First relinquishment report for the Highland Rocks project for the period 29 April 1999 to 26 March 2002

Abstract

The 1999 exploration program over the relinquished portions of the Project involved initial reconnaissance traverses of opportunistic surficial sampling (lag and rockchip). A program of broad spaced aircore drilling was also completed to develop an understanding of the regolith, depth of cover and nature of the bedrock across the license. In 2000 the majority of the work program was focussed on the regional 500m x 500m lag and CRC coverage of areas of negligible. A 1-2km x 500m vacuum drilling program was also conducted over areas in interpreted shallow cover. These programs were designed to provide a coherent geochemical and geological picture over regions of subcrop and shallow cover. Small programs of RAB drilling and ground magnetics were also carried out. Results from these programs were disappointing, with only rare low level isolated anomalous assays returned.