Report on exploration at the Wandie Gold Prospect.

Abstract

Exploration at Wandie has included gridding, costeaning and geological mapping. Over 900 channel samples were collected from the costeans and old workings. Four bulk samples were collected to more accurately assess grade and metallurgical recovery using gravity methods. Gold mineralisation is associated with quartz-vein stockworks hosted by a folded greywacke-mudstone sequence. It is likely the gold is comparatively coarse grained and spottily distributed. It is possible that further exploration could define a hardrock resource amenable to treatment by gravity methods. Conclusions were; (1) Gold mineralisatlon at Wandie is related to quartz-stockwork zones hosted by a tightly folded greywacke-mudstone sequence. Extensive old workings have exploited eluvial material shed from these stockworks. (ii) Exploration has indicated that the mineralisation Is too low grade and perhaps coarse grained for a conventional bulk mining-cyanide extraction operation. (iii) Test work indicates economic grades occur over some wide intervals if gravity extraction techniques are used. The claim blocks have the potential to contain in the order of 2 million tonnes of similar material down to a depth of 30 metres. (iv) The surrounding Wandie area and Pine Creek region have good potential for the discovery of similar sized resources.