South Australia - SA Explorers

South Australia’s 

Mineral Sector 

Highlights for 2007 

• Record levels of mineral and 

geothermal exploration 

expenditure and drilling in 2007 

driven by: 

• Copper-Gold; Uranium; Gold; 

Base Metals; Mineral Sands; 

Hot Rocks 

• New discoveries and 

encouraging intersections 

in all mineral provinces and 

across all commodities 

• New geoscience and 

PACE collaborative drilling 

successes 

• Major mining developments for 

Copper-Gold; Uranium; Gold; 

Base Metals; Iron Ore; 

Mineral Sands

Fraser Report 2006–07 — South Australia Internationally 

Room for 

Improvement 

Improvement 

South Australia in the Top 10 

Policy Potential 

Index 

Current 

Mineral Potential 

Labour Reg. & 

Employment 

Political 

Stability 

Security 

Socioeconom ic 

Agreements 

Geological 

Database 

10 

9 

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6 

5 

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2 

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International Ranking ( /65)

Exploration Activity

South Australia – record levels of mineral exploration expenditure 

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250 

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150 

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0 

Exploration 

Share 

18.00% 

16.00% 

14.00% 

12.00% 

10.00% 

8.00% 

$m 

South Australia’s share of exploration in Australia 

PACE 

startup 

6.00% 

4.00% 

2.00% 

0.00% 

1992-93 

1993-94 

1994-95 

1995-96 

1996-97 

1997-98 

1998-99 

1999-00 

2000-01 

2001-02 

2002-03 

2003-04 

2004-05 

2005-06 

2006-07

South Australia’s Mineral Exploration Upswing 

Exploration Licence Coverage – a measure of success 

January 2004 

Pre-PACE 

November 2007

SA Copper-Gold Tenements 

National Expenditure on Copper Exploration 2006/07 

51% 

49% 

South Australia 

Others

SA Uranium Tenements 

National Expenditure on Uranium Exploration 2006/07 

44% 

56% 

South Australia 

Others

SA Mineral Sands Tenements

SA Nickel Tenements

SA Geothermal Licences

South Australia’s mineral exploration work approvals for drilling 

June 2007 

2005 – 364 010 m 

2006 – 828 025 m 

2007 – est 1 200 000 m

Total Exploration Drilling Metres* includes Olympic Dam 

1400000 

1200000 

Total drilling metres 

Diamond drilling metres 

1000000 

Estimate 

Metres 

800000 

600000 

400000 

200000 

0 

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

Year

Roxby Downs – delineation drilling 14 rigs

Geological Survey 

– PACE Highlights

PACE wins a prestigious Premier's Award 

• PACE wins 2007 Premier's 

Award for the category 

Growing Prosperity during 

Public Sector Week 

• The inaugural awards 

showcase excellence in the 

public sector and are an 

opportunity to recognise the 

best and brightest public 

sector initiatives from across 

the State

Regulation and Rehabilitation and Land Access branches shine 

• Minerals and Energy - Regulation and 

Rehabilitation and Land Access branches 

win the Chief Executive’s Award and the 

Service to PIRSA Award 

• The teams developed a fit-for-purpose 

model now used for mining proposal 

assessment and a ‘one window to 

government’ engagement and facilitation 

process

Geoscience Library Expands 

• PIRSA’s Geoscience Library 

and online catalogue was 

launched 23 November 2007 

• Largest collection of South 

Australian geological literature 

and also includes extensive 

general geoscience, mining and 

earth science information 

• This library has developed a 

reputation as a highly valued 

resource to industry, 

government agencies, 

geoscience and educational 

institutions as well as the 

general public 

• The bulk of the collection is 

located at PIRSA’s Core Storage 

Facility at Glenside 

• All library services are accessed 

through the head office location 

in the city

A Plan for Accelerating Exploration – PACE 

PACE $22 million initiative 

2004–2009 

PACE $8.4 million extension 

announced in June 2007

PACE – Plan for Accelerating Exploration 2004–2009 

THEME 1 

THEME 2 

THEME 3 

THEME 4 

THEME 5 

THEME 6 

THEME 7 

THEME 8 

Balancing resource development with conservation 

Drilling collaboration between PIRSA and industry 

South Australian centre for mineral exploration under cover 

From craton to basin: new geophysics 

Resource development and sustainable communities 

Baseline geochemical survey 

Next generation data delivery 

South Australian Minerals and Petroleum Expert Group

Geological Survey – PACE Highlights 

THEME 1 Balancing resource development with conservation 

• 2 Ph.D’s in progress, focusing on the ecology and impacts of mineral exploration in Pinkawillinie 

Conservation Park 

THEME 2 Drilling collaboration between PIRSA and industry 

• 4 Rounds – 269 proposals received, 139 awarded funding (130 Minerals, 8 geothermal, 1 petroleum) 

• Almost $8 million in government funds allocated 

• 15 technical successes inc. Carrapateena, 4 Mile, Gullivers, Southern Eyre Peninsula 

• Round 5 called closes December 2007 

• New PACE layers added to SARIG 

THEME 3 South Australian centre for mineral exploration under cover 

• 6 full time staff 

• Working towards 4D geological model of South Australia 

• 2 major Australian Research Council grants awarded 

• Currently 13 Industry Collaborators


THEME 4 From craton to basin: new geophysics 

• 22 000 gravity stations added the State Gravity Database 

• 100 000 line km of airborne magnetics, radiometrics and digital terrain data acquired 

• 8 000 line km of ground radiometric data acquired 

• Northern Olympic Domain Gravity Survey completed 

THEME 5 Resource development and sustainable communities 

• 5 exploration licences active in APY Lands 

• 10 ELA’s approved for negotiation 

• PIRSA geological mapping continues 

• 3 Anangu artworks completed - depicting a Tjukurpa (traditional knowledge map) of Watarru area 

• Rio Tinto Indigenous Challenge Cup 

THEME 6 Baseline geochemical survey 

• Additional 25 000 m core scanned under the HyLogger Program (inc. Tunkillia, OD, Challenger) 

• 11 500 stream sediment samples added to Mt Painter database 

• 3 000 Gawler Craton calcrete samples completed as Phase 1 of Calcrete Re-analysis Project


THEME 7 Next generation data delivery 

• 1 400 000 Open file pages scanned 

• Preliminary State 3D model of SA geology completed 

• Transfer of SARIG to new server completed 

• New PACE data layers uploaded 

• 2000 drillholes and 60 000 samples added to database 

THEME 8 South Australian Minerals And Petroleum Experts Group (SAMPEG) 

• PDAC Toronto Canada, SAMPEG Dinner 

• Diggers and Dealers Conference, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, SAMPEG Dinner 

• Paul Dowd joined SAMPEG 

• SAMPEG Annual Meeting – April 2007 

• PACE wins 2007 Premier’s Award – Growing Prosperity 

• Canada’s Fraser Institute ranks SA 4 th in Mineral Prospectivity

A map of our lands

Theme 2 Drilling Schedule 

• Successful PACE drilling proposals will be announced at the SACOME 

lunch on the 8th of Feb 2008 

• Successful companies can begin drilling directly after the announcement 

• Grant funding for completed projects can be claimed in the 2008/2009 

financial year

Phase 2 calcrete analyses

New Products

New Products 

Maps 

• Kingscote 1:250 000 mapsheet 

• Palaeodrainage and Tertiary Coastal Barriers of South Australia 

• South Australian Uranium Occurrences 

• Wudinna Regolith CRC-LEME/PIRSA 

• Gawler Craton IOCG Prospectivity Map Geoscience Australia/PIRSA 

• Solid Geology time slices Archaean – Ordovician, Archaean – Early Mesoproterozoic, 

Middle - Late Mesoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic – Ordovician 

• Peak 1:100 000 mapsheet 

• Engenina 1:100 000 mapsheet 

• Gravity, TMI and Depth to Basement Coincidence Image 

• State Gravity Contour 

• State TMI Contour 

• Burra 1:100 000 map series (Print on Demand) 

Explanatory Notes 

• Ooldea 1:250 000 Mapsheet 

• Childara 1:250 000 Mapsheet 

• Kingscote 1:250 000 Mapsheet

New Products 

Scientific Publications – 44 

SA Exploration for Minerals, 

Energy and Geothermal 

• Hou, B, Alley, NF, Frakes, LA, Stoian, L, and Cowley, WM, 2006. Eocene stratigraphic succession in the Eucla 

Basin of South Australia and correlation to major regional sea-level events. Sedimentary Geology, 183:297-319. 

• Boult, PJ, McKirdy, DM, Blevin, J, Heggeland, R, Lang, S and Vinall, D, 2006. The oil-prone Morum Sub-basin 

petroleum system, Otway Basin, South Australia. PESA News, 80:24-27. 

Technical Publications/Report Books – 41 

• Fanning, CM, Reid, A.J. and Teale, GS, 2007. A geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South 

Australia. South Australia, Geological Survey. Bulletin, 55. 

• Szpunar, MA, 2006. Geological notes on the Coppertop, Montstephen, southern Morialpa and southeastern 

Plumbago Inliers. South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Report Book, 2006/17. 

Information Sheets – 13 

• Uranium in South Australia. South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Earth Resources 

Information Sheet, M50. 

• South Australia’s new mining projects — August 2006. South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and 

Resources. Earth Resources Information Sheet, M39. 

• Summary geology of South Australia. South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Earth 

Resources Information Sheet, M51. 

Seminars/Conference Proceedings – 52 

• Luo, X, Hou, B, Keeling, JL, Fidler, R, Fabris, AJ, Zhen, N and Wen, M, 2006. CHIM-geoelectrochemical method 

in exploring for concealed mineralisation in China and Australia. In: 12th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, 

Moscow, 2006. Abstracts, p. 11; Extended Abstracts DVD.

New Geophysics 

• NEW PACE GRAVITY SURVEY 

• Northern Olympic Domain 

• of the Gawler Craton 

• 16 000 new stations 

• 1.5km x 1.5km grid 

• covering 45 000 sq kms 

• Released Nov 2007





Musgrave 

Province 




• Released Nov 2007 

Gawler 

Craton 

Curnamona 

Province


Musgrave 

Province 







Gawler 

Craton 

Curnamona 

Province 

• Released Nov 2007

New Geophysics

Digital data 

• SAREIC 2007 Presentation and Poster DVD 

• Geological Monuments in South Australia 

• Mineral Exploration Through Cover 2007 Conference: Abstracts and 

Presentations CD PIRSA/CRC-LEME 

• South Australian Mineral Resources Commodity Information Pack DVD 

• Bulletin 55: A geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South 

Australia 

• Solid Geology of South Australia CD Version 1.1.2 

• South Australian Investors and Explorers CD 

• Historical Geological Mapping 1:250 000 Map series, South Australia DVD 

• State Detailed Geology DVD 

• PACE – Theme 2 – Drilling Collaboration Between PIRSA and Industry – 

2007 Core Display CD

This DVD is the one-stop-shop for 

geochronology of the Gawler Craton, 

a must for explorers trying to understand 

the geology of their tenements 

Available for $50 through 

Minerals and Energy Customer Services 

Level 7, 101 Grenfell Street, Adelaide 

Phone: 8463 3000 

Email: pirsa.customerservices@saugov.sa.gov.au

Current Activity

Geological Mapping GSB – PACE 

1. Davies 1:100 000 mapsheet 

2. Tieyon 1:100 000 mapsheet 

3. Compilation Rio Tinto Exploration 

licences 

4. Mt Woods Inlier 

5. Wudinna Regolith 

6. Port Augusta 1:250 000 mapsheet 

7. Mingary 1:100 000 Mapsheet 

8. Bimbowrie Station 

9. Southern Mt Lofty Ranges 

10.Southern Curnamona 

SA Exploration for Minerals, 

1,2,3 

Energy and Geothermal 

5 

4 

6 

9 

10 

7,8

Drilling density – open file drillholes intersecting basement 2006 

ave. 0.5 / 100 2 km 

ave. 4.2 / 100 2 km 

ave. 9.3 / 100 2 km 

Drillholes per 20 km x 20 km cell

Drilling density – open file drillholes intersecting sedimentary cover 2006 

Drillholes per 20 km x 20 km cell

Promotional Events 

Priority Events – 18 

• Australia’s Uranium Conference 2007 

• JOGMEC 2007 (Team Australia) 

• PDAC 2007, Toronto Canada (Team Australia) 

Including SAMPEG International Meeting 

• South Australian Resources, Energy and Investment Conference 2007 

Including GSB Technical Forum 

• Diggers and Dealers 2007, Kalgoorlie Western Australia 

Including SAMPEG National Meeting 

• Mining 2007 (Team Australia) 

• China Mining 2007 (Team Australia) 

• NewGen Gold Conference 2007 

• Australian Nickel Conference 2007 

• PACE APY Artwork Launch 

Represented at a further 20 events/conferences/workshops

South Australia’s Expanding Minerals and Energy Sector 

2001 2007 

Beverley 

Leigh Creek 

Olympic Dam 

OneSteel 

Arckaringa Basin 

CSM 

Cairn Hill 

Yerila 

Peculiar Knob 

Prominent Hill 

Challenger 

Beverley 4 Mile Paralana 1B-DW1 

Olympic Dam Leigh Creek Beverley 

Mount Gee 

Ambrosia 

Blanche 1 

Beltana & Mt Painter 

Tunkillia 

Jacinth 

Carrapateena Goulds Dam Oban 

Tripitaka 

Punt Hill Crockers Well Portia 

Kalkaroo Honeymoon 

Gullivers 

Crockers Well 

Mutooroo 

Menninnie Dam 

White Dam 

Wilcherry Hill Radium Hill 

Project Magnet 

Wilgerup 

Habanero 1, 2 

Projects to watch 

Major Mine 

Mining Development 

Geothermal Projects 

Bird in Hand Mindarie 

Kanmantoo 

Angas 

Heat Flow 1, 1A, 3, 3A, 4

Mineral Projects 2007 and the list is growing! 

New Mines: 

Honeymoon (U) 

Mindarie (HMS) 

Prominent Hill (Cu-Au) 

Angus (Zn-Pb) 

Mine Expansion Projects: 

Olympic Dam (Cu-Au-U) 

Project Magnet (Iron Ore) 

Leigh Creek (Coal) 

Beverley (U) 

Challenger (Au) 

Proposed Mining Developments: 

Kanmantoo (Cu) 

Jacinth, Ambrosia (HMS) 

Beltana/Reliance (Zn White Dam (Au) 

Portia (Au) 

Beverley Extension (U) 

Cairn Hill (Iron Ore) 

Advanced Exploration: 

Arkaringa Basin (CSM) Mutooroo (Cu-Co) 

4 Mile (U) Oban (U) 

Bird in the Hand (Au) Peculiar Knob (Iron Ore) 

Cairn Hill (Iron Ore) Punt Hill (Cu-Au-U) 

Carrapateena (Cu-Au-U) Tripitaka (HMS) 

Crocker’s Well (U) Tunkillia (Au, Ag) 

Gullivers (HMS) 

Wilgerup (Iron Ore) 

Gould’s Dam (U) 

Wilcherry Hill (Iron Ore) 

Kalkaroo (Cu, Mo) 

Kingston (Coal) 

Menninnie Dam (Pb, Zn) 

Mount Gee (U) 

Arckaringa Basin 

CSM 

Cairn Hill 

Peculiar Knob 

Yerila 


Challenger 

Beverley 4 Mile Paralana 1B-DW1 

Olympic Dam Mount Gee Beverley 

Leigh Creek 

Ambrosia 

Blanche 1 Beltana 

Tunkillia 

Jacinth 

Carrapateena Gould’s Dam 

Oban 

Tripitaka 

Punt Hill Crockers Well Portia 

Kalkaroo Honeymoon 

Gullivers 

Menninnie Dam White Dam 

Mutooroo 

Wilcherry Hill Radium Hill 


Wilgerup 

Projects to watch 

• Major Mine 

• Mining Development 

• Geothermal Projects 

Habanero 1, 2 

Bird in Hand Mindarie 

Kanmantoo 

Angas 

Kingston 

Heat Flow 1, 1A, 3, 3A, 4

Exploration Activity

SA Overseas Mineral Exports and Target, 

Actual and Forecast 1996/97 to 2014 

$5.8b 

6.0 

5.0 

4.0 

Export Target (2005) = $3b 

Annual Ave growth required 10% pa 

3.0 

$ Billion 

2.0 

Est. Mineral Industry Exports 

(2.3b 2006/07) 

1.0 

Forecast (May07) 

Export 

= $5.5b by 2014 

0.0 

1996-97 

1997-98 

1998-99 

1999-00 

2000-01 

2001-02 

2002-03 

2003-04 

2004-05 

2005-06 

2006-07 

2007-08 

2008-09 

2009-10 

2010-11 

2011-12 

2012-13 

2013-14

Primary Industries and Resources 

Shift in Export Share Contribution 2005/6 to 2013/14 ‘Base Case’ 

2013/14 

$11.6b 

Minerals 

51% 

Petroleum 

3% 

2005/6 

$6b 

Grains 

12% 

Petroleum & 

Gas 

5% 

Grains 

19% 

Minerals 

32% 

Livestock 

11% 

Dairy 

1% 

Livestock 

9% 

Horticulture 

1% 

Wine 

25% 

Horticulture 

2% 

Seafood 

5% 

Wine 

17% 

Seafood 

7%

Major Projects Update 

Copper-Gold and Base 

Metals

Olympic Dam – Copper-Gold-Uranium-Silver 

BHP Billiton 

Olympic Dam 

• 7 738 Mt at 0.87%Cu, 0.029% U 3 O 8 , 0.3 g/t Au and 1.61 g/t Ag 

• Gold only (non-sulfide) resource 117 Mt at 1.19g/t Au 

• Expansion Pre-Feasibility study continuing 

• Pre-Feasibility study proposed completion 2007 

• Full Feasibility study proposed completion 2008 

• Full production is set down for 2014 

• New 40 Mt pa Olympic Dam will have an approximate 

annual production of: 

- 500 000 t Cu 

- 15 000 t U 3 O 8 

- 500 000 oz Au 

- 2 091 000 oz Ag 

September 2007

Prominent Hill – Copper-Gold-Silver 

Oxiana 


• Construction currently pre-stripping phase 

• $775 million project with initial mine life of 10 years 

• Mineral Resource 102.01 Mt @ 1.45% Cu, 0.51 g/t Au and 3.3 g/t Ag 

- Total contained metal 1.48 Mt Cu, 2.576 Moz Au and 11.68 Moz Ag 

• Ore Reserve 68.2 Mt @ 1.31% Cu, 0.59 g/t Au and 3.25 g/t Ag 

- Total contained metal 0.892 Mt Cu, 1.297 Moz Au and 7.132 Moz Ag 

• Annual production for first four years 

- 8 Mt of ore 

- 104 000 t Cu, 115 000 ozs Au and 400 000 ozs Ag 

• Employment 

- 1 000 during construction, 400 when in production 

• January 2007 drilling results indicate significant extension to ore body with high 

grade Cu and Au mineralisation up to 500 m below planned open pit 

• Best results include; 

- D276 – 28m @ 2.1% Cu and 0.6 g/t Au, 135 m @ 1.5% Cu and 1.0 g/t Au 

- D277 – 62m @ 1.45% Cu and 0.8 g/t Au 

September 2007

Carrapateena – Copper-Gold 

Teck Cominco / RMG Services 

Carrapateena 

• PACE funded discovery hole CAR002 

• Aggressive drilling program for 2007 approx. $11.6 m 

• Over 75 000m drilled including spectacular results: 

- Drillhole 50: 905m grading 2.1% Cu and 1.0 g/t Au 

incl. 191m grading 3.0% Cu and 0.9 g/t Au 

95m grading 3.3% Cu and 0.6 g/t Au 

• Presence of bornite and chalcopyrite indicate the presence of a potentially large Cu- 

Au system 

• IP resistivity surveys are ongoing as part of exploration program 

• MIMDAS survey completed over main target area 

• Metallurgical test work, resource modelling and environmental baseline studies 

continue 

September April 2007

Kalkaroo – Copper-Gold-Molybdenum 

Havilah Resources 

Kalkaroo 

• Copper-Gold-Molybdenum deposit 

• February 2007 Measured and Indicated Resource updated from 85 Mt to 

108 Mt (28% increase) combined copper, gold and molybdenum 

• Mineable resource of 85 Mt of 0.51 g/t Au and 0.45% Cu 

• $14m feasibility study (funded by Glencore International) to be completed by end 2008 

• Current objectives – resource definition and extension, metallugical studies 

• A deposit containing the equivalent of more than 100 Mt of 2g/t Au or over 

6 Moz of gold equivalent is envisaged 

• Deposit remains open in both directions and down dip 

September 2007

Kanmantoo – Copper-Gold 

Hillgrove Resources 

Kanmantoo 

• Significant new high grade Cu–Au zones intersected; 

- Main Zone 84m @ 1.34% Cu (inc. 17m @ 2.11% Cu) 

- North East Zone 16m @ 4.34% Cu (inc. 4m @ 6.49% Cu) 

- O’Neil Zone 11m @ 2.05% Cu and 6.47 g/t Au (inc. 7m @ 2.3% Cu and 10.15 g/t Au) 

- South East Zone 22m @ 1.51% Cu (inc. 13m @ 2.09% Cu) 

- Eastern Zone 20m @ 1.13% Cu (inc. 6 m @ 2.16% Cu) 

• Definitive feasibility study expected completion September 2007, production targeted 

for 2009 

• Current resource 33.44 Mt @ 0.9% Cu and 0.2 g/t Au containing 290 000 t of Cu and 216 

900 oz Au 

• Estimated annual production: 2 Mtpa of ore for 19 000t Cu, 6 000oz Au and 

113 000 oz Ag 

• Economically enhanced by high garnet grades in host rock 

September 2007

Mutooroo – Copper-Cobalt 

Havilah Resources / Heilongjiang Resources 

Mutooroo 

• Current Resource 11.5 Mt @ 1.1% Cu and 0.1% Co 

• Drilling results indicate wide sulphide zone within potential resource 

- Best results include 27m @ 1.75% Cu and 0.22% Co 

• Feasibility study due for completion late 2007 

- Aiming for annual production of 20 000t Cu and 2 000t Co 

• Application for mining lease submitted 

• Potential to be Australia’s largest cobalt producer 



Gold 

April 2007

Challenger Mine – Gold 

Dominion Mining 

Challenger 

• Significant upgrade to resource announced June 2007 – contained commodity now 

exceeds 1 Moz (1.09 Moz) inc. 512 000oz reserve and additional resource of 544 000 oz 

of gold 

• New resource substantially increases the life of the mine to more than five years and 

contains 280 000oz above and adjacent to the existing decline which can be accessed 

with minimal capital expenditure 

• Gold Production 2006–07, 108 191 ounces at an average cost of $309/oz, Dominion 

expects annual gold production for 2007–08 to be greater than 100 000 oz pa 

• Exploration continues with best drill intersections for June quarter 2007: 

- 2.5m at 257.29 g/t Au 

- 3.75m @ 169.54 g/t Au 

• Continued good drilling results are expected to lead to a resource upgrade to be 

announced in December 2007. When combined with investigations underway to 

upgrade the processing mill, Dominion has hopes that future production may reach 

125–130 000oz pa 

September 2007

White Dam – Gold 

Exco Resources 

White Dam 

• Total Indicated and Inferred Resource 7.4 Mt with a gold grade of 1.09 g/t containing 

258 600 ozs Au 

• Potential for a further 1 Mt of ore to be added to resource from drilling at White Dam 

and nearby Vertigo prospect 

• Planned to open cut and heap leach treat approximately 4.3 Mt oxidised 

ore @ 1.25 g/t Au containing 115 000 ozs Au 

• Mine life of 2–3 years based on planned throughput 2 Mt pa 

• Current work activities: 

- Sourcing adequate water supply 

- Native title agreements 

September 2007

Tunkillia – Gold 

Minotaur Exploration / Helix Resources 

Tunkillia 

• Total oxide resource of 5.7Mt at 1.3 g/t Au 

• Total primary resource of 8.6Mt at 2.1g/t Au and 5.7 g/t Ag 

• Total primary and oxide mineralisation of 800 000oz Au and 1.6Moz Ag 

• Oxide mineralisation is tabular, flat lying, and generally in sharp contact with an 

underlying sub-vertical vein-related primary mineralisation 

• Drilling results from outside mineralised zone include: 

- LEAC 209, 13m at 6.2g/t Au from 38m and 

3m at 16.2 g/t Au from 54m 

- LEAC 240, 10m at 8.3g/t Au from 51m 



• Pit optimisation study in progress 

September 2007

Portia – Gold 

Havilah Resources/Glencore International 

Portia 

• Coarse gold in high grade base of Tertiary layer overlying bedrock gold 

mineralisation that remains open at depth 

• New method of assaying has overcome coarse gold sampling problems 

• Mining Lease application for proposed trial open pit 

• Diamond drillhole - PTDD 206: 56m at 4 g/t Au, incl. 6m (at base of Tertiary) at 7.7g/t 

Au 

• PTAC 191: 26m at 15.4 g/t Au (aircore) 

• PTAC 193: 13m at 33.5 g/t Au (aircore) 


Eyre Peninsula – Gold 

Adelaide Resources 

Eyre Peninsula 

• Prior exploration discovered gold mineralisation at Barns, White Tank and Baggy 

Green prospects 

• New drilling program commenced 

• Will test targets delineated by IP resistivity surveys conducted in 2005 in the 

immediate vicinity of Baggy Green and west of Barns 

• Drilling partly funded through the PACE collaborative drilling program 

September 2007

Angas – Zinc 

Terramin Australia 

Angas 

• Indicated resource estimated at 3.04 Mt grading 8.0% Zn, 3.1% Pb, 33 g/t Ag, 0.5 g/t Au 

and 0.3% Cu with mineralisation averaging around 7 m in thickness in the main 

Rankine orebody 

• Annual ore throughput when fully operational is expected to ramp up to 

400 000 t, producing at peak 65 000 t of Zn and 16 000 t of Ag-Pb concentrate 

respectively 

• Construction of portal complete, tunnelling of decline to access zinc orebody in 

progress 

• Plant construction to commence in October 2007 with commissioning in July 2008 

• First concentrates scheduled for August 2008 

• Sempra Metals and Concentrate Corp have signed off take agreements for the life of 

the mine 

September 2007


Heavy Mineral Sand 

September 2007

Mindarie Mine – Heavy Mineral Sands 

Australian Zircon 

Mindarie 

• Construction phase, first product dispatched from Mindarie rail export facility 

October 2007 

• Measured and Indicated Resources of 171 Mt containing 3.2% HMS 

(Mine Resource 44.7 Mt @ 3.6%) 

• Current planned mine life in excess of 14 years 

• Mining Operation to treat 3–4 Mt ore pa producing 150 000 t of HM concentrate 

containing: 

- 30 000 t zircon 

- 6 000 t rutile 

- 4 000 t leucoxene 

- 60 000 t ilmenite 

September 2007

Jacinth / Ambrosia – Heavy Mineral Sands 

Iluka Resources 

Heavy Mineral Sands Jacinth/Ambrosia 

• Jacinth/Ambrosia – Total resource ~9.2 Mt, average HM grade 4.3%, average zircon 

content 48%, over 4.4 Mt zircon 

• Definitive feasibility study due for completion mid 2008 

• Subject to approvals, indicative timeframe for production is mid 2010 

• Additional resource - Tripitaka 

- straddles ELs - Iluka(100%) and Colona JV (Iluka and Adelaide Resources) 

- 1 Mt HM grade 2.4% average zircon assemblage 65%, ~650 000t zircon 

- pre-feasibility study commenced 

• In principal Native Title agreement that will deliver employment, training and 

business development benefits for the Aboriginal community together with programs 

to protect Aboriginal heritage 

• Other rich prospects in the region include Typhoon and Gullivers 

September 2007


Iron Ore 

September 2007

Project Magnet – Iron (Magnetite) 

OneSteel 


• Construction phase conversion of the Whyalla Steelworks from haematite to 

magnetite feed, and exporting haematite 

• Cost $390m 

• Capital works program expected completion mid 2007 

• Extend operations from 2020 to at least 2027 

• 60 Mt haematite/magnetite proven ore reserves 

• Sell over the next 10 years: 

- 30 Mt of haematite ore 

- 3.2 Mt of iron pellets 

- approximately 1 Mt of steel slab 

• Revenues in excess of $1b over 10 years 

September 2007

Peculiar Knob – Iron Ore (haematite) 

Western Plains Resources 

Peculiar Knob 

• Total resource estimate of 19.4 Mt averaging 63.7% Fe 

• High grade specular haematite low levels of impurities 

• Feasibility study commenced December 2006 

• Additional resource - Buzzard deposit at nearby Hawks Nest project, 

6.7Mt 60%Fe 

• Anticipated 2 Mtpa from Peculiar Knob alone, or 3Mtpa combined project for a mine life 

of up to 10 years 

• Ore would be direct shipped via the nearby Adelaide-Darwin railway 

September 2007

Cairn Hill – Iron(magnetite)-Copper-Gold 

Goldstream Mining 

Iron(magnetite)-Copper-Gold Cairn Hill September 2007 

• Coarse grained magnetite/copper-gold orebody 

• Total resource for initial pit area and eastern pit extension (diluted) 

- 15.2 Mt at 48.1% Fe, 0.28% Cu, 0.09 g/t Au 

• Feasibility study underway to evaluate two options: 

- On-site production of 1.4 Mtpa magnetite concentrate, 4500 t Cu and 

5500 oz of Au (metallurgical testwork completed for processing options ) 

- Direct shipment of 2.5 Mt pa for processing in China 

• First shipment aimed for 2008 

• Initial pit area to cover western most 800m of a well defined 18km magnetic anomaly to 

be drill tested later in 2007 

April 2007

Wilgerup – Iron (Haematite) 

Centrex Metals 

Wilgerup 

• Hematite rich banded iron formation 

• JORC compliant Indicated Resource 8 Mt grading 59.8% Fe, 3.3% SiO 2 , 2.3%, Al 2 O 3 , 

0.48% P (based on Iron cut-off of 55%) 

• Additional resources 

- Inferred Resource of 1.1 Mt massive hematite 

- 3.2 Mt of hematite clay and hematite carbonate 

• Mine design, economic modelling and ore scheduling studies in progress 

• 12 300 m of drilling completed to February 2007 

• Currently drilling additional 6 000m targetting gravity anomalies 



Uranium 

September 2007

Beverley Mine – Uranium 

Heathgate Resources 

Beverley 

• Largest in-situ leach (ISL) mine in the world 

• 2006 U 3 O 8 production 976 t 

• Exploration continued in the east and south of mineral lease included: 

- Extensive drilling program coupled with induced polarisation/resistivity survey 

- High definition seismic survey south of the lease 

• The $5m exploration program has been successful in all areas 

September 2007

Four Mile West – Uranium 

Quasar Resources / Alliance Resources 

Four Mile West 

• Discovered 2005 north of the Beverley Uranium Mine 

• Initial resource Four Mile West – 3.9 Mt @ 0.37% U 3 O 8 (15 000 t or 32 Mlbs) 

• Mineralisation extends over 1.2km strike length and is typically high grade, 1% or 

greater U 3 O 8 

• Preliminary results from 32 holes, July 2007 (PFN logging, pU 3 O 8 ): 

- 5.4 m grading 0.85% eU 3 O 8 

- 4.5 m grading 0.47% eU 3 O 8 

- 1.2 m grading 1.1% eU 3 O 8 

- 2.5 m grading 0.9% eU 3 O 8 

- 2.6 m grading 0.6% eU 3 O 8 

• Mineral claim pegging has commenced in prep. for Mining Lease applications 

September 2007

Honeymoon – Uranium 

Uranium One 

Honeymoon 

• Current mineral resource ~ 1.2 Mt at an average grade of 0.24% containing 2 900t 

(6.5 Mlb) U 3 O 8 for annual production of 400t (880 000 lb) U 3 O 8 

• Project well into final approvals phase 

• Construction of in situ leach uranium mine (est. capital cost $53 m) progressing with 

a new design using pulse columns being finalised 

• Production scheduled for 2 nd quarter 2008 

September 2007

Crocker Well / Mt Victoria – Uranium 

PepinNini Minerals/Sinosteel 

Crockers Well 

• Hard rock uranium prospect 

• 1970–80s – Feasibility Study first completed 

• March 2006 – Scoping Study completed 

• February 2007 – Agreement finalised between PepinNini Minerals and Sinosteel Co. 

with an aim to form Joint Venture by mid 2007 

• Crocker Well uranium field – six deposits containing a resource of 14.85 Mlbs of U 3 O 8 

with an Inferred JORC compliant resource of 12.5 Mt @ 0.5 kg/t (0.05%) U 3 O 8 

• Mt Victoria – Inferred JORC compliant resource of 250 000 t @ 1.6 kg/t (0.16%) U 3 O 8 

• Impending Feasibility Study to include 

- Upgrade of current resource 

- Improved uranium ore recovery rate 

- Refinement of geological, mining and processing models 

September 2007

Radium Hill – Uranium 

Havilah Resources 

Radium Hill 

• Australia’s first hard rock uranium mine 

• 1954–1961 — Radium Hill mine produced approximately 1150 t of uranium with 954 

000 t of davidite ore mined for an average grade of 1.2 kg/t U 3 O 8 

• First systematic exploration for hard rock uranium mineralisation in the region since 

the closure of the Radium Hill mine more than 45 years ago 

• 2007 exploration to focus on 

- surface sampling of davidite 

- trenching to examine alteration minerals in host rocks along strike 

- drilling 

• Good potential for new discoveries using ultra-detailed airborne radiometric and 

magnetic surveys and shallow RC drilling 

September 2007

Warrior – Uranium 

Toro Energy / Stellar Resources 

Warrior 

• Kingoonya Palaeochannel system 

• Non-JORC Inferred Resource of 4000 t with an average U 3 O 8 grade of 0.034% (1980’s) 

• 251 drillhole program completed June quarter 2007, these results indicate significant 

area of continuous mineralisation in the northern Area A. New assay results up to 

0.05% compiled with previous drilling assays up to 0.09% U 3 O 8 

• Mineralisation occurs at a depth of 26–30m below surface within carbonaceous 

sediments associated with a redox zone 

• Range River and Stellar Resources JV’s and Access agreement in place 

• Further drilling to evaluate mineralisation scheduled for late 2007 

September 2007

Gould’s Dam – Uranium 

Uranium One 

Goulds Dam 

• 75 km west of Honeymoon 

• An under-explored prospect within the Billeroo palaeochannel 

• Non-JORC compliant inferred resource of 2300 t U 3 O 8 @ 0.149% 

• 2007 Program – 15 000 m rotary mud drilling expected to commence April 

• Pre-Feasibility and feasibility studies possibly completed in 2–3 years 

• Production commencement expected to coincide with completion of production at 

Honeymoon 

September 2007

Oban – Uranium 

Curnamona Energy 

Oban 

• Sand-hosted uranium mineralisation 

• Like Beverley and Honeymoon, Oban is coarse-grained sandy aquifer amenable to 

in-situ leach (ISL) extraction 

• 2006 drilling produced numerous economically significant uranium intersections, 

mineralisation up to 6.5 m thick and grades up to 0.44% eU 3 O 8 

• Mineral claim pegged with intention to commence field leach trials 

• Following a successful trial 

- Obtain Mineral Lease 

- Upgrade of trial treatment plant to full scale operation 

September 2007

Mount Gee – Uranium 

Marathon Resources 

Mount Gee 

Hard-rock uranium deposit - Paralana Mineral System 

Resource of 42. Mt at 0.063% U 3 O 8 for ~31 200 t U 3 O 8 (300ppm cut-off) 

Down-hole gamma logging results 

RC07MN041 – 36m – 43m for 7m @ 0.10% e U 3 O 8 


RC07MN051 – 119m – 140 m for 21m @ 0.07% U 3 O 8 


including 30m – 37m for 7m @ 0.14% e U 3 O 8 

Proposed mining method - underground 

September 2007

South Australia - SA Explorers

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