EL 29550 Batchelor Project Annual Report for Year 3 for the period of 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015

Abstract

In Year 3, work consisted of: drilling 5 RC holes, prospecting; mapping of outcrops of Mt. Deane Volcanic unit (MDV); collecting of rock chip samples, assessing of ground conditions for ground electromagnetic, gravity and induced polarisation surveys; site verification for drilling; interpretation of all geochem data (rock chips, drill chips and core drill data) with focus on pathfinder mineral and elemental ratios; digitising of past data; continuing the compilation of data base from historical and Korab generated geochemical, geophysical and geological data including data from open file and closed file reports, government data bases and private vendors; continuing metallurgical test work on samples from Winchester to test them for calcining potential; completion of scoping study for the development of the Winchester magnesite deposit as direct shipping ore mining operation. There appears more MDV outcrop than previously assessed both above and below Acacia Gap quarcite. Rock samples taken from MDV outcrop have not yet been assayed but visual inspection of weathered rock suggest potential for massive sulphide at depth. Where MDV outcrops it occurs in difficult terrain and mapping is difficult. Field mapping of MDV also is difficult because it is obscured by Acacia Gap quartzite. Data collected in field is still being converted to digital format.