MLC 49 annual report 'Explorer 31' 31 December 2007 to 31 December 2008

Abstract

Exploration access to MLC49 has been restricted since the registration of the Marla Marla-Kantiji sacred site in 1988. Attempts by Tribune Development to renegotiate access to the lease with the CLC and the traditional owners have so far been unsuccessful. Access restrictions to the lease precluded work on MLC49 during this reporting period. Local Geology/Mineralisation - East - west cleavage with steep northerly dips is evident in the southern part of the lease. Patchy ironstone pods and plugs occur within the Explorer 31 lease and abundant ironstone scree (some strongly magnetic) is concentrated along the drainage patterns. Drill cuttings obtained from drill holes on the lease indicate that fine-grained ferruginous sediments occur within the central northern portion of lease MLC49. No gold mineralisation has been defined within the lease area however; the preferred mineralisation model evokes ironstone or magnetite/hematite related gold and copper-bismuth mineralisation occurring in shear zones and/or in supergene zones. No work was carried out on MLC49 or on the Mt Samuel Project as a whole during the current reporting period. Currently the interested parties are determining the likelihood of gaining access to explore within the Marla Marla-Kantaji registered sacred site.