Annual and final report for EL 25685 Randall Peak 5 September 2007 to 27 September 2010

Abstract

The Randall Peak (EL 25685) project is located about sixty kilometres northeast of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia on The Garden station. It is accessible from the town via Stuart Highway and unsealed roads and station tracks. The geology of the tenement is mostly Proterozoic Mulga Creek Granitic Gneiss, with some muscovite schist and granites in the southeastern corner. Immediately to the north of the tenement are ranges comprised of the Heavitree Quartzite and a suite of schists and metamorphosed sediments. These rocks host the Winnecke Goldfield and numerous minor mineral occurrences, mostly gold, copper and lead. During 2008, some radiometric anomalies were investigated on the northern margin of the tenement. Seven rock chip samples were taken, with encouraging results returned for thorium and rare earth elements. ASTER imagery was obtained which, after processing, showed a significant alteration anomaly in the south of the tenement. Open file reports for this area had no assay data. In April 2010, the tenement was revisited to check the ASTER alteration anomaly. The lithologies of the area were found to be primarily a feldspathic quartzite which formed a high ridge, interspersed with a biotite muscovite schist and a feldspar augen gneiss. Occasional quartz veins were found within the schist, usually only a few centimetres wide and up to ten metres long. One quartz vein was found on a hilltop, of much greater extent than any other, and was the scene of a focussed sampling effort. It nevertheless failed to give any satisfactory results. During 2010 field season, another 33 rock chip and 72 soil geochemical samples were taken in the area, which were assayed by Labwest Minerals Analysis in Malaga, Western Australia. There were no encouraging results for gold or any of the other 20 elements determined. The tenement was relinquished by Tianda Resources in July 2010.