Annual report for EL 24948 Crawford Creek for the period 3 July 2010 to 2 July 2011

Abstract

EL 24948 Crawford Creek is part of Northern Mining Limited's Central Australian project. The tenement covers two discrete geological domains: the ca. 1690-1610 Ma Warumpi Province and the Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic Amadeus Basin. The Warumpi Province is considered highly prospective for Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag (Stokes Yard-type) and Cu-Zn-(Au) vein (Mt Larrie-type) mineralisation, whereas the Amadeus Basin is highly prospective for sandstone-hosted uranium. Recent work immediately east of EL 24948 has also highlighted that some granite bodies (Teapot Granite) are prospective for U and rare-earth-elements (REE). Geophysical evidence from surveys flown by Northern Mining in 2010 suggests that these granite bodies extend on to EL 24948. Unfortunately, extremely wet conditions during 2010 and early 2011 led to the cancellation of scheduled work programmes in EL 24948. This field work has now been scheduled for 2011.