Annual report for EL 9452, 4 May 2005 to 3 May 2006

Abstract

This report describes exploration work undertaken on the Manyalluluk Project during the second year of tenure. The tenement was granted on 5 May 2004 for an initial period of six years. Field activities during the reporting period consisted of fourteen days of helicopter assisted sampling, and radiometric anomaly follow-up. Airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys and a hyperspectral survey have been flown over the project area, with the latter conducted only over the eastern portion of tenement. Follow-up of radiometric anomalies identified from the airborne radiometric survey identified anomalous U in a minor number of samples associated with clay alteration and structural disruption within the Grace Creek Granite and in the Diamond Creek area within the Hindrance Creek Sandstone and overlying Kombolgie Subgroup sandstones. The majority of radiometric anomalies were observed to be associated with the mafic volcanic units of the Katherine River Group, related to near surface weathering effects and scavenging of U from surficial sources, and do not require any further work. Further work is recommended for the areas of identified anomalous U, in particular MLR005 and MLR014 in the Diamond Creek area, where drilling is planned to test the anomalous U at depth and also help with the correlation of stratigraphy in the area.