Partial surrender report for the period 25 September 2013 to 24 September 2017 EL 23971 Arrla Bay 4

Abstract

This is a partial relinquishment report for EL 23971 (Arrla Bay 4), West Arnhem Land. This report covers the relinquishment of 6 sub blocks from a total of 12 sub blocks. The retained licence area covers 4 whole sub blocks and two partially granted sub blocks, or approximately 40% of the original granted area. The EL 23971 tenement is located approximately 65 km northeast of Oenpelli in north-west Arnhem Land and is consequently processed under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1975 (ALRA). The geology of the tenement area comprises Cretaceous sedimentary cover of the Bathurst Island Formation with outcropping Proterozoic Kombolgie Sandstone in the southern most corner of the tenement overlying the Nimbuwah Formation. The Arrla Bay region has been explored primarily for uranium. Historical exploration on the tenement has been undertaken by Union Carbide Exploration from 1970 to 1973 and PNC Exploration Australia and Cameco Australia from 1996 to 2004 on tenement EL 5891. RTX has explored the tenement since 2013 including a helicopter supported sampling programme in October 2013. Assay results from samples were not encouraging for uranium mineralisation.