Charley Creek EL 27283 Annual and Final report for EL 27283 for the period 17 November 2009 to 17 November 2017

Abstract

EL 27283 was granted to Crossland Nickel Pty Ltd on 17 November 2009 for a period of 6 years. At grant, the licence consisted of 500 sub-blocks. The subject licence was part of Group Reporting status GR 086/09, granted in 2012. This was followed by EPA status in 2013. In September 2015, a penalty partial cancellation notice for the group was issued due to under expenditure for two successive years. Cancellation of twenty one (21) sub-blocks from the licence was undertaken by Crossland. In January 2016, the company voluntarily relinquished a further 326 sub-blocks bringing the total remaining to 153 (475.38 km2). The licence was voluntarily surrendered on the 17th November 2017 Exploration activities that were carried out on the remaining area consisted of stream sediment sampling and a short traverse of shallow Aircore drilling. Proportional costs for the project-wide Environmental and Feasibility studies have been allocated to the licence. No on-ground exploration activities have been carried out since early 2014.