Final and surrender report for EL 22295 Cox Project, for the period 5 February 2003 to 24 November 2008

Abstract

This report describes the exploration activities conducted over Exploration Licence 22295 between the 5th of February, 2003, and the 24th of November, 2008. Exploration over EL 22295 was conducted as part of the Cox Project and included a review of historical data and open file reports, as well as the purchase of LandSat imagery for target generation and to understand the nature of the tenement terrain. The potential for this tenement to host kimberlite rocks is considered to be low. The reports of micro- and macro-diamonds in the project area, although initially promising, have been interpreted as sourced from rocks to the south of the tenement. The lack of kimberlite indicator minerals and locally sourced micro or macro diamonds suggests that the tenement is not prospective for diamondiferous kimberlites. A prioritisation of Cox Project tenements was undertaken in November, 2008, and the decision was made to surrender the tenement.