EL 28222 Relinquishment report 30 March 2011 to 29 March 2013

Abstract

This licence contains the Perenti Cu Prospect which was located and drilled in the late 1960s. The relinquished area is located to the north of this area. The area is considered to be prospective for base metals, precious metals and industrial minerals. There was no field work conducted on the relinquished portion of this licence other than geological reconnaissance. From the limited field exploration conducted during the first two licence years the author feels that further exploration is definitely warranted with base metal commodities and IOCG models being targeted. This area was relinquished due to the statutory requirements and due to prioritisation of exploration activity within the licence. Initial exploration has indicated the problem relying on the stream sediment sampling and soil sampling of past workers. With the streams being flooded with sands derived from the abundant granites in the area the reliability of using this method must be questioned. The same goes for soil sampling when done in areas that are not residual soils as the wind transported sands and soils render this exploration method ineffective where it is tried without understanding the nature of the regolith.