Annual report EL 25338 Burt Plain for the period 8 January 2008 to 7 January 2009 Year 2

Abstract

The Exploration Licence was held by A W Mackie until it was acquired by Western Desert Resources Ltd in May 2007. The tenement covers the prospective combined magnetic/gravity anomalies at the Capricorn Prospect. NuPower Resources Ltd are farming in to the tenement and exploring for energy metals. The tenement is characterised by a major coincident magnetic and gravity anomaly which has been called the Capricorn prospect. The gravity data show a bouguer anomaly with an amplitude of 11 milligals which is associated with an aeromagnetic anomaly of greater than 5,000nT. Five drill core samples were submitted to Pontifex and Associates for thin section preparation and description. The petrographic work indicated that the samples of drill core were mafic granulite-facies gneisses which were derived from basic igneous rocks. All of the samples (735) which had previously been submitted for multi-element scans were reassayed by ALS Chemex for platinum and palladium. The method used a 30g sample which was fire-assayed and analysed by ICP-MS. The samples analysed for platinum and palladium recorded no anomalous values. NuPower Resources Ltd sampled the water from three station bores and three of the 2007 drillholes. Eight stream sediment samples were also collected. The results of the bore water and stream sediment geochemistry are not considered to be anomalous. NuPower Resources Ltd (NUP) undertook an airborne EM survey and a regional gravity survey over the tenement during the year. No interpretation of the gravity and EM data has been received to date from NuPower Resources Ltd. WDR hired a contractor to read a line of detailed ground magnetics over the Capricorn magnetic/gravity anomaly. There were some indications in the data that zones of increased magnetism occurred along the traverse. As part of Central Arunta Gravity survey commissioned by the NT Geological Survey, NUP contracted Atlas Geophysics to infill the 4km grid with gravity readings at 2km. NUP contracted Fugro Airborne Surveys Pty Ltd to fly an airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey over the tenement. The TEMPEST system was used. The traverse line spacing was 1000m with a nominal terrain clearance of 120m. WDR contracted AMG Surveys to acquire 5km of ground magnetic data over the central part of the tenement.