Annual report for exploration licence EL 8470 (Ord Basin NT Project) for the period 5 November 1996 to 4 November 1997

Abstract

A regional exploration programme was conducted over EL 8470, and focused on: 1) the Cambrian Nelson Shale as a potential 'White Pine' style stratabound Cu host, which has not been tested, and 2) the NW trending White Mountain Fault and the Headleys Limestone/Antrim Basalt contact for more extensive 'Caves' style mineralisation. The work involved stream sediment geochemistry, which gave no evidence of significant mineralisation associated with the base of the Nelson Shale and its contact with the underlying Headleys Limestone. Acquisition and review of aeromagnetic profiles over the tenement area indicated a number of discrete anomalies associated with the White Mountain Fault structure.