Annual Report for EL 1271, EL 1276 and EL 1277 March 1996 to March 1997

Abstract

The main exploration methods consist of magnetics and geochemistry, posthole drilling and MMI methods. The most significant exploration discovery in the period was highly anomalous Au results over a strike length of 2 km from posthole drilling on the Galifrey structure within the Wild Turkey area. The Galifrey structure as portrayed by the magnetics can be interpreted 5 km to the NW and 7 km to the SE. The Calamari area returned negative results in the RAB drilling. The Squid and Kuwait areas returned anomalous results, but further work is required. The Cathage prospect resulted in the two areas of significance with RAB results up to 1.04g/t Au. Posthole drilling at Flores revealed an anomalous area with results ranging from 39 to 170 ppb Au. Au anomalies were also recorded at Suva, Troy, Pmpeii, Tobruk, Black Hills and Khartoum areas. Drilling at El Alamein was designed to test extensions of the Hurricane-Repulse and Dinky mineralised trends, however non-significant results were recorded. The Blackdog area shows anomalous Au on several trends. Deep drilling below a 1615ppb anomaly revealed 6.04g/t Au.