Charley Creek - Cloughs Dam Final Technical Report for EL 25657 for the period 30 August 2007 to 29 August 2017

Abstract

EL 25657 was granted to Alistair Mackie on 30th August 2007. The licence was transferred to Western Desert Resources Base Metals Pty Ltd, (WDRBM) a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Desert Resources Ltd on the 17th June 2008. In July 2010, Crossland Nickel Pty Ltd (Crossland) entered into a Farm-In arrangement with WDRBM to Joint Venture the licence. Crossland Nickel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crossland Strategic Metals Limited, who was the Operator of the licence. In late 2015, the new Joint Venture of Crossland Nickel Pty Ltd and Essential Mining Resources Pty Ltd (EMR) purchased an 80% share in the licence. Following the collapse of the parent company, Western Desert Resources Limited in 2014, WDRBM was eventually de-registered. This resulted in DPIR refusing Crossland's application to renew the licence as at 30th August 2017. The licence was subsequently cancelled. EL 25657 was part of the Charley Creek project. The project area is considered prospective for Rare Earth Elements (REE), Uranium and other metals, although the focus is now exclusively centred on REE. Exploration activities carried out the subject ground included stream sediment sampling, Gravity and Airborne Magnetics-Radiometrics and Aircore drilling.