinya Shale at 'The Gorge' on Truro Creek was an important part of the excursion, because it shows that sequence boundaries in the Kanmantoo Trough are potential hosts for hitherto untapped mineralisation.