Annual report for Napplebar Yard EL 24961, for the period 5 October 2011 to 4 October 2012

Abstract

In the sixth year of tenure the AAPA issued an Authority Certificate (25 July 2012) to Northern Mining Limited to permit ground disturbing work within the two areas requested with only minor encumbrances. Northern Mining lodged Mining Management and Risk Management Plans with the relevant government authorities on 2nd October 2012. Approvals are pending and drilling will commence immediately thereafter. A drilling company has been contracted to complete the drilling as soon as the necessary approvals are complete. The only other work completed on EL 24961 was analysis of the multispectral ASTER imagery, which was released by CSIRO and NTGS in May 2012. The data for these images were collected by the ERSDAC satellite which records the spectral reflectance of sunlight from the ground and hence the surface mineral composition. These data have yet to be field tested in all geological settings, but their potential to find mineral deposits is significant.