EL 8424, 1998 relinquishment report

Abstract

Due to compulsory relinquishment, 17 blocks were relinquished from the less prospective Mount Masson area in the licence. During the 1993/94 year of tenure, Northern Territory Gold Mines completed a work programme consisting of a literature review of the Mount Masson area, acquisition and digitising of aerial photography and the purchase of digital aerial geophysical data. Northern Gold completed a work programme based on digital data acquisition and manipulation during the 1995/96 year of tenure. Landsat Imagery, SPOT Imagery and AGSO mapping were obtained and used in conjuction with aerial mapping to determine the best method of gold exploration to be used in the licence. GIS and satelite imagery were used to log soil types indicating that the area comprises mainly of literalised lower saprolite. The structural geology of the region was interpreted by satelite imagery.