Annual report on EL 6132 Munyu Hills for year ending 28 August 1997

Abstract

Tanami Exploration NL (TENL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tanarni Gold NL (TGNL), has been unable to obtain access to undertake the proposed lag sampling and vacuum drilling programs during the year ended 28 August, 1997. Yuendurnu Mining Company NL (YMCNL) was contracted to develop access tracks into the area following site clearance for the tracks by the Central Land Council (CLC). This task was completed during August 1997, after considerable delays due to late rains and equipment breakdown. It had been originally planned to complete the tracks by the end of May, in order to allow access to EL6132 during the first half of 1997 for site clearance by CLC anthropologists and Traditional Owners and follow on exploration. A proposed work progranmw was submitted to the CLC on 1st August, 1997 for sacred site clearance and approval. A meeting with Traditional Owners and the CLC was attended at Nyirripi by TGNL Managing Director, Denis Waddell and Exploration Director, Martin Kavanagh, on 17 September, 1997. The proposed work programme for EL 6132 was discussed at this meeting and the CLC undertook to complete approval before the end of the current field season. At the time of writing this report approval was still pending.