Annual report for the Tanami project for the 2001 field season

Abstract

The report summarises exploration activities during the last field season. An extensive exploration was carried out and included aeromagnetic and radiometric surveys, gridding, soil sampling, MIM, LAG and BLEG sampling and various drilling programs including RAB, RC and diamond drilling. Positive results were returned from the following areas: At the Magellan 2 (EL 2367) - results from RC drilling include 9m at 1.17 grams per tonne and 9m at 2.08 grams per tonne Au; At the Tornado (EL 1060) - results from RAB drilling include 8m at 8 grams per tonne Au; At Isis (EL 2370) - best drilling results include 3m at 1.5 grams per tonne; At Ptearaway (EL 2370) - best results from soil sampling returned 117.75 ppm Au; At Rainmaker (EL 2370) - a peak value was 7.28 ppb Au.