EL 30253 Souths Range North Final report 15 March 2017 to 9 February 2018

Abstract

EL 30253 comprises 705 sqkm of the Great Sandy Desert bioregion overlying part of the south west margin of Neoproterozoic to Devonian Amadeus Basin a post Gondwana remnant of the Centralian Super Basin dominated by the ephemeral playa; Lake Neale one of several salt lakes occupying a regional scale topographical depression trending east-south-east 450km from WA border to the Stuart Highway. Lake Neale is the loci of internal drainage from north, south and east ie 70km long by 10-15km wide of potentially thorianite-xenotime mineralised calcretes as well as potential chloride- sulphate-carbonate-borate-nitrate-evaporite deposits. The north west licence area covers a 10km x 10km area of radiogenic calcrete likewise the central northern licence area none of which are preferentially enriched in Thorium. Consequently EL 30253 is surrendered.