Final relinquishment report for EL 25150 for area relinquished on 28 July 2011 after year 3 of tenure

Abstract

This report covers data relating to the second block, relinquished on the 28 July 2011. EL 25150 overlaps part of a resource outline covered by ML 24738. After discussion with the NT government department it was established that one report was to be submitted pertaining to closed file data covering the active mining license ML 24738 and one file to be submitted to open file containing data not covered by the ML 24738. Work submitted in this report includes a total of 50 drill-holes and associated metadata taken directly from MZL's database, and pertains to all data to be submitted to closed file, until release of the data is required. Information pertaining to open file data can be found in the report 'Final Relinquishment Report_1'. Exploration within the relinquished area consisted of general reconnaissance and extensive review of satellite imagery aimed at identifying accumulations of coastal sands which may have contained valuable heavy minerals. Environmental studies were undertaken to identify areas where there may have been conflict between mineral sands resources and areas of mangrove vegetation or turtle nesting sites. In summary, exploration covered by this report comprises; Reconnaissance auger sampling, Shell augering, Air Core drilling, Heavy mineral analyses, Modal analyses.