Second annual report on EL 28273 Karinga Lakes year ending 13 April 2013

Abstract

In Year 2, remote sensed data including SPOT 5 imagery and night-time thermal images were acquired for Rum Jungle Resources. These were used in conjunction with ASTER mineral maps as part of a desktop study of the project. EL 28273 also has strategic importance in terms of potential sites for evaporation ponds, plant and highway access. The engineering geology of EL 28273 will be appraised once DME grant an MMP which allows trenching, flow testing, and construction of trial evaporation ponds. Such permission has been deferred by DME for several years pending the results of independent environmental studies on the adjacent ELs in the Karinga Lakes Project. There is no point in undertaking engineering studies or other works on EL 28273 until DME has approved the construction and use of solar evaporation ponds.