Partial Relinquishment Report EL 10404 Mordor, from 21 May 2002 to 20 May 2004

Abstract

EL 10404 'Mordor' is situated approximately 60 km northeast of Alice Springs. It contains the Middle Proterozoic Mordor Alkaline Igneous Complex (MAIC), an intrusion within Proterozoic metasediments of the Arunta Block. It comprises two distinctive, separate sub-complexes; one dominantly syenitic in composition and the other an ultramafic intrusion composed of fractionated cyclic units. EL 10404 was granted to Tanami Exploration NL (TENL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tanami Gold NL (TGNL), on 21 May 2002. After two years of tenure the tenement was reduced in size pursuant to the requirements of section 26 of the NT Mining Act. Exploration on the relinquished area is the subject of this report. Reconnaissance rock chip sampling was carried out in 2000 and 2001 prior to grant of the tenement under the fossicking provisions of the Mining Act. No exploration was carried out by TENL on the relinquished area in Year 1 and 2. A total of 8 rock chip samples were taken targeting gold mineralisation and a total of 9 rock chip samples were collected targeting platinum group minerals. No significant assay results were returned.