Final report EL 24806 Mesa South period 16 April 2007 to 15 April 2015

Abstract

Exploration work over the life of the tenure targeted 'Bigrlyi'-style sandstone hosted uranium deposits hosted in the Carboniferous Mount Eclipse Sandstone. Initial exploration work was limited to an airborne radiometric survey over EL 24806, a section of a much larger geophysical survey flown over all Ngalia Project tenure in 2007. Further work was significantly impacted by several heritage sites identified by a CLC ground clearance survey in 2009, which limited any ground disturbing exploration activities to the western part of the tenement. Ground radiometric surveys and drilling programs were planned but not implemented due to priorities on other tenements, budgetary constraints, and heritage site limitations resulting in partial relinquishment of the tenement (approximately 30 percent to 6 graticular blocks) in 2011. A field reconnaissance survey to investigate subtle radiometric anomalies was carried out in 2013; no significant anomalism was encountered within outcrops of Mount Eclipse Sandstone. The potential for discovery of significant uranium mineralisation within the tenement was considered to be low, and following an internal review, EL 24806 was relinquished at the end of the reporting period.