Annual technical report for EL 25594 Palmer River 22 August 2007 to 23 August 2008

Abstract

The Palmer River Project (EL 25594) consists of one granted exploration licence covering 1,426 km2 located about 120 km south of Alice Springs. The project area is 100% owned by Atom Energy Ltd. Exploration activities were dominated by the acquisition of HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner imagery processed by HyVista Corporation between 18 March to 19 April, 2008. Three Classes of imagery have been produced; 1. Standard colour composites and Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF) images to be used for phot-interpretation to delineate geological units and structural features. 2. The decorrelation stretch colour composite is derived from selected SWIR (Short Wave InfraRed) bands and produces an image that maps the overall distribution of Al-OH, Fe-OH, Mg-OH (and carbonate if present) bearing minerals within the area but not specific mineral species. 3. Specific species mineralogical information is extracted by applying end-member unmixing processing to the reflectance image mosaic.