Annual Report for EL 2019 Kings Table, West Arm, NT.

Abstract

The Kings Table Prospect is situated 17 km SSW of Darwin on the southwest side of Darwin Harbour. It consists of Exploration Licence 2019 consisting of four blocks with a total area of 11.5 km2, which lie at the northern most extremity of a belt of pegmatites which extends southwards for about sixty kilometres. The area contains at least six known pegmatites, some of which have been worked or prospected to a limited extent for their tantalite cassiterite contents. The area is of low elevation, with extensive soil and laterite cover and poor exposure. It is covered with moderately thick woodland and fringed with mangrove thickets on the coastal margin. Access is by 11 km of bush track (dry season only) which connects Starfish Landing with the sealed Darwin-Mandorah road 92 km from Darwin. Alternative access is by boat to Starfish Landing at suitable high tides. The Exploration Licence is situated in 1:250,000 sheet area Darwin and 1:100,000 sheet area Bynoe. This report presents the results of field work (by JWS), air photo/interpretation, and a review of available data on the pegmatite belt as a whole, with the objectives of making an assessment of the prospect and of determining the most appropriate methods for future exploration.