Year 1 Annual group report for EL 27721, EL 27722, EL 27749 and EL 27768 Brunette Downs project

Abstract

The Brunette Downs Project consists of five (5) tenements (EL 27721 Monmoona, EL 27722 Eva Downs, EL 27723 Tarrabool Lake, EL 27749 Mudges Bore and EL 27768 Brunette Dam. The Project is located between Helen Springs on the Stuart Highway and Brunette Downs on the Tablelands Highway. NRE has carried out a detailed geological assessment of its Brunette Downs Prospects, during the first year of grant. NRE?s exploration activities during this first term also included considerable research prior to a helicopter reconnaissance program evaluating the tenements. Research included review and compilation of the data in the Northern Territory Geological Services? ( NTGS?) open file reports, air photo imagery and examination of the latest geological maps. During NRE?s helicopter reconnaissance program over the Brunette Downs Project, NRE targeted areas for ground evaluation on the basis of previous geophysical surveys, in particular aeromagnetics and radiometrics. Sites were tested using a scintillometer and by the taking of soil and rock samples. Geological observations and photographs were recorded at each site. NRE also carried out XRF analysis of water bore cuttings across the Brunette Downs Project held at the Darwin Core Library. The detailed geological assessment of the Brunette Downs Project has led to the following up of subsurface mineralisation indicators found in water bore cuttings and due to the lack of surface mineralisation identified during NRE?s helicopter reconnaissance program. NRE is currently considering a stream sediment sampling program prior to conducting further activities in the next twelve months aimed at identifying any subsurface mineralisation. NRE has met all work and expenditure commitments for its Brunette Downs Project for the term of the licence.