australia's identified mineral resources 2004 - Geoscience Australia

AUSTRALIA’S IDENTIFIED MINERAL RESOURCES 2004
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A measured resource of 9.0 Mt grading 0.53% Ni and 0.1% Co was reported by Central Kalgoorlie
Gold Mines Ltd (now Sherlock Bay Nickel Corporation Ltd) for the Sherlock Bay nickel deposit
near Karratha, WA. The deposit has a strike length of 590 m and is open at depth. Drilling yielded
intersections including 13 m at 0.56% Ni, 11 m at 0.64% Ni, and 21 m at 0.57% Ni.
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View Resources Ltd announced a 130% increase in resources at the Carnilya Hill nickel mine
near Kalgoorlie, WA. Total resources are 134 656 t at 3.56% Ni. The company reported high-grade
intersections at the Zone 29 project of 3 m at 5.4% Ni, 1.7 m at 6.7% Ni, and 1 m at 4.4% Ni.
Massive sulphides were intersected by Australian Mines Ltd at the Blair mine at Kambalda, WA.
Intersections included 1.6 m at 6.5% Ni. Significant nickel sulphides intersections were
encountered at Area 57 including 3.60 m at 6.2% Ni and 2.65 m at 5.65% Ni.
In a new nickel region, Westonia Mines Ltd reported nickel sulphides from drilling at its Westonia
project, west of Southern Cross, WA. The mineralisation occurs in the Westonia Greenstone belt
and two drill holes returned intersections of 16 m at 1.77% Ni from 44 m, and 10 m at 1.61% Ni
from 30 m.
Western Areas NL has reported an intersection of 6.6 m grading 7.9% Ni from 454.6 m downhole
depth (including 3.7 m at 9.0% Ni) in the Flying Fox area of its Forrestania project, WA.
Subsequently, it reported an aggregate intersection of 21.4 m at 7.79% Ni from 494 m downhole,
from one drill hole and a second hole returned 6.6 m at 7.9% Ni. Further drilling intersected
massive sulphides including 2.6 m at 5.2% Ni and 5.6 m at 3.6% Ni.
Thundelarra Exploration Ltd announced that Sally Malay Mining Ltd had reported significant
intersections at the Copernicus deposit in the East Kimberley region, WA including 17 m at 1.91%
Ni and 1.45% Cu, 18 m at 1.52% Ni and 0.79% Cu, 23 m at 1.50% Ni and 0.72% Cu. The company
also intersected 8 m at 1.75% Ni and 1.08% Cu in a drill hole south of the Copernicus deposit.
Western Areas NL upgraded the nickel resource adjacent to the existing decline at Cosmic Boy
to 189 000 t at 2.78% Ni. It also increased resources at Digger Rocks deposit by 20% to 54 900 t
grading 3.72% Ni. An intersection of 3.7m at 5.5% Ni in the upper part of the New Morning
deposit confirmed the continuity, thickness and high grade nature of the resource.
At its Widgiemooltha North project 40 km south west of Kambalda, WA, Titan Resources NL
intersected 9 m at 2.76% Ni from 88 m depth, including 2 m at 7.73% Ni from 95 m at its
Armstrong deposit. This intersection is located up dip of the previously defined resources. At its
McEwen deposit, the company has intersected 6 m of massive sulphides at 3.06% Ni from 166 m
and at the O’Grady prospect 6 km south of Armstrong, intersections of 1 m at 4.82% Ni, and 24 m
at 1.03% Ni were reported.
Drilling by Mincor Resources NL at the south end of the Miitel orebody via a new underground
drive intersected 6.88 m at 3.12% Ni (4.5m true width) and 4.88 m at 3.09% Ni (4.4 m true width).
Both holes intersected the down-plunge extension of the high-grade N05 ore body. At the North
Miitel deposit, resources were upgraded to an indicated resource of 306 800 t at 4.12% Ni (12 644
t contained Ni).
Deep diamond drilling by Sally Malay Mining Ltd at Sally Malay in the East Kimberley region,
WA intersected nickel sulphides over 7.4 m at 1.58% Ni, 0.74% Cu and 0.08% Co including a 4.4 m
interval at 2.06% Ni, 0.98% Cu and 0.1% Co, approximately 650 m below surface. The drilling
confirmed that mineralisation continues at depth below the main fault zone.
Breakaway Resources Ltd intersected significant nickel sulphide mineralisation at its 5A prospect,
part of the Spargoville property, WA. Better results include 4.11 m at 6.29% Ni, 1.56 g/t Pd and
0.16 g/t Pt, 3.27 m at 5.33% Ni, 0.34 g/t Pd and 0.18 g/t Pt, and 2.97 m at 10.53% Ni, 0.26 g/t Pd
and 0.31 g/t Pt. The mineralisation was intersected below the existing 5A open pit.
At the Wedgetail prospect within the Honeymoon Well project, MPI Mines Ltd reported an
intersection of 8.81 m at 6.52% Ni. At the Harrier prospect, also in the Honeymoon Well project,
intersections of 0.35 m at 9.16% Ni, 0.28 m at 24.7% Ni and 3.95 m at 3.12% Ni were recorded.