EL 30226 Dhupuma Plateau Annual Report 11 August 2017 to 10 August 2018

Abstract

EL 30226 (Dhupuma Plateau) held by Gulkula Mining Company Proprietary Limited (GMC) is located on the Gove Peninsula in northeast Arnhem Land about 30km south of Nhulunbuy. EL 30226 was granted over an area of 68.55 km2 (32 blocks). This land is administered under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1975 (ALRA). The exploration target is bauxite mineralisation analogous to the Gove deposits currently being mined by Rio Tinto Gove Operations, and which have formed through the intensive weathering of Cretaceous sediments during the Tertiary. During the reporting period no bauxite drilling programs were undertaken. Exploration works focussed on completing studies to advance the Mine Management Plan (MMP) requirements for mining the Dhupuma Bauxite reserve. Exploration works also included the preparation of a drilling campaign, to commence November 2018, that will further determine the quality of the bauxite reserve on the Dhupuma plateau.