Mineral Exploration History of the Castlemaine, Woodend, Yea and Part of Bacchus Marsh 1:100 000 Map Areas

VIMP Report 63

Mineral exploration history of the Castlemaine, Woodend, Yea and part of Bacchus Marsh 1:100 000 map areas

D. F. Hutchinson

March 1999

Bibliographic reference: HUTCHINSON, D.F., 1999. Mineral exploration history of the Castlemaine, Woodend, Yea and part of Bacchus Marsh 1:100 000 map areas. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 63. Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

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Contents Abstract 3 1 Introduction 4 2 History of MELBOURNE exploration 6 2.1 Primary gold (historic goldfields) 6 2.2 Primary gold under cover 8 2.3 Alluvial gold 8 2.4 Base metals 9 2.5 Kaolin 9 2.6 Coal 9 3 Exploration programs 11 References 87 Appendix 1 101 Summary of expired exploration licences in MELBOURNE Appendix 2 110 Summary of companies and exploration targets in MELBOURNE Appendix 3 118 Location of expired exploration licences in MELBOURNE Appendix 4 135 Summary of geochemical surveys in MELBOURNE Appendix 5 153 Summary of work conducted at each prospect (mines, reefs, leads etc) in MELBOURNE Appendix 6 161 EL 411 - Drill hole summary Appendix 7 164 EL 1253 (Ex EL 618) - Drill hole summary Appendix 8 177 EL 1513 - Drill hole summary Appendix 9 180 EL 1530 and 1531 - Drill hole summary Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum (VIMP) report series 183

List of figures 1 MELBOURNE location map 5 2 Deep leads over Castlemaine 1:100 000 mapsheet 10

List of tables 1 EL 17 and 22 - Drill hole summary 13 2 EL 54 - Drill hole summary 15 3 EL 719 - Drill hole summary 27 4 EL 827 - Drill hole summary 30 5 EL 872 - Drill hole summary 31 6 EL 888 - Drill hole summary 34 7 EL 954 - Drill hole summary 36 8 EL 1150 - Drill hole summary 39 9 EL 1205 - Drill hole summary 41 10 EL 1325 - Drill hole summary 49 2 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

11 EL 1346 - Drill hole summary 50 12 EL 1498 - Drill hole summary 55 13 EL 1520 - Peak stream sediment soil and rock chip geochemistry results 56 14 EL 1523 - Drill hole summary 59 15 EL 1547 - Drill hole summary 63 16 EL 1603 - Trench sampling 65 17 EL 2511 - Drill hole summary 73 18 EL 3401 - Drill hole summary 76 19 EL 3637 - Drill hole summary 84 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 3

Abstract

This report provides a summary of the work programs conducted by mineral exploration companies within the Castlemaine, Woodend, Yea and northern half of the Bacchus Marsh 1:100 000 mapsheet area (MELBOURNE) since the introduction of the Exploration Licensing (EL) system in 1965. Since that time, 127 licences have expired within the area. A total of 109 ELs are described in this report, the other 18 ELs are not described due to a variety of reasons including non-submission of reports, reports not available in the departmental library, cancelled licences which have amalgamated into current licences, work programs conducted outside the MELBOURNE area or exploration data still confidential due to ongoing mining licences. This report provides summaries of the exploration conducted in each EL including stream sediment, soil and rock chip geochemical, geophysical and drilling data.

The tables and maps in this report provide further information on the MELBOURNE EL work programs. Tables include details of the geochemical and drilling programs undertaken within the ELs, principal exploration targets, prospects where work has taken place, the time period the licences were held for and expenditure levels for each EL. Maps indicate the location of each EL.

Past mining has not extracted all of the gold from MELBOURNE and the area remains highly prospective for gold, base metals and other commodities with modern exploration techniques increasing the chances of discovering a new economic mineral deposit. The vast majority of exploration companies have targeted primary and/or alluvial gold. Antimony, tungsten, molybdenum, copper, zinc, nickel, platinum group metals, arsenic, coal and kaolin have also been explored for. 4 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

1 Introduction together with other GIS data, is available for purchase from the Geological Survey of Victoria. This report presents a complete overview of the

previous mineral exploration work undertaken within the Castlemaine, Woodend, Yea and · Appendix 5 is a summary of the exploration northern half of the Bacchus Marsh 1:100 000 work completed at each modern exploration mapsheet area (MELBOURNE). The prospect (historic mine, reef, lead) within information contained within this report is MELBOURNE. constrained by the amount of information given in the company reports which ranges from very The drilling tables within this report little (particularly in the late 1960's and early summarise all drilling conducted within an EL, 1970's) to extensive (1980's to recent). including significant results. A gold cut-off of 0.5 g/t has been used in this report, with values MELBOURNE is situated in central Victoria above this deemed to be significant or (see Fig. 1) and contains approximately 38 anomalous and at a level that would trigger mineral fields including the Castlemaine, further interest in a grass roots exploration Daylesford, Maldon and Heathcote goldfields of program. RAB drilling is discussed in the body the 'world class' Ballarat Gold Province and the of the text. Ghin Ghin, Mount Egerton and Mount Piper goldfields of the Melbourne Gold Province. The MELBOURNE area contains many Over 300 tonnes of gold has been recovered significant historical gold mines including the from MELBOURNE. The Bacchus Marsh and Wattle Gully mine near Castlemaine, the Lal Lal coal fields also occur in the area. German and Beehive mines at Maldon and the Ajax mine at Daylesford. Historically worked Exploration data is summarised in the deep leads include the Campaspe and Guildford following appendices: Plateau deep leads in the northwest of MELBOURNE. Currently, gold mining occurs Appendix 1 summarises the companies that · at Maldon and Mount Egerton. have conducted exploration in the area, the

exploration target, the time period the Antimony from Comadai, iron ore and brown tenement was held, the expenditure and the coal from Lal Lal, and diatomite from work undertaken (drilling, geochemistry, Redesdale, Newham and Moranding have also geophysics, literature surveys and been extracted in the past. Currently, mines in mapping). the area produce substantial quantities of

kaolin, brown coal and granite dimension stone. · Appendix 2 lists the exploration companies Extractive industries produce sand, clay, gravel in alphabetical order with the EL title, time and crushed rock valued at $100 million period and exploration target included. annually, mostly for the Melbourne market. A complete description of the geology and mineral · Appendix 3 presents the locations of the resources of MELBOURNE can be found in ELs over MELBOURNE. Edwards et al. (1997).

· Appendix 4 is a summary of the stream sediment, rock chip, soil, costean and bulk sampling programs undertaken within MELBOURNE, it includes the area and year the work was completed, the type and number of samples, the sample mesh size, the analytical method, the detection limit, and the elements analysed. Peak results for the geochemistry surveys are given within tables in the text with all results quoted in parts per million (ppm) unless otherwise stated.

NOTE: Digital soil and stream sediment geochemical data for MELBOURNE,

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2 History of MELBOURNE extensions to known reef workings with follow up bulk sampling, R/C and diamond drilling for exploration resource and structural data.

The majority of exploration within Barkstead MELBOURNE has targeted alluvial and primary gold, with areas of past mining and Exploration in this area was for gold known mineralisation being the focus for most mineralisation associated with reefs and faults companies. More than $5.5 million has been including extensions to known workings spent on grassroots tenement exploration in (EL 2020). Mapping, soil, dump and rock chip MELBOURNE since 1965. Large low grade sampling was conducted by M.T. Motton over open-cut style and/or high grade reef gold various prospects in the Barkstead area mineralisation has been a common target for including the Try Again and Fighting Mac the companies exploring MELBOURNE with prospects. Drilling and geophysics was also the Maldon (Alliance Gold Mines NL), Wattle carried out at the Fighting Mac prospect but Gully (Duketon Goldfields NL) and Mount the work failed to locate significant Egerton (Tech-Sol Resources Pty Ltd) gold mineralisation. mines representing the results of the most successful recent exploration. Blackwood

Significant current (1999) work being conducted Exploration in the Blackwood area was directed in MELBOURNE includes: towards locating large tonnage, disseminated, low grade gold and silver mineralisation associated with carbonaceous pyritic shales and Range River Gold NL search for extensions · high grade, low tonnage gold quartz reefs and repetitions of gold mineralisation at (Els 719, 1523 & 3430). Work included drilling Daylesford. of the Yankee-Countess and Butchers reefs,

bulk sampling of the Yankee mine tailings, · Alliance Gold Mines NL use of costeaning on the Comet reef and geological hydrogeochemical and geophysical mapping of the area. This work was conducted techniques to explore for a major primary by various companies including Carpentaria gold deposit under basalt cover around Exploration Company Pty Ltd, Triad Minerals Creswick. NL and Dome Resources NL. The exploration work identified good targets although drilling · Resource drilling and testing of broad zones results indicated that the mineralisation was of shear related gold mineralisation within patchy and generally of low grade. sandstones and siltstones at the Providence prospect near Yea by Perseverance Mining Blakeville Pty Ltd. Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty Ltd conducted geochemical surveys over feldspathic · St Barbara Mines Ltd. and Golden Hills dykes in the Blakeville area in search of reef Mining NL drilling at Egerton for a large gold deposits (EL 719). This work failed to tonnage bulk mineable gold deposit. locate any significant gold mineralisation.

Only the most significant exploration programs Broadford are summarised below, see Section 3 for a full description of work programs. The major target in this area was gold deposits of similar style to the Nagambie Hill 158 2.1 Primary gold (historic deposit (ELs 1948, 2237 & 3133). Fraser goldfields) Mining & Construction Pty Ltd, Burgundy Exploration Pty Ltd, T.J. Burrows & P.J. Hard rock gold exploration has been Arden, Metana Minerals NL, Southern undertaken over all of the historic goldfields Ventures NL and Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd within MELBOURNE (see Fig. 1). The most used stream sediment and rock chip sampling successful exploration techniques have involved as their prime exploration tools. Stream a combination of mapping, rock chip, soil, RAB sediment anomalies worthy of follow up testing and costean sampling over unworked MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 7

were located although no further work was Harcourt conducted. Golden Triangle Resources explored the Castlemaine Harcourt area for a viable primary gold deposit that may be of the high grade quartz vein Exploration in the Castlemaine area was for hosted style, low grade Nagambie Hill 158 style hard rock gold mineralisation, either low grade or primary gold mineralisation within the open cut style or high grade underground style. Harcourt batholith (EL 3635). Work carried out Various companies including CRA Exploration included geoelectrochemical MPF A-horizon soil Pty Ltd conducted bulk sampling, rock chip and sampling and conventional soil and stream stream sediment sampling and drilling over the sediment sampling to try to detect outcropping Eureka-Vineyard reef area (EL 1205). Triad or buried gold deposits. Exploration failed to Minerals NL carried out mapping, rock chip locate a gold deposit of style and size that the sampling and drilling at the Frenchmans reef company required. and Spring Gully prospects (EL 1523). Mapping and sampling identified good drilling Lauriston targets, although the drilling of these targets indicated that the mineralisation was too Exploration in the Lauriston area was for the patchy and generally of low grade. purpose of discovering primary gold mineralisation within hard rock quartz reefs Clonbinane (ELs 1346, 1513 & 3401). Work included mapping, geochemistry and drilling at the Work carried out in this area was to assist in Kangaroo, Queen, Sunday and Tommy Dodd locating economic low grade gold-antimony reefs. This work was conducted by a number of mineralisation within quartz vein systems, companies including Southern Continental country rock and quartz diorite dykes (ELs 54, Mining Ltd, Red Rock Mining Ltd and Kinglake 975 & 1603). Eastern Prospectors Pty Ltd, CRA Resources Pty Ltd. The exploration completed Exploration Pty Ltd and Ausminde Pty Ltd failed to locate an economic open pit gold conducted work at the Golden Dyke and Reedy resource although small, narrow vein resources Creek prospects including mapping, costeaning, were delineated at the Blow and Red, White bulk testing, grab, dump, soil, channel and and Blue reefs. stream sediment sampling. Geophysical surveys (magnetic and resistivity) was also Maldon conducted at the Golden Dyke prospect. Various other work was conducted over dykes The majority of the exploration in the Maldon in the Reedy Creek Goldfield including drilling area occurred over ELs 411, 1253, 1513 and at the Brunswick reef and Taits shaft and 3401 between 1972 and 1996 in the search of trenching at the Taits and Margaret Mines. high grade fissure reef hosted gold and Although the area was seen as prospective, the stockwork quartz gold mineralisation. A grades and tonnages found during exploration number of companies explored in the area were not economic. including Triad Minerals NL, Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty Ltd and Pioneer Daylesford Mines Ltd. This work included extensive mapping, sampling, geophysics and drilling. Triad Minerals NL and L. Culpan & D.R. Most of the work occurred on the Union Hill McLean conducted various geochemical surveys prospect (Eaglehawk reef), Nuggety reef, Gower and drilling on the Wheal Dory and Bells reef Hill prospect and the Mount Tarrengower area. systems within the Daylesford area in search of Exploration at Union Hill has progressed to primary gold mineralisation either of low grade, mining by Alliance Gold Mines NL, with open cut style or high grade, underground style detailed exploration of the Maldon Goldfield (ELs 1523 & 1806). Relinquishment of the still continuing. tenement was due to patchy and generally low grade mineralisation and joint venture Mount Egerton Goldfield problems. Exploration in the Mount Egerton area was conducted to try to locate extensions of known gold quartz reef mineralisation and new ore shoots. Rock chip sampling and diamond 8 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

drilling was conducted by Carpentaria further drill testing the Providence prospect. A Exploration Company Pty Ltd (EL 719). Work geophysical survey were carried out over the by WMC Ltd included airborne geophysical Yea breccia zone and both this area and the surveys which highlighted Mount Egerton as Crystals Bluff (Box Hill) breccia zone were worthy of follow up soil sampling (EL 528). geologically mapped (ELs 1480 & 3514). Work WMC Ltd then conducted further mapping, soil in the Triangles Goldfield area by Takoradi and channel sampling and an extensive drilling Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd, Ghana Gold Pty Ltd program under ELs 1530 and 1531. While and Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd involved earlier exploration failed to locate significant mapping, rock chip and soil sampling and gold mineralisation, more recent exploration magnetometer surveys over the Triangles reef (Tech-Sol Resources Pty Ltd) has resulted in and Abundance prospects (ELs 1498 & 3504). gold mining in the area. 2.2 Primary gold under cover Mount Piper Goldfield The possibility of discovering new unworked Exploration of the area by BHP Minerals Ltd hard rock gold deposits under basalt or alluvial has been to try to locate an epithermal cover is arguably the most exciting and disseminated gold deposit associated with potentially most profitable targets on Mount Piper breccia pipe (EL 827). Surveys MELBOURNE. Exploration techniques have carried out included mapping, soil, rock chip included hydrogeochemical and and stream sediment sampling, extensive electrogeochemical sampling together with geophysics and drilling (diamond and geophysics and follow up "wildcat drilling" to percussion). The exploration work completed locate undiscovered hard rock gold deposits or failed to delineate a bulk tonnage gold deposit. extensions to known workings hidden under basalt or alluvial cover. Mount William Kyneton Metex Resources NL conducted stream sediment and rock chip sampling over the Golden Triangle Resources NL used MPF Mount William area to locate a bulk tonnage A-horizon soil and rock chip sampling in an gold deposit (EL 3573). The tenement was attempt to discover southerly continuations of abandoned after only minimal grass roots the mineralised structures on the Lauriston exploration. Goldfield anticline under basalt and alluvial cover (EL 3636). Gold values sufficiently Newstead anomalous to indicate underlying gold mineralisation were not detected. Golden Triangle Resources NL was looking for gold deposits in high grade quartz vein hosted Newstead systems or low grade bulk tonnage systems associated with the Campbelltown Fault zone Golden Triangle Resources NL used (EL 3637). Various mapping and sampling geoelectrochemical MPF A-horizon soil and rock programs were carried out in the Newstead chip/float sampling and geophysics to help area as well as a drilling program at the Lord locate gold deposits in high grade quartz vein Byron mine. Exploration failed to locate a gold hosted systems or low grade bulk tonnage deposit of style and size that the company systems within the Campbelltown Fault zone required. under Tertiary basalt cover (EL 3637). Exploration failed to locate a gold deposit of Yea style and size that the company required. Exploration in the Yea area was to assist in the discovery of open cut bulk tonnage style 2.3 Alluvial gold multiple reef line quartz gold mineralisation. Takoradi Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd, Tallangalook Historically worked alluvial deep leads Pty Ltd, Ghana Gold Pty Ltd and Metex commonly under basalt cover a large portion of Resources NL conducted various geochemical the Castlemaine 1:100 000 mapsheet in the and mapping surveys over the Ghin Ghin, northwest corner of MELBOURNE (see Fig. 2) Providence and Homewood prospects. and also areas to the east. The common Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd are currently approach to exploring for these leads was to MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 9

conduct geophysical surveys (gravity, magnetics 2.5 Kaolin and resistivity), mapping, bulk sampling and drilling (cable tool and rotary percussion). Geological & Ceramic Services Pty Ltd used geochemical testing and auger drilling to prove Broadford up kaolin reserves at the Lal Lal kaolin prospect (EL 1325). A reserve of 1.4 Mt of Twenty eight rotary percussion holes were kaolinised granite of "probable" high grade was drilled into the Sugarloaf Creek deep lead indicated to a depth of 14.4 m (open laterally (north of Broadford) by CRA Exploration Pty and at depth as most holes terminated in kaolin Ltd to delineate a gold resource within alluvial at 14.4 m). leads below basalt cover (EL 872). More drilling was planned for the tenement but at the time there was a lack of available cable tool 2.6 Coal drill rigs. In the early 1980s CRA Exploration Pty Ltd Daylesford and Investigator Coal Exploration Pty Ltd searched for brown coal in Tertiary palaeo- Leighton Mining NL conducted geophysics and shoreline environments on the eastern margin drilling over the basalt covered portions of the of the Otway Basin (ELs 688, 815 & 816). Korweinguboora deep lead, south of Daylesford, These ELs were part of CRAE's Bacchus Marsh- to identify gold bearing alluvial gravels (EL Altona coal project, where the majority of the 425). The tenement was abandoned due to poor field work was conducted to the southeast of drilling results. MELBOURNE. No significant coal bearing seams were delineated in the area. Guildford

Various companies carried out mapping, geophysics and drilling over the Guildford Plateau, Butchers Gully, Strangeway Hill and Loddon deep leads near Guildford in order to discover unworked auriferous portions of the leads (ELs 1205, 1547 & 3390). No alluvial gold deposits of significant size could be delineated.

Muckleford

Drilling and mapping was carried out over the Muckleford and Back Creek deep leads near Muckleford by various companies including CRA Exploration Pty Ltd to find gold deposits within shallow alluvials, basalt covered deep leads and high level gravels (ELs 1205 & 1594). Exploration did not reveal any gold deposits of sufficient economic size.

2.4 Base metals

Rosscraft Minerals Pty Ltd and CVT Pty Ltd used soil sampling, geophysics and petrography to help discover volcanogenic Cu-Zn-Ni deposits possibly containing by-product Au and platinum group metals (PGMs) within Cambrian greenstones around Lancefield (EL 1316). No drilling targets could be found as a result of the grass roots exploration.

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3 Exploration programs could be used to locate buried hills and valleys, I.P. to locate the wider zones of disseminated pyrite in the Ordovician rocks (provided there is EL 4 AND 5 WESTERN MINING little or no response from basalt cover) and CORPORATION LTD aeromagnetic techniques for locating buried channels. Period held: 1965 - 1969 Area: Daylesford and Maldon. An airborne magnetic survey was flown across the Ballarat-Bendigo area including parts of Target: Reef gold deposits. EL 4. A total of 6100 traverse km were flown at a height of 1800 m on east west traverse lines Work carried out: spaced at 2.4 km, with several traverses flown Geology - The area consists of Cambrian at 150 m height. This survey was designed to greenstones and Ordovician and Silurian provide data on the regional and basement sediments which were folded and faulted and geology of the area. intruded by granites during the Devonian. This period of deformation is thought to be the Reason for relinquishment: The company primary source of the hydrothermal activity to believed that economics had moved against gold create the hard rock gold deposits we see today. mining and that there was little or no incentive The Palaeozoic rocks are overlain to the north, to continue exploration. south and west by Tertiary basalts and Quaternary alluvials. References: Dolan (1966), WMC Corporation Ltd (1966, 1969). Literature survey - A compilation of all geological and mining data relevant to the EL 17 AND 22 PLANET MINING tenement area was completed. COMPANY PTY LTD (EX PLANET Geochemistry - Underground rock chip GOLD LTD) sampling was completed at the Wattle Gully mine in the north of the tenement for a total of Period held: 1965 - 1970 40 samples. Dump samples were also collected Area: Drummond North and Blackwood. from the Daylesford area, but the exact location is not known. The sample results are not given Target: Reef gold deposits. in the company reports. Work carried out: Geophysics - In 1965 a regional induced Geology - The area lies within a broad dome polarisation (I.P.) survey was conducted over structure which brings tightly folded Lower areas around Bendigo, Ballarat, Maldon and Ordovician Lancefieldian sediments to the Daylesford (ELs 3, 4 & 5). The I.P. method was surface. These rocks are partially covered by used to delineate sulphide mineralisation deep lead alluvials and Tertiary basalts. The associated with quartz reefs. Three traverses Cobaw and Harcourt granite plutons are were completed over the Maldon Goldfield and located 8 km east and 19 km north of Lauriston three over the Daylesford Goldfield. I.P. respectively. responses were indicated over the Nuggety - Ajax line of mineralisation at Daylesford and Literature survey - All available records over the Eaglehawk, Cymru and Nelson reefs concerning the area were studied with the and extensions to the Sailors reef at Maldon. It intention of locating the most favourable sites was concluded that I.P. surveys over the central for initial test drilling. Areas of interest Victorian goldfields was able to obtain delineated from the mapping and literature anomalous responses from mineralisation research included Russels Group at Lauriston, systems composed of several reef structures to Sultan, Simmons, Butchers and Morning Star depths no greater than 215 m. reef lines at Blackwood and the Stockyard, O'Connors and Queens Birthday reef lines at A study was completed on the geophysical North Drummond. properties of rock types within the tenement. A total of 111 samples were collected and tested Mapping - A 1:100 000 scale map was produced for various geophysical responses. It was in 1967 which included major geological concluded that gravity and seismic techniques 12 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

boundaries and structures, mine locations and mineralisation (peak 0.2 g/t Au). At 18 m alluvial workings. southwest of the shaft a small open cut was dug for sampling (peak 2.7 g/t Au). At 122 m An air photo geological interpretation of the northwest of the main shaft 3 bulldozed cuts Blackwood area was carried out as well as were completed allowing channel sampling ground investigations of the antimony belt across the fault line (peak 3.7 g/t Au). along the eastern boundary of the Blackwood Goldfield. Areas inspected included the In 1969 a soil sampling program was conducted Peacock Gully, Blackwood Antimony, Murphys, over the northeastern extension of the Levan Fuchs and Dickson, and Butlers prospects. Star gold prospect for a total of 236 samples. Samples were assayed for arsenic and results Mapping of geology and mine workings was indicated the possibility of mineralisation conducted around the Levan Star mine area similar to the Levan Star mine. Three showing the existence of a number of north- anomalies were delineated, the most promising south trending reef lines. Mapping was also is a 100-200 ppm As anomaly running parallel conducted at the Belltopper Hill locality in the with the Levan Star line and converges on the North Drummond area. southern end of the Belltopper Tunnel (Coys workings). The peak result for the survey was Geochemistry - A preliminary geochemical 300 ppm As. analysis of the western area of the Lauriston Goldfield was completed. A total of 15 soil A total of 3 grab samples were collected 110 m samples were collected from Drummond, southwest of the shafts (old workings), two of Blackwood, Malmsbury and Lauriston. From the samples (honeycombed quartz and this program it was decided to use arsenic as a quartzite) assayed 1.3 and 1.5 g/t Au pathfinder in subsequent sampling programs. respectively. No results were given in the company report. A total of 30 channel samples were collected in In 1968 a total of 133 soil and 7 rock chip the Drummond North area from the Crown, samples were collected over the Levan Star reef Fiery Streak, Never Despair, Antimony and and its possible strike extensions. Samples Queens Birthday reefs, the Panama and were collected at a depth of 1.2-2.4 m over 11 Hanover mines and the Missing Link Tunnel. traverse lines for a total distance of 793 m. Two samples collected from the Missing Link Approximately 90 m of the traverses covered adit gave the peak results shown below in ppm. the opencut exposures of the reef, a strong anomaly (300 ppm As and 20 ppm Sb) extended Au As Sb past the known length of the reef by 46 m. The peak results for the survey were found over the Sample 1 5.6 3.5% 2400 known reef position (400 ppm As and 640 ppm Sample 2 3.4 8000 320 Sb).

A total of 29 holes were drilled to an average Three rock chip samples were collected from depth of 1.7 m at the Levan Star reef using a dumps at the Queens Birthday, Egyptian and Holman 'Silver Bullet' jack hammer for 61 No. 1 South Queens mines. The peak results samples over a strike length of 80 m. Peak came from white quartz containing 2-3% results for this survey are shown below in ppm. stibnite (shown below in ppm).

Au As Sb Au Ag

7.6 7200 1% 44.8 8.8

A total of 30 channel samples were collected A total of 120 soil samples were collected at from the North Drummond area. Two 6 m Belltopper Hill in the North Drummond area trenches approximately 100 m southwest of the west of Malmsbury. Carrying on from this, prospecting shaft were dug to intersect the trenching was completed over anomalous soil continuation of the Levan Star reef. The reef results consisting of 6 trenches totalling 555 m was not detected there inviting the possibility in length. The main quartz stringers and that there is some displacement of the narrow reef zones were mapped and sampled, MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 13

Table 1 EL 17 and 22 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag depth (m) (m) (m)

3 90° n/a 266387 5876941 3.9 1.9 m @ 0.76 g/t Au 170.1 Energetic Anticline 3A 90° n/a 266394 5876941 64.3 1.5 m @ 1.36 g/t Au 184.1 Energetic Anticline 67.1 0.4 m @ 0.54 g/t Au 6 90° n/a 266435 5876718 no significant intersections 153.0 Energetic Anticline 6A 90° n/a 266450 5876719 no significant intersections 153.0 Energetic Anticline 7 90° n/a 266579 5876893 26.8 8.8 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 149.7 Energetic Anticline including 1.2 m @ 2.6 g/t Au from 37.2 m 7A 90° n/a 266585 5876892 no significant intersections 198.1 Energetic Anticline M28 90° n/a 266435 5877254 25.9 1.5 m @ 0.61 g/t Au ? Energetic Anticline M29 90° n/a 266518 5877352 no significant intersections ? Energetic Anticline M30 90° n/a 266519 5877418 no significant intersections ? Energetic Anticline M31 90° n/a 266542 5877463 1.8 2.1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au ? Energetic Anticline

Note: All data has been converted to metric for this table. no mineralisation of economic significance was EL 54 EASTERN PROSPECTORS found. The results for both of these programs PTY LTD were not given in the company reports. Period held: 1966 - 1971 Drilling - A vertical rotary chip sample drilling Area: Clonbinane. program was completed on the Energetic anticline, Russels syncline and Russels Target: Gold-antimony mineralisation. anticline in the Lauriston Goldfield west of Kyneton. A total of 7 deep holes and 47 shallow Work carried out: holes were drilled for a total of 2664 m of Geology - The Clonbinane prospect is a zone of drilling. Each hole was designed to test the auriferous quartz-stibnite-pyrite veins within strike extensions of the quartz reefs (previously fractures in a quartz diorite dyke which cross worked) by passing straight down the fold axes cuts folded Middle Palaeozoic sediments. The to intersect the trough and saddle reefs (known Mount Disappointment Granodiorite outcrops to occur at vertical intervals of 60 - 76 m in the 6.5 km southeast of Clonbinane and is the most old mine workings). The drill holes proved the likely source of the fluids responsible for the presence of quartz bodies as saddles, troughs mineralisation at the prospect. and legs of the anticlines up to 610 m away from known auriferous shoots (refer to Table 1). Literature survey - Research was completed Note that the results were only given in the covering the gold-antimony mining history of company reports for the deep holes 3 - 7A and the area including specific mines and prospects. the shallow holes M28 - 31. Cross sectional The exploration history of the tenement, diagrams and location maps were given for all geology and mineralisation was also of the holes (see company reports). investigated.

Reason for relinquishment: At the time of Geochemistry - General prospecting and relinquishment four prospects were being sampling was completed at the Christina, pegged and formally applied for as Mining Apollo and Golden Dyke Mines. A total of 13 Licenses (MLs) in the area of these two rock chip samples were collected for peak tenements. results of the following (%). The high gold and antimony values came from quartz-stibnite References: Planet Mining Company Pty Ltd samples at the Apollo and Christina Mines (1970), John Taylor & Sons (1967, 1970). respectively. 14 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

from the Christine shaft to the Apollo shaft, Au Ag Cu Pb As Sb (ppm) cross faults were assumed to explain the complex contour map, a lenticular form of 55.7 1 trace trace 0.2 52.1 mineralisation was ascertained rather than a more evenly distributed and disseminated one and sharp gradients from low to high A trenching program was undertaken near the resistivities seemed to be more prevalent near Golden Dyke shaft in the Clonbinane Area to the old mines possibly indicating try to delineate the dyke at that point. The mineralisation. success of this program was partly affected by the thickness of the soil cover. A 6 traverse spontaneous polarisation (S.P.) and induced polarisation (I.P.) survey was Rock chip sampling was completed down the conducted. Two lines were traversed at the Christina mine shaft at Clonbinane totalling 15 Christina shaft using S.P. but no anomalies samples. Best results included 1.5 m @ 3.5 g/t were detected. Four traverse lines were Au, 1.5 m @ 3.1 g/t Au, 1.5 m @ 1.4 % Sb and completed on the hills at the Golden Dyke mine, 1.5 m @ 1.2 % Sb. only weak anomalies were observed. These anomalies did coincide with old mine workings A deep soil/bedrock geochemical program was and were most likely caused by pyrite. completed around the Tait and Margaret mine shafts over 4 traverses for a total of 400 Drilling - Five diamond drill holes (EPC1 - 5) samples. Fill-in geochemical sampling was were completed at Clonbinane for a total of completed over anomalies delineated by the 300 m of drilling. Refer to Table 2. initial program for a total 350 samples. Results were not given in the company report. Fourteen diamond drill holes were drilled over the Brunswick reef (Br1 - 10 & BrM - R). Three A total of 7 trenches were dug in the holes successfully delineated a small ore body Tait/Margaret (North) area. Five of the approximately 91 m strike length by 61 m dip trenches were completed to test the extension of length (ore resources were not given in the the bedrock anomalies detected by geochemical company report). Three diamond holes drilled sampling. The trenches were dug through 4.6- at the Taits shaft area all proved negative. The 6.1 m of alluvium consequently proving to be drill logs and assay results for these three holes very dangerous due to the collapse of water were not given in the company reports. saturated walls. The other two trenches were dug through 2.4-4.6 m of alluvium to test for Reason for relinquishment: No reason any surface expression of the "new reef" of the given. Tait-South Costerfield workings. Both trenches intersected the "new reef" which was bedded References: Zimmerman (1967), Horvath and approximately 0.15-0.20 m wide. Sampling (1967). was completed but results were not reported in the company reports. EL 130 WESTERN MINING Geophysics - A ground magnetic survey was CORPORATION LTD initially performed in an effort to map the Golden Dyke sub-surface. More ground Period held: 1969 - 1971 magnetics were conducted with five surveys Area: Lancefield. carried out east and west of the Christina shaft and three at the Apollo shaft. Results from this Target: Not given in report. program were not considered sufficiently reliable and so other methods were considered. Work carried out: Geology - The Mount William Fault brings A resistivity survey was conducted over the Ordovician and Silurian sandstones and Golden Dyke at Clonbinane totalling 16 quartzites into contact with the eastern margin traverses, each averaging around 275 m in of the Cambrian greenstones (volcanics). The length. Electrode spacings were 7.6 m, volcanic sequence is overlain by Cambrian and although on two lines the spacing was 15.2 m. Ordovician sediments. Tertiary basalts overlie From the survey it was concluded that the probable Cambrian Volcanics to the south. Golden Dyke did not travel in a straight line MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 15

Table 2 EL 54 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, depth (m) (m) 0.2% Pb, 0.2% Zn, 2.5% Ni, (m) 0.2% Sb and 0.1% Cu

EPC1 30° 65° 30.5 000 39.3 1.5 m @ 1.22 g/t Au 87.8 Clonbinane 51.5 1.5 m @ 5.2 g/t Au and 3 m @ 0.44 % Sb 60.7 1.5 m @ 7.65 g/t Au and 5.1 % Sb 64.8 3 m @ 0.84 g/t Au 77.0 1.5 m @ 0.61 g/t Au and 0.7 % Sb EPC2 30° 75° 16.7 4.4S 49.4 0.6 m @ 1.22 g/t Au 73.8 Clonbinane 50.6 3.7 m @ 0.74 % Sb 51.2 3 m @ 1.78 g/t Au EPC3 60° 180° 117.6 27.6 no results given 47.2 Clonbinane EPC4 30° 135° 117.6 27.6 no results given 29.0 Clonbinane EPC5 30° 225° 117.6 27.6 no results given 62.6 Clonbinane BrM 60° west 121.9 21.3 no significant intersections 48.8 Brunswick reef BrS 60° east 121.9 21.3 no significant intersections 48.3 Brunswick reef BrK 60° west 640.1 21.3 no significant intersections 48.8 Brunswick reef BrR 60° east 640.1 21.3 35.1 1 m @ 52 g/t Au 48.8 Brunswick reef Br1 60° east 640.1 42.7 74.2 0.36 m @ 115.7 g/t Au 81.7 Brunswick reef Br2 56° east 640.1 73.2 no significant intersections 123.4 Brunswick reef Br3 60° east 731.5 21.3 31.2 0.13 m @ 24.8 g/t Au 49.5 Brunswick reef Br4 65° east 548.6 51.8 no significant intersections 52.6 Brunswick reef Br5 60° east 548.6 42.7 95.1 0.03 m @ 17.7 g/t Au 103.6 Brunswick reef Br6 63° east 731.5 42.7 95.7 0.33 m @ 2.1 g/t Au 95.7 Brunswick reef Br7 60° east 457.2 25.9 no significant intersections 55.5 Brunswick reef Br8 56° east 823.0 15.8 no significant intersections 64.6 Brunswick reef Br9 60° east 685.8 21.3 no significant intersections 52.7 Brunswick reef Br10 60° east 594.4 36.6 74.2 0.56 m @ 16.65 g/t Au 76.2 Brunswick reef

Note: All data was obtained from company drill logs and has been converted to metric.

Literature survey - Source material was Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni Sn researched for references to mineral occurrences within the area of the EL. 0.5 800 1000 200 200 100

Mapping - Geological mapping was carried out Co Cr V Mo Mn across areas of Cambrian outcrop within the tenement. 1000 1200 2000 10 10000

Geochemistry - A total of 737 samples were A soil sampling program was conducted collected during a reconnaissance -80# stream totalling 225 samples. Results were not given sediment sampling program over the entire in the company reports. tenement. Peak results are shown as follows in ppm. During the geological mapping a total of 27 rock chip samples were collected from areas across 16 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

the EL, the peak results are shown below in Reason for relinquishment: From the ppm. preliminary work completed the company believed that the continuation of exploration was not warranted. Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni Co

3 1200 165 3150 2800 330 References: Western Mining Corporation Ltd (1971).

A total of 2833 soil samples were collected EL 195 DOOGALOOK MINING PTY during a regional program over 36.2 line km over the entire tenement. Peak results are LTD shown below in ppm. The locations of the collected samples was not given in company Period held: 1970 - 1971 reports. Area: Yea. Target: Gold and antimony mineralisation. Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni Co Work carried out: 1 120 36 900 75 62 Geology - The EL lies over the anticlinal axis of the Yea Spur Anticline which consists of a A second -80# stream sediment survey was Lower Devonian sequence of siltstones and conducted over anomalous I.P. survey results slates. Upper Devonian granites surrounded by for a total of 82 samples. The peak results are narrow contact metamorphic aureoles occur shown below in ppm. 19 km to the north and 6.5 km to the south of the area.

Cu Pb Zn Fe Mn Sn Literature survey - A study of the geology and past mining activity in the area was conducted. 150 40 170 8.6% 1810 40 Geochemistry - A total of 233 soil samples were Four creek bed samples were also collected from collected in the north of the EL at the Old Mans an unknown location, the peak results are Hope gold and antimony mine. Samples were shown below in ppm. assayed for antimony although no results were given in the company reports. Two mineralised Ag Cu Pb Zn Mn Te zones passing through the tenement were recognised. 5 260 50 100 170 2.1 The original sampling grid was extended to the south and 90 more soil samples were collected Geophysics - An I.P. geophysical survey was for geochemical assay. These samples were also completed over the tenement. The method used analysed for antimony although results were was dipole-dipole at 61 m intervals at a line not given in the company reports. The report spacing of 488 m for a total of 18.3 km and a indicated that the two previously discovered line spacing of 122 m for 8.7 line km. Part of mineralised zones extended to the south. the survey was also conducted with a dipole- dipole distance of 30 m with a line spacing of At the Old Mans Hope mine some grab samples 122 m for a total of 1.4 line km. were taken from the workings and mullock heap. The best results were 0.92 g/t Au and A magnetometer survey was conducted across 0.09% Sb from 1 m below the surface and 0.3 g/t the EL with a distance of 7.6 m between Au and 0.1% Sb from 1.5 m below the surface of stations, at a line spacing of 244 and 122 m for a stope at the old workings. A sample of a total of 61.6 line km. stibnite was taken from the mullock heap and spectrographically analysed, it was found to A second I.P. survey was conducted over the contain 10% Sb and 0.001-0.01% Pb. tenement with electrodes spaced at an interval of 61 m on a line spacing of 122 m for a total of Grab sampling was conducted again at the Old 4.3 line km. Mans Hope mine and also at the Welcome Gold mine (5.5 km to the southeast) for a total of 10 samples. The best results were 3.5% Sb and MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 17

15 g/t Au from the Old Mans Hope workings Work carried out: and 3% Sb, 480 ppm As and 0.1 g/t Au from Geology - The EL consists of tightly folded unnamed workings 1 km to the southeast. Ordovician sediments which contains auriferous quartz fissure reefs which strike mostly around Reason for relinquishment: Due to the north-south. A Devonian granite intrusion apparent discontinuity of the quartz vein, the outcrops to the west and the EL is intruded apparent thinness of the graphitic bed in the throughout by dykes of varying compositions. slate sequence (most probable host rock for Tertiary alluvial gravels are found as hill caps antimony) at the Old Mans Hope mine and the in the southeast whilst the Newer Volcanics low antimony price (at the time) exploration cover the southern parts of the EL. was discontinued. Literature survey - Studies were completed on References: Bessiere (1971), Lunt (1971). the old operating mines within the area of the EL, particularly the old Union Hill mine area at EL 204 TREVASKIS-RUDOV Maldon. SYNDICATE Mapping - Geological mapping with the assistance Period held: 1970 - 1972 of aerial photographs was completed at Dunns Area: Maldon. reef and open cut 6.5 km southeast of Maldon. Detailed geological and contour mapping was Target: Not given in report. completed at the Union Hill mine area.

Work carried out: Mapping was conducted at the Gower Hill Geology - The licence area consists of tightly prospect 1 km southwest of Maldon. It was folded Ordovician sediments which contains found to consist of four vertical parallel reefs in auriferous quartz fissure reefs which strike a narrow system of shears with the total area of mostly around north-south. Devonian granite reef quartz mineralisation being 600 × 25-50 m. intrusions have intruded into parts of the area The reefs making up the prospect are the and the EL is intruded throughout by dykes of Carlisle & Whittakers reef (aka Specimen Jacks varying compositions. Tertiary alluvial gravels reef) and the Mason & Whittakers reef. are found as hill caps, Quaternary gravels have formed within the old and existing drainage Geochemistry - Costeaning was carried out channels and the Newer Volcanics cover parts using backhoe and bulldozing equipment in an of the EL. area 5 km southeast of Maldon known as Charcoal Gully. Extensive alluvial workings Literature survey - All of the literature available were present along the gully although no reefs on the area around Maldon was investigated. had been previously located. Five costeans Many of the old workings and shafts were approximately 45 m long and 1.2 m deep were examined and rock and soil samples collected. dug across the gully in southeasterly and These were examined but it is not known easterly directions. Two costeans 30 m apart whether geochemical analysis was performed intersected a 1.2 m wide quartz reef on them. approximately 120 m from the head of the gully. Samples of the reef were panned Reason for relinquishment: No reason showing traces of gold (samples were not given. assayed).

References: Trevaskis & Rudov (1971). A total of 11 grab samples were collected from the surface at Dunns reef with the best results being 1.2 and 0.6 g/t Au. A grab sample was EL 411 LONE STAR collected from the Englishmans mine which EXPLORATION NL, UPLANDS assayed 8.7 g/t Au. FINANCE PTY LTD A total of 62 random grab samples were Period held: 1972 - 1976 collected from quartz leaders, reef quartz, Area: Maldon. mullock heaps, quartz stockpiles (estimated 30,000 tonnes) and bulldozed fill material at the Target: Reef gold deposits and Quaternary Union Hill gold prospect. These samples varied alluvial deposits. from 1.5 - 4.4 g/t Au and averaged 3 g/t Au. 18 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

A back hoe was used to dig shallow costeans for ranged in depth from 1.5 - 2 m, varied in length a total length of 256 m across the Eaglehawk from 45 - 100 m and were spaced at 25 m reef (Union Hill prospect). Channel samples intervals. A total of 41 bulk samples were were collected and assayed. Results were not collected over 7 m lengths where exposures of given in the company reports. quartz were observed (sample weight of around 0.2 t) with the peak result of 5.5 g/t Au from the In the southern area of the prospect 22 grab western end of the third costean. samples were collected from the previously worked, cemented alluvial gravels. A bulk An auger soil program was conducted at Hard sample was also taken from the gravels which Hills 8 km southeast of Maldon. A total of 18 averaged 3.5 g/t Au. It was estimated that holes were drilled for 48 C-horizon samples, the 10,000 tonnes of these gravels could be mined. peak results were 0.2 and 0.25 g/t Au from holes To the south of this an estimated 20,000 tonnes ADH2A and ADH11 respectively. of gravel grading at 1.55 g/t Au was delineated. At the Gower Hill prospect located 1 km A total of 46 bulk samples (which varied in southwest of Maldon a geochemical sampling weight from 2 to 15 tonnes) were crushed at a program was conducted. Rock chip sampling government battery for a total of 149 tonnes of was completed over the reefs outcropping at material processed. The samples were extracted surface for a total of 4 samples (peak 0.05 g/t from the Union Hill open cut and consisted of Au). An adit and cross-cut was excavated quartz reef and country rock material. The approximately 40 m below the brow of the hill results ranged from 3.5 - 5.9 g/t Au. along the strike of the main reef. Ten rock chip samples were collected at 10 m intervals along Benching was conducted on the east wall of the the adit (peak 0.15 g/t Au) and five 10 m open cut for a strike length of 46 m from which composite channel samples were collected along 10 tonne samples were taken at 15 m intervals. the cross-cut wherever quartz veinlets were Results were not given in the company reports. exposed (peak 0.05 g/t Au).

Two 46 m long costeans were excavated across Further sampling at Gower Hill involved a the Eaglehawk reef, 61 and 122 m to the south 600 m × 200 m grid being pegged over the area of the earlier trenches. Four 10 tonne samples with 12 × 40 kg rock chip samples being were collected from 0 - 8 m and 15 - 23 m along collected from the surface and underground. each trench (both sides of the reef) and Results were not given in the company reports. prepared for assay. Results were not given in the company reports. Other prospects in the area were sampled, one reef quartz rock chip sample was collected at each Five costeans were dug along the east wall of of the following areas; Chapmans Gully (< 0.05 the open cut at a spacing of 18 m. Each costean g/t Au), Hargreaves reef (< 0.05 g/t Au), Growlers was 23 m long, 3 m wide and 1.2 m deep. Gully (< 0.05 g/t Au), Chapmans Gully West - Approximately 46 × 10 tonne samples were west reef (2 g/t Au) and east reef (0.05 g/t Au). collected from the costeans. Results were not given in the company reports. An auger sampling program was undertaken to determine the feasibility of treating tailings Sampling was conducted over a large stockpile stockpiles at the Welshmans and Brassey lines at the prospect, bulk 300 kg and 500 kg samples of reef. Four mullock heaps were mapped and representing all of the excavated material sampled with a total of 98 samples collected for (50,000 tonnes) was taken and tested. The the following results (the exact locations of assay results on this material varied from 2.8 - these stockpiles was not presented in the 4.7 g/t Au (average 3.9 g/t Au). company reports).

Exploration moved to the north of the Union Stockpile Ore total (t) Average grade (g/t Au) Hill prospect, with random grab sampling of quartz veins carried out. Results were not 1 16475 0.7 given in the company reports. 2 3097 2.18 A total of 8 trenches were excavated at right 3 17825 1.1 angles to the strike of the Eaglehawk reef over 4 9750 1.2 areas with exposed quartz. The trenches MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 19

A second tailings dump auger sampling operation followed by underground mining. program was conducted for a total of 93 Using a cut off grade of 2.3 g/t Au a total samples collected. Two stockpiles west of the resource of 1.7 Mt of ore at 3.94 g/t Au was Maldon State Battery site and one stockpile inferred to a depth of 60 m. north of the Union Hill prospect at the Pollards Tailings Stockpile were tested. The samples A total of 6 percussion holes (GH1 - 6) were from the two stockpiles at the State Battery site drilled over the northern section of the Gower were assayed together, the results are shown Hill prospect, 1 m intervals were sampled and below. samples containing > 20% quartz were sent for assay.

Stockpile Ore total Average grade (t) (g/t Au) See Appendix 6 for drilling results.

Maldon State Battery ? 3.0 Reason for relinquishment: No reason Pollards ? 1.7 given.

References: Lone Star Exploration NL & Drilling - Four percussion holes were drilled at Uplands Finance Pty Ltd (1974), O'Neill (1975). Dunns reef (BH1 - 4) to determine the grade and distribution of the gold within the EL 425 LEIGHTON MINING NL mineralised zone. Each hole was sampled every 1.5 m, recovery of gold from the drilling was Period held: 1972 - 1973 thought to be less than 70% because of Area: Korweinguboora. limitations on the equipment used. See Appendix 6 for all drilling results. Target: Auriferous deep lead systems under basalt cover. A total of 22 percussion drill holes (1, 1A-B, 2-4, 5A, 6A, 7-11, 12A-B, 13-19) were completed at Work carried out: the Union Hill gold prospect for a total of 510 m Geology - The area contains Ordovician-Silurian of drilling. The holes were designed to intersect sediments, tightly folded and mineralised the Eaglehawk reef at 15 and 30 m depths at during the Devonian. Tertiary alluvial gravels regularly spaced intervals along strike. In each (prospective for gold) and basalt covers portions hole 1.5 m composite samples were collected. of the licence. Intersecting old underground workings and groundwater presented problems for drilling. Literature survey - The work by Krause 1891 and Ferguson 1909 on the Korweinguboora A further 22 percussion drill holes (1-22N) were geological sheet showing the extent of the completed for a total of 869 m of drilling to test basalt cover in the area was field checked. the northerly strike of the Eaglehawk reef. Work was directed towards a basalt covered (Union Hill North prospect). Six of the holes lead (Korweinguboora deep lead) running south intersected old workings and were abandoned along the west bank of the Werribee River from before reaching the target depth. The results of the township of Korweinguboora. this drilling proved the extension to the north of the Eaglehawk reef and the splintering of this Geochemistry - High level auriferous wash on reef into at least three veins 1-2 m wide. the eastern bank of the Werribee River was tested by panning but reserves of wash and Four more percussion holes (UHE1 - 4) were return of gold was too low to be of economic drilled for a total of 188 m at the Union Hill consideration. Extended prospect (north of the Union Hill North prospect) to investigate the feasibility of Geophysics - Lines were established over the mining the Eaglehawk reef to the north. The basalt covered deep lead at intervals of 46 m for results were generally disappointing although a resistivity survey. A total of 33 lines (of UHE3 (northern most hole) warranted further lengths varying from 61-244 m) were surveyed. investigations to the north. The potential electrode separation was 15 m with readings being taken at intervals of 6 m on Following the detailed sampling and drilling at every line. The lead was defined over a length the Union Hill prospect the company believed of 1.2 km and interpreted to be 15-30 m wide. that the site was suitable for an open cut 20 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Drilling - A drilling program consisting of 15 Reason for relinquishment: All of the holes was completed during the resistivity quartz lodes with historic production greater survey to aid interpretation and obtain samples than 1000 kg of gold within the tenement were of the wash for evaluation of the lead. The covered by small mining tenements. holes were drilled through the basalt using air hammer and the alluvial wash was drilled References: Yates (1975). using a churn drill. Eight of the holes encountered wash at an average depth of 17 m, EL 519 BISHOP, J.S. the average thickness of the wash was 1 m. All holes were logged and the wash assayed. Only Period held: 1975 small amounts of gold were recovered with the Area: Daylesford. two peak values being 0.05 g/t Au from hole 15 and 0.02 g/t Au from hole 3. Target: Reef gold deposit.

Reason for relinquishment: Poor drilling Work carried out: assay results. Geology - The tenement area is made up predominantly of Lower Ordovician References: Leighton Mining NL (1973), sedimentary rocks which are strongly folded Murdoch (1973). and faulted together with large patches of Tertiary aged Newer Volcanics. The area also EL 491 COMINCO EXPLORATION contains some Tertiary and Quaternary fluvial PTY LTD sediments and Permian glacial sediments.

Period held: 1973 - 1975 Literature survey - Research was conducted into Area: Castlemaine. the geology and mining history of the area within the EL. The locations of reefs and dykes Target: Quartz reef gold deposit (1 Mt @ 10 g/t were correlated and plotted onto maps and Au). plans.

Work carried out: Reason for relinquishment: No reason Geology - Lower Ordovician shales, slates and given. sandstones are the prevailing geological formation of this area. They have been tightly References: Bishop (1975). folded into asymmetric north-south anticlines and synclines. Dykes are common and are EL 528 WESTERN MINING restricted to the auriferous portions of the CORPORATION LTD licence. Tertiary alluvial leads and basalt occur over parts of the tenement. Period held: 1974 - 1978 Area: Elaine. Literature survey - Published maps and historical information regarding the area were Target: Sulphide mineralisation associated compiled and researched. Geological maps with quartz reefs. were used to locate all sites of gold mining activity within the EL. Four sites of interest Work carried out: were located (> 1000 kg of gold production) Geology - Approximately 60 % of the tenement being the Wattle Gully, Spring Gully, New Era is covered by Tertiary basalt, the remaining and Bolivia/Ajax mine areas. areas are predominantly outcropping folded and faulted Ordovician sediments containing Geochemistry - An orientation soil sampling auriferous quartz reefs. program was conducted on the Wattle Gully line of reef to investigate the suitability of Literature survey - Mines Department records C-horizon samples assayed for gold and arsenic were searched for information on the mines in to locate auriferous gold quartz reefs. The the Egerton and Gordon areas. method was concluded to be successful although the results were not given in the company Geochemistry - Five soil sampling traverses report. were completed in the Egerton area for a total MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 21

of 173 samples. The peak results are shown Work carried out: below in ppm. Geology - The bedrock in the area consists of a tightly folded Lower Ordovician sequence of slates and sandstones. Auriferous quartz reefs Cu Pb Zn Fe % Mn formed along faults which intersect the fold 45 570 295 3.3 170 limbs within this unit. A few hilltop remnants of Lower Pliocene gravels still remain in the area. Basalt covered Middle Pliocene deep lead A further two soil sampling traverses were systems are common in the area. conducted over anomalous I.P. results in the Mount Egerton area for a total of 69 samples. Literature survey - Work included the Peak results are shown below in ppm. compilation of geological base maps and the review of past alluvial and reef mining records. Cu Pb Zn Fe % Mn Reason for relinquishment: No reason trace 70 30 2.2 100 given.

References: Wallace (1975). Geophysics - A total of 116.2 line km of reconnaissance induced polarisation (I.P.) traverses were carried out across the central EL 540 COMINCO EXPLORATION and southern portions of the tenement. Ten PTY LTD lines running east-west were surveyed in the south of the EL (84.2 line km) and 5 lines were Period held: 1975 - 1976 conducted in the Gordon area (32 line km). One Area: Malmsbury. of the I.P. lines registered a strong response over the strike extension of the old mine Target: Auriferous portion of the Coliban- workings at Mount Egerton (PFE of 7% at Campaspe deep lead system and/or a bulk levels n = 5). mineable reef gold resource.

This was followed up by another 5.7 line km of Work carried out: I.P. traverses on 13 lines spaced at 600 m over Geology - A tightly folded Lower Ordovician the strike extensions of the old gold mining sequence of slates and sandstones occur within centre at Mount Egerton. The results seemed the area. Numerous quartz reefs are found to indicate differences in lithology rather than within this unit, many of them auriferous. The the presence of sulphide mineralisation Upper Devonian Cobaw Granodiorite occurs associated with quartz reefs. within the east of the EL, while Middle Pliocene deep lead gravels occur throughout. Reason for relinquishment: The Quaternary deep leads run through the area geochemical programs generally gave low and are in part covered by Tertiary olivine values and the I.P. surveys, whilst giving some basalts. weak anomalies, did not warrant follow up work. Literature survey - Work included the compilation of geological base maps and the References: Western Mining Corporation Ltd review of past alluvial and reef mining records (1978). for the area within the EL. This work was to establish the potential of the Coliban-Campaspe EL 539 COMINCO EXPLORATION deep lead system. PTY LTD Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Period held: 1975 - 1976 Area: Daylesford. References: Cominco Exploration Pty Ltd (1976). Target: Auriferous portion of the Daylesford deep lead system and/or a bulk mineable reef gold resource. 22 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

EL 557 PLANET RESOURCES Reason for relinquishment: No significant GROUP NL gold mineralisation was delineated at either prospect. Period held: 1975 - 1976 Area: Newstead and Guildford. References: Planet Resources Group NL (1975). Target: Large open cut gold deposit. EL 577 PLANET RESOURCES Work carried out: GROUP NL Geology - The bedrock of the area consists of tightly folded Ordovician sediments which are Period held: 1976 intersected by faults and associated quartz Area: Kilmore Goldfield. reefs. Sub-horizontal spurs are frequently associated with these fault reefs, whilst saddle Target: Large open cut gold deposit. reefs within anticlinal axes are numerous. Work carried out: Literature survey - Geological reconnaissance Geology - The principal rock types within the and prospecting by panning indicated two areas area are the Springfield and Chintin beds of interest within the tenement, these were the (Middle-Upper Silurian sandstones and shales) Newstead and the Guildford prospects. which have been regionally folded into north- south striking fold axes. Tertiary basalt covers Geochemistry - A total of 690 m of backhoe parts of the tenement. trenching down to bedrock was completed in 6 trenches at the Newstead Gold prospect located Literature survey - A search of records at the 2.5 km northeast of the township of Newstead. Victorian Mines Department indicated that gold A total of 211 trench samples were collected at bearing sediments had been found at two 2.5 m (sometimes 5 m) composites and assayed. localities west of Kilmore. These were the Peak results are shown below in ppm. Goldie Gold prospect where pyritic sandstones and shales are reported to carry gold and the Kilmore Gold prospect where gold is reported to Au Ag Cu Pb Zn occur in faulted and brecciated sandstones and 8.4 2 200 440 270 mudstones.

Geochemistry - Backhoe trenching was A total of 25 rock chip samples were collected conducted south of the main open pit at the from the walls and backs of adits at the Kilmore prospect to obtain bulk samples of the Newstead prospect. Samples were collected fault breccia and to define its extent. A total of along 2.5 m widths with the peak results shown 6 trenches totalling 230 m were completed with below in ppm. 77 bulk samples taken, sample widths ranged from 1-10 m with approximately 30 kg taken Cu Pb Zn per metre. Peak results are shown below in ppm. 110 150 160

Au Ag Cu Pb Zn A total of 193 m of trenching was excavated and a total of 57 trench samples were collected <0.2 2 85 210 70 within 5 trenches at the Guildford prospect located 3 km southwest of the township of Adits and stopes within Rules shaft were Guildford. Peak results are shown below in sampled for a total of 24 rock chip samples. ppm. Sampling at the 27 m depth level of the shaft resulted in values ranging from 1.4-2.0 g/t Au. Cu Pb Zn Peak results are shown below in ppm.

120 90 190 Au Ag Cu Pb Zn

2 2 50 130 100 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 23

Reason for relinquishment: The results An extension of the above sampling was obtained from geochemical sampling were conducted over a further 15 m of the same road disappointing. cutting and also from nearby road cuttings and along strike at a road cutting 1 km to the north. References: Planet Resources Group NL A total of 12 rock chip samples were collected. (1976). The peak results shown below in ppm.

EL 618 (RENEWED EL 1253) Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni Co Cr Mn UPLANDS FINANCE PTY LTD, CARPENTARIA EXPLORATION <0.04 1 77 94 130 87 130 60 880 COMPANY PTY LTD, TRIAD MINERALS NL, PIONEER MINES Later three more rock chip samples were collected from the road cutting. They included LTD, DIAMIN RESOURCES PTY a sample of blue quartz from the original LTD quartzite bed (6.8 g/t Au) and a sample of blue- grey siltstone containing limonite fractures Period held: 1977 - 1988 (1.9 g/t Au). Area: Maldon. Approximately 2 km along strike south of the Target: Gold and associated minerals. road cutting there is a line of old shafts and pits which extend for about 700 m. The shafts were Work carried out: sunk on narrow quartz reefs for gold and/or Refer to EL 1253 for a full description of the antimony. A total of 11 rock chip samples were work program. collected in this area for the following peak results in ppm. EL 622 CRA EXPLORATION PTY LTD Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni As Co Cr Mn

Period held: 1978 - 1979 0.6 <1 45 49 230 150 820 <5 20 340 Area: Mount Eaglehawk A rock chip sample was collected from a Target: Large low grade gold occurrence. remnant of the ironstone capping on the City of Melbourne reef in the Ghin Ghin area 9 km Work carried out: northwest of Yea. The sample assayed 16 g/t Geology - Rocks within the EL area are Au and was observed to contain very fine gold. predominantly marine sediments of the Melbourne Trough (Late Silurian - Early A total of 61 auger samples were collected from Devonian). The rocks are tightly folded and weathered bedrock around the Ghin Ghin reefs displaced by a number of strike and transverse to determine whether significant gold values faults. Mineralisation is associated with this occur within the host sediments. A number of folding and faulting. samples returned > 0.1 g/t Au with the peak results presented below in ppm. Geochemistry - The Yea Spur anticlinal axis, which is exposed at a road cut on the Seymour Road 18 km from Yea, was examined to locate Au As gold mineralisation. A total of 8 rock chip samples were collected and assayed. The 0.55 660 higher gold grades came from a 2 m wide quartzite bed, the peak gold sample included an At the Providence mine on the north side of the 8 cm width of ferruginous quartz, peak results Goulburn River near Yea there are several small are shown below in ppm. rich reefs occurring within the sandstone of the Yea Formation. A total of 12 rock chip samples Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni Co Mn were collected across the reefs and surrounding sandstone. Trace gold (0.04-0.5 ppm) was 1.4 <1 85 85 65 55 75 1000 returned in close proximity to the reefs but there was no evidence for widespread gold 24 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

mineralisation (peak results shown below in EL 625 (RENEWED EL 1205) ppm). CASTLEMAINE ENGINEERING & MINING COMPANY PTY LTD, Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni Co Cr Mn MACNEE INVESTMENTS PTY

4.4 <1 58 290 320 110 21 50 100 LTD, CRA EXPLORATION PTY LTD Several shafts sunk into a narrow lode were Period held: 1977 - 1984 delineated at the Homewood mine. Six rock Area: Guildford Plateau. chip samples were collected from across the area. The peak gold result came from a sample Work carried out: of sandstone containing limonite and quartz Refer to EL 1205 for a full description of the veining from a dump. The peak results are work program. shown below in ppm. EL 655 KYTE, W.J. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Mn Period held: 1978 - 1980 0.5 <1 110 45 65 80 Area: Malmsbury.

A total of 10 rock chip samples were collected Target: Alluvial and reef gold deposits. from a mineralised pyritic zone adjacent to a line of workings on a hillside south of the road Work carried out: near Rivernook. Peak results are shown below Geology - Around 60% of the area is covered by in ppm. Lower Ordovician sandstones and siltstones which have been folded and faulted. A large proportion of the eastern half of the tenement is Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Mn covered by Tertiary basalts. Patches of Quaternary alluvium occur throughout the EL. 2.45 <1 22 48 220 230 Literature survey - A review of available Further rock chip sampling was conducted literature for the area within the EL was across minor workings near Rices Hill and completed. between Rices Hill and Homewood. A total of 15 samples were collected with the following Geochemistry - A reef on Belltopper Hill was peak results in ppm. sampled, results were not given in the report although it was stated that there were good Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Mn gold and antimony values returned.

1.4 <1 160 40 200 4200 Reason for relinquishment: No reason given.

Reason for relinquishment: The company References: Kyte (1979). failed to locate any extensive areas of gold mineralisation and found no evidence to EL 688 (RENEWED EL 1214) indicate stratigraphic or structural controls on mineralisation. PACIFIC COAL PTY LTD, CRA EXPLORATION PTY LTD References: Patterson (1979), CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (1980). Period held: 1979 - 1982 Area: Lal Lal.

Target: Brown coal in shallow Tertiary shoreline environments on the eastern margin of the Otway Basin. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 25

Work carried out: Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Refer to EL 1214 for a full description of the work program. 1.91 5 274 5800 890 EL 719 CARPENTARIA A total of 7 -80# stream sediment samples were EXPLORATION COMPANY PTY collected from Green Gully with the peak LTD results shown below in ppm.

Period held: 1979 - 1982 Area: Daylesford. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn

0.03 1 28 48 82 Target: Disseminated low grade gold and silver mineralisation associated with carbonaceous pyritic shales and high grade An orientation soil sampling program totalling deposits associated with known reef systems. 43 samples was conducted on two lines over a mineralised portion of a feldspathic dyke 1 km Work carried out: east of Blakeville. East-west running lines at Geology - The tenement area is made up 200 m spacing were auger sampled at 20 m predominantly of Lower Ordovician intervals. Two soil horizons were sampled A sedimentary rocks which are strongly folded (0-0.2 m) and B (0-0.7 m), a third horizon and faulted together with large patches of consisting of highly weathered bedrock was Tertiary aged Newer Volcanics. The area also intercepted in some of the holes. Peak results contains some Tertiary and Quaternary fluvial are shown below in ppm. sediments and Permian glacial sediments. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Literature survey - All records relevant to the area were obtained and researched to try to 1.51 1 260 5200 750 better understand the prospective areas within the tenement and controls on mineralisation. Two lines were sampled across the dyke away Mapping - Four 1:25 000 base maps were from the zone of mineralisation. The first line produced containing all relevant geological was located approximately 800 m north of the information for the Daylesford, Blackwood, first two lines. A total of 20 samples were Korweinguboora, Ballan-Mount Egerton and collected with the peak results shown below in Ballark areas. ppm.

The geology of the mine workings of the Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Yankee-Countess line in the Blackwood area was mapped at 1:500 scale for a length of 1.5 2 49 406 153 2.3 km. A total of 500 m of the Commissioners reef at Daylesford was also mapped at this The second line was located another 2.2 km scale. north from the first line, a total of 11 soil samples were collected for the following peak Mapping was commenced on the Mount results in ppm. Egerton Goldfield at a 1:1000 scale although this was discontinued due to the poor drilling results encountered in the area. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn

Geochemistry - Orientation -80# stream 1.86 5 270 5600 820 sediment surveys were conducted over the Tram Creek and Green Gully in the Blackwood During the regional mapping a total of 59 rock area. A total of 21 samples were collected at chip samples were collected from outcrops and Tram Creek with the peak results shown as dumps around Daylesford, Mount Egerton, follows in ppm. Blackwood and northeast of Ballark. A battery sand dump sample from the Yankee reef line at Blackwood assayed 9.4 g/t Au. A highly carbonaceous and pyritic slate from the west of 26 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

the Blackwood area assayed 3 g/t Au. A A total of 11 rock chip samples were collected gossanous outcrop in the Mount Egerton region from the Commissioners reef near Daylesford. gave anomalous copper, lead, zinc, arsenic and Peak results are shown below in ppm. antimony results. Peak results from 9 samples collected from the gossan are shown below in Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb ppm. 6.6 <1 70 65 85 1600 36 Cu Pb Zn As Sb A total of 9 rock chip samples were collected 119 1311 305 1900 125 from a feldspathic dyke in the Blakeville area with the following peak results. The peak results for the entire rock chip program are shown below in ppm. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb

Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb 1.2 <1 30 100 10 230 24

10.2 5 365 4822 695 9450 460 A further 8 rock chip samples were collected from mine dumps at Crowleys Creek near A total of 56 rock chip samples were collected Blakeville. Peak results are shown below in along five traverse lines to further investigate ppm. the area around the anomalous gossan. Line F, 1 km west of the other sampling lines, gave Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb anomalous copper, lead, zinc and arsenic results. Peak results for the five traverses are <0.1 <1 141 136 1040 240 13 shown below in ppm.

Another 11 rock chip samples were collected Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb from Commissioners reef to confirm the encouraging results found earlier. The peak 2 <1 248 62 410 780 12 results were 3 g/t Au and 580 ppm As. Six rock chip samples were collected from Parkins line An additional 11 rock chip samples were at Gordon with the peak results shown below in collected over line F, samples were collected ppm. from outcropping quartz reefs in an attempt at improving gold returns. Peak results are Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Bi shown below in ppm. 2.2 2 540 60 680 1650 <4 Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb Drilling - A total of 6 percussion holes were 0.9 1 105 440 470 2100 30 drilled to test the Yankee-Countess line of reef near Blackwood (YC1 - 6). A total of 1056 m Two samples of pyritic and carbonaceous slates was drilled to test for extensions of known were collected from a road cutting at Daylesford mineralised reef systems (see Table 3 for and a mine dump at Crowleys Creek, results). Blakeville, with both samples assaying over 1 g/t Au (actual results were not given in the Three diamond holes totalling 586 m were company report). Following this 54 rock chip drilled at Mount Egerton (E1-3) to intersect the samples were collected over the Daylesford possible extensions of known lode lines Goldfield with the following peak results in although only small thicknesses of quartz was ppm. intersected.

Petrography - A total of 9 samples of outcrop Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb from the Mount Egerton area and a single core 0.2 <1 55 49 172 1560 55 sample from YC2 were petrographically studied. The petrographic report named each MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 27

Table 3 EL 719 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, depth (m) (m) 0.2% Pb, 0.2% Zn, 2.5% Ni, (m) 0.1% Cu and 100 ppm Sb

YC1 55° 85° 263625 5854150 no significant intersections 147.1 Countess reef YC2 55° 250° 263700 5853600 no significant intersections 160.0 Big reef YC3 80° 255° 263565 5854725 no significant intersections 128.5 unknown quartz reef YC4 70° 75° 263650 5854050 no significant intersections 160.6 Countess reef line YC5 75° 250° 263655 5853250 no significant intersections 251.0 Big reef workings YC6 80° 250° 263675 5853250 141.5 1.5 m @ 4.6 g/t Au 209.0 Yankee mine 146.0 1 m @ 0.55 g/t Au E1 55° 85° 244440 5830700 135.0 1 m @ 5 g/t Ag 178.6 Copper Lode E2 55° 270° 244490 5830710 no significant intersections 210.0 Rose and Sister Rose reefs E3 55° 85° 244450 5831800 no significant intersections 197.6 Black Horse reef

Note: All drill hole information is from the company reports. specimen and gave a brief description of its Literature survey - Research of historical origin. mining was completed indicating saddle reefs, fault reefs and spurry formations as the best Reason for relinquishment: Exploration exploration targets. It was discovered that failed to locate significant gold or silver most of the saddle reef mining operations in the mineralisation. area produced less than 100 kg of gold.

References: Carpentaria Exploration Geochemistry - A total of 40 rock chip and grab Company Pty Ltd (1982), Svanosio (1982). samples were collected from various old mine sites across the tenement. Rock chip samples EL 723 DAMPIER MINING were collected from trenches and drives and COMPANY LTD grab samples were collected from mullock dumps. The peak results were 1.67 g/t Au from Period held: 1979 - 1980 a sample of quartz collected in a narrow stope Area: Castlemaine. at Specimen reef and 9200 ppm As from a rock chip sample collected at unnamed workings . Target: Large tonnage gold deposits mineable The most encouraging mineralisation was by open cut methods including multiple vein observed at the Amelia mine, Trentham with systems, stockworks and disseminated bodies two quartz specimens containing galena, within sediments. arsenopyrite, feldspar and pyrite, although they only assayed 0.328 g/t Au and 0.023 g/t Au. Work carried out: Geology - The tenement area is made up Reason for relinquishment: Generally poor predominantly of Lower Ordovician geochemical results and the lack of indications sedimentary rocks which are strongly folded of major gold mineralisation during geological and faulted together with large patches of reconnaissance. Tertiary aged Newer Volcanics. The area also contains some Tertiary and Quaternary fluvial References: Dampier Mining Company Ltd sediments and Permian glacial sediments. The (1980). Upper Devonian Harcourt Granodiorite is exposed in the northeast corner and the Baynton Granodiorite exposed just to the east of the tenement. 28 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

EL 815 & 816 CRA EXPLORATION fault, trending northeast and dipping steeply to PTY LTD the southeast.

Period held: 1981 - 1983 Mapping - The summit area of Mount Piper was Area: Bacchus Marsh. geologically mapped at an unknown scale which delineated breccia and quartz reef outcrops and Target: Tertiary brown coal in palaeo swamp several porphyry dykes. environments on the eastern margin of the Geochemistry - A 1.5 km east × 1 km north grid Otway Basin. was established over Mount Piper for sampling and mapping purposes. A total of 274 × 2 kg Work carried out: C-horizon soil samples were collected at 12.5 m These ELs were part of CRAE's Bacchus Marsh- intervals along four of the north-south running Altona coal project. The majority of the field grid lines. Peak results are shown below in ppm. work was conducted within the tenements to the east and south of ELs 815 and 816 which falls out of the MELBOURNE area. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb

Geology - Brown coal, grey and brown clays, 1.71 0.5 50 41 130 1.7 % 1.6 % silts, sands and gravels of the Early Miocene Werribee Formation are overlain by flows of the A total of 72 × 10 m composite rock chip Older Volcanics suite. samples were collected from two adits on Mount Piper, six grid lines across breccia outcrop on Literature survey - A study of the gravity data the summit and four short lines across breccia and related geological and borehole information outcrop to the southeast of the summit. Peak was carried out. Information used comprised of results are shown below in ppm. BMR gravity data, CRAE borehole data, government borehole data and various literature sources. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb

The gravity data was recontoured to try to 0.488 0.4 130 35 58 1 % 4850 delineate areas of thick coal seams, although due to the effects of the underlying Palaeozoic Another 35 rock chip samples were collected granites and metasediments and the variable from shafts, trenches and other areas of thickness of the Tertiary basalt cover, this interest during the course of the reconnaissance proved difficult. and systematic mapping of Mount Piper. Peak results are shown below in ppm. The initial Reason for relinquishment: Apparent lack geochemical sampling surveys defined a gold- of prospective brown coal areas within these arsenic-antimony anomaly on the summit of the tenements. hill surrounding the breccia outcrops. The highest gold values occurred at the end of the References: Preston (1982). west spur of the main breccia outcrop.

EL 827 BHP MINERALS LTD Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Sb

Period held: 1980 - 1986 1.58 1.6 48 480 30 1.5 % 2.4 % Area: Mount Piper.

Target: Epithermal disseminated gold deposit A total of 434 × 1 kg C-horizon soil samples associated with a quartz sediment breccia pipe. were collected over a larger grid centred on Mount Piper. A broad zone of anomalous Work carried out: arsenic (> 140 ppm As) was delineated over Geology - The area within the EL consists of Mount Piper and to the east, roughly coinciding steeply northeast dipping Silurian-Devonian with the chargeability zone discovered during sandstones, siltstones and mudstones younging geophysical surveys (see below). Most of the to the northeast. Mount Piper is a hyperbyssal gold values above the assumed anomalous breccia pipe which lies on the intersection of the threshold (0.06 g/t Au) occurred within the Upper Silurian Clonbinane Sandstone and a arsenic anomaly. Peak results were 0.589 g/t Au and 4750 ppm As. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 29

A 35 site geochemical drainage orientation Two lines of Zonge complex resistivity I.P. were survey was conducted over the drainages conducted to investigate the chargeability zones around Mount Piper. At each site a 5 kg gravel at greater depths. Two distinct chargeability sample, a 100 g pan concentrate sample and a anomalies were detected, they had a boomerang 250 g -80# sample was collected. Peak results shape which was consistent with a sub- are shown below in ppm. horizontal conductor at a relatively shallow depth.

Sample Au As Sb Drill holes PDH1-6 were gamma and I.P. logged 5 kg gravel 4.36 n/a n/a to try to assist geological logging of lithologies and alteration zones. The gamma logging was pan conc. 2.59 690 1490 unsuccessful with only one of the few variations -80# 0.035 72 90 correlating with altered dyke material in PDH4.

Geophysics - A ground induced polarisation Drilling - Three diamond drill holes(DDH1 - 3) (I.P.) survey was conducted along seven of the were completed at Mount Piper to intersect the north-south grid lines on Mount Piper to breccia body at depth. DDH1 encountered low investigate the extent of the sulphide grade mineralisation over a substantial mineralisation encountered in DDH1 (see interval, 48 m @ 0.88 g/t Au, 11 g/t Ag, 3 % As below). A Huntec Mk IV receiver was used in and 0.39 % Sb from 184 m depth. Pyrite was conjunction with a Huntec 2.7 kVA receiver and found to extensively accompany the Phoenix 3 kVA receiver on a total of 3.55 line gold/arsenic mineralisation. See Table 4 for km. The largest resistivity high occurred over results. the quartz breccia at Mount Piper. Six percussion drillholes were completed 400 m An airborne magnetometer and radiometric east of the Mount Piper summit (PDH1-6) for a survey was completed over the Broadford area total of 1154 m of drilling. The rationale behind for a total of 1367 line km flown at a line the drilling was to "fence line" drill a 700 m spacing of 150 m and a height of 61 m. This section across the high chargeability zone. survey revealed a low amplitude (50 nT) deep Anomalous arsenic occurred most strongly in sourced elliptical shaped magnetic anomaly holes PDH1, 2 and 4 which correlated with low close to Mount Piper. The shape indicates an but anomalous gold values (up to 0.2 g/t Au). intrusive and the NW-SE trending strike length These zones also coincided with broad areas of of 2.25 km suggests that the emplacement of elevated pyrite (2-5 %) but lacked any the body was controlled by structure and significant vein quartz. stratigraphy. Petrography - Twelve samples from the DDH1 A ground magnetic survey was conducted in an core underwent an x-ray diffraction study to attempt to overcome spectral analysis problems determine the alteration mineralogy. The on the airborne data. Readings were taken at major minerals that occurred within the altered 5 m intervals. The spectrum of the ground rocks were quartz, sericite, arsenopyrite, pyrite magnetics data did not assist in estimating the and stibnite. The alteration was classified as depth to the magnetic anomaly. phyllic.

A magnetic susceptibility survey was conducted Thirteen samples from PDH1-6 were examined on the diamond core from DDH1. The only with eleven of the samples being a fine grained areas of significant susceptibility were from sedimentary, the other two samples being 278 - 286 m and below 310 m depth. The values igneous rocks. A petrographic report was ranged from 0.00003 - 0.0002 cgs indicating < completed containing full descriptions of each of 0.1 % magnetite or slightly larger amounts of the samples submitted. pyrrhotite. Reason for relinquishment: It was stated Approximately 5 square km were covered that while the Mount Piper breccia system was during a gradient array I.P. survey. A Huntec geologically interesting, it was unlikely to Mk4 receiver was used with a 100 m dipole contain a bulk tonnage gold deposit. length. A zone of high chargeability was delineated encircling Mount Piper and trending References: BHP Minerals Ltd (1981, 1986a). to the east. 30 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 4 EL 827 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, 0.1% Cu, 0.2% Sb and 0.2 % W (m)

DDH1 45° 225° 322841 5880314 172.0 1 m @ 1.18 g/t Au and 1.5 % Sb 330.0 179.0 3 m @ 0.35 % Sb 184.0 1 m @ 1.62 g/t Au and 0.24 % Sb 187.0 3 m @ 0.62 % Sb 192.0 3 m @ 1.39 g/t Au and 0.26 % Sb 198.0 7 m @ 1.39 g/t Au and 0.65 % Sb 207.0 5 m @ 1.22 g/t Au and 0.38 % Sb 215.0 5 m @ 1.08 g/t Au and 0.34 % Sb 222.0 1 m @ 1.09 g/t Au 226.0 2 m @ 1.02 g/t Au and 0.62 % Sb 230.0 2 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 236.0 1 m @ 1.08 g/t Au Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au and 1 % Sb DDH2 45° 288° 322841 5880314 3.1 1.2 m @ 1.09 % Sb 292.5 85.0 2 m @ 1.09 % Sb 174.0 2 m @ 1.53 g/t Au DDH3 45° 223° 322892 5880240 133.0 2 m @ 0.562 g/t Au 292.5 157.0 2 m @ 1.01 g/t Au PDH1 60° 180° 323193 5880223 no significant intersections 212.0 PDH2 60° 180° 323193 5880334 no significant intersections 200.0 PDH3 60° 180° 323195 5880124 no significant intersections 198.0 PDH4 60° 180° 323196 5879919 no significant intersections 200.0 PDH5 60° 180° 323196 5879805 no significant intersections 146.0 PDH6 60° 180° 323192 5880527 no significant intersections 198.0

Note: All drill hole information is from the company reports. Co-ordinates have been converted from the Mount Piper local grid (Location accuracy ± 10 m).

EL 872 CRA EXPLORATION LTD gravels occur throughout the area and are covered in part by the Newer Volcanics. Period held: 1980 - 1983 Area: Sugarloaf Creek. Literature survey - A literature search and a brief field inspection were completed in the Target: Gold resource within alluvial leads initial stages of exploration. below basalt cover. Drilling - A total of 28 rotary percussion scout Work carried out: drill holes were completed at Sugarloaf Creek Geology - The EL area lies within the to test for the existence of deep lead gravels Melbourne Trough (thick succession of Silurian- below basalt cover. Holes WO3 - 5, 8 and 9 Devonian sediments) which conformably intersected gravel wash above a slate and overlies Ordovician sediments. These units are sandstone basement. Drilling proved the folded and faulted (Moormbool, Costerfield and existence of auriferous wash beneath the basalt Sunday Creek faults). Devonian granites in the Kilmore area. See Table 5 for results. intrude the area in places surrounded by metamorphic aureoles. Tertiary alluvial MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 31

Table 5 EL 872 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.01 g/m3 Au depth (m) (m) (m)

WO1 90° n/a 310800 5868300 results not quoted 36.5 WO2 90° n/a 314600 5872500 results not quoted 56.0 abandoned WO3 90° n/a 314550 5875900 results not quoted 40.0 WO4 90° n/a 314300 5875900 results not quoted 51.7 WO5 90° n/a 314000 5875900 results not quoted 46.0 WO6 90° n/a 314150 5872550 results not quoted 86.5 abandoned WO7 90° n/a 310450 5874000 results not quoted ? WO8 90° n/a 314250 5881500 results not quoted 48.0 WO9 90° n/a 314550 5881300 results not quoted 49.0 WO10 90° n/a 311150 5875450 results not quoted 51.0 WO11 90° n/a 311000 5875200 results not quoted 58.5 WO12 90° n/a 311000 5874700 results not quoted 69.0 WO13 90° n/a 314000 5881200 results not quoted 46.0 WO14 90° n/a 314400 5884500 results not quoted 36.0 WO15 90° n/a 314550 5884750 results not quoted 30.0 WO16 90° n/a 314700 5884900 results not quoted 31.0 WO17 90° n/a 314200 5881050 results not quoted 45.5 WO18 90° n/a 314050 5881150 41.5 0.5 m @ 1.3 g/m3 Au 49.0 WO19 90° n/a 325100 5892300 5.0 2.5 m @ 0.01 g/m3 Au 8.8 WO20 90° n/a 325125 5892200 4.5 0.5 m @ 0.01 g/m3 Au 7.5 WO21 90° n/a 325150 5892100 no significant intersections 13.0 WO22 90° n/a 325175 5892000 results not quoted 15.0 WO23 90° n/a 325200 5891900 results not quoted 8.0 WO24 90° n/a 314500 5875650 43.0 1 m @ 3.89 g/m3 Au 54.5 WO25 90° n/a 311000 5875200 results not quoted 44.0 WO26 90° n/a 311000 5874450 results not quoted 56.0 WO27 90° n/a 311000 5875450 results not quoted 28.0 WO28 90° n/a 314150 5875500 results not quoted 50.0

Note: Results were only quoted for WO18-21 and WO24 in the company reports.

Reason for relinquishment: More drilling Target: Gold-antimony mineralisation in was planned for the tenement but at the time quartz lodes. there was a lack of available cable tool drill rigs. Work carried out: References: Swensson (1981, 1983). Geology - The area comprises Ordovician sandstones, quartzites, shales and slates which EL 874 APOLLO INTERNATIONAL are tightly folded (NNW trending folds) and MINERALS NL overlain in part by Tertiary Volcanics. Fold related faulting occurs within the sediments Period held: 1980 - 1982 and is the primary control on the placement of Area: Belltopper Hill southwest of Malmsbury. the auriferous quartz veining. Quartz breccias and gouges are present indicating one or more phases of faulting. 32 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Literature survey - Literature research and Literature survey - A study of the locations of reconnaissance field investigations indicated historical mines and reefs and the reported that the Belltopper Hill area required further yields and depths of mining was conducted. investigation. Each of the mines in the area were discussed in detail including production records. Mapping - Geological mapping was conducted at the Panama and Missing Link lode systems. Mapping - Semi-regional geological mapping To assist with regional geological mapping, low was conducted at a scale of 1:10 000. level (1100 m height) colour air photography was conducted to produce photos at a scale of An area known as Target B, 5 km south of the 1:4000. These were used to produce base maps Elphinstone railway tunnel, was mapped at a highlighting the surface geology in the scale of 1:5000. This mapping showed a vein Belltopper Hill area. system (that was soil sampled) to be situated on an anticline plunging to the north (saddle reef Geochemistry - A total of 24 rock chip samples system). A portion of the western leg of the reef were collected from three reef systems in the system (1-2 m thickness) was located 200 m to Belltopper Hill area. The Missing Link lode the south. adit located on the southern flank of Belltopper Hill gave peak results of 14.4 g/t Au and 0.3 % The Elphinstone Target area was mapped at Sb from quartz veining and fault gouge scale of 1:1000 and was determined to be a material. A 20 m adit at the Panama lode gave series of saddle reef structures. a peak result of 4.3 g/t Au. A reef exposure at the Antimony lode returned a peak result of Mapping was also conducted across the 3.3 g/t Au. mineralised belt between Quartz Hill and Fryerstown at a scale of 1:2000 over a total area Reason for relinquishment: A diamond of 12 × 2 km. Mapping at 1:2000 scale was also drilling program was planned to test the conducted across four lines to the north and extensions of the Missing Link and Panama south of the mineralised belt. Mapping at a lode systems but exploration was ceased due to scale of 1:500 was completed over certain areas budget constraints. of interest including the railway cuttings between Castlemaine and Elphinstone. References: Apollo International Minerals NL Underground mapping of accessible adits was (1982). also conducted (scale unknown).

EL 888 CHEWTON GOLD Geochemistry - A -80# orientation stream ASSOCIATES, WATTLE GULLY sediment survey was conducted over the Chewton-Fryerstown auriferous quartz belt. GOLD MINES NL, CRA The results indicated elevated As, Zn, Pb and EXPLORATION PTY LTD Cu values in the vicinity of auriferous quartz veins. Detailed assay results were not given in Period held: 1981 - 1985 the company reports. Area: Chewton. Due to the success of the first program a second Target: Reef gold deposits 4 km east of the -80# stream sediment sampling survey was Chewton line of workings. conducted over the entire tenement area. A total of 379 samples were collected with the Work carried out: peak results shown below in ppm. An anomaly Geology - The area consists of Ordovician containing significant quartz vein development turbidites which have been subject to low grade and high As responses was delineated to run for regional metamorphism and strongly deformed 2 km south of the Elphinstone railway tunnel, a into a series of tight folds. The Upper Devonian trend at Chewton was located and tested by Harcourt Granite has intruded the turbidites in three diamond holes (no economic quartz vein the northwest portion of the tenement. intersections) and an anomaly between Pegmatites have intruded the margin of the Elphinstone and Chewton was found with the granodiorite. Tertiary high level gravels cap northern and southern margins being worthy of several hills on the southern side of Forest follow up work. Creek. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 33

extensions to this mineralisation could be Au Cu Pb Zn As W Mo identified. A total of 231 samples were collected 11 210 100 220 620 15 10 with the peak results presented below in ppm.

A total of 12 rock chip samples of vein quartz Cu Pb Zn As Mn were collected, half from the Chewton- 70 240 90 990 650 Fryerstown mineralisation belt (known mineralisation) and half away from this area. This survey was conducted in an attempt to Geophysics - A total of 5.2 line km of VLF distinguish between mineralised and survey were completed at the New Era mine unmineralised quartz veins. Results were not site measuring the parameters of dip angle, cut given in the company reports. of phase response and horizontal field strength. The results showed only partial correlation to Four areas of interest (Target A & B, Traverse mapped lithological and structural features. 4 and the Elphinstone Target) were located on the Elphinstone railway tunnel anomaly area Drilling - Five diamond drill holes (DD82CM1, (2 × 5 km), 4 km east of the Chewton line of 8, 9, 12 & 13) were completed at various sites workings. A C-horizon soil sampling program near Chewton for a total of 1633 m of drilling. was conducted over Target A approximately 1 Each hole was drilled to test the quartz reefs at km south of the Elphinstone railway tunnel. A depth and to ascertain the economic potential of total of 42 samples were collected at 5 m the associated structure. In DD82DM1 the intervals on two traverses spaced 12 m apart Millekins Fault structure was intersected at with the peak results shown below in ppm. 268 m depth but with no associated quartz veining. Quartz was also intersected at 186 m depth, which corresponded to McDermots Fault Cu Pb Zn As Mn at surface (see Table 6 for results). 60 1000 60 510 65 A shallow percussion drilling program was conducted at the outcrop of the fault zone at the Three C-horizon soil traverses were conducted Union reef. Holes were drilled (3-4.5 m depth) at Target B located 5 km south of the to investigate the potential for open cut mining Elphinstone railway tunnel over quartz at the site. Only 20 % of the program was outcrops. Approximately 80,000 tonnes of ore completed due to bad weather, the number of material was estimated to be present at this holes and results were not presented in the site. A total of 63 samples were collected with company reports. the peak results shown below in ppm. Reason for relinquishment: The company Cu Pb Zn As Mn concluded that there was great potential for an economic gold deposit within the Chewton- 80 45 110 50 190 Fryerstown mineralised belt although (at the time) the areas of prime interest were under mineral licence claims. One C-horizon soil sampling traverse was completed at the site of earlier rock chip References: Willman (1981), Chewton Gold & sampling within the Chewton-Fryerstown Wattle Gully Gold Mines NL (1985), Potter mineralisation belt (known as Traverse 4). An (1985a). unknown number of samples were collected at 10 m intervals concurrently with geological mapping. An unknown number of rock chip EL 933 CAPDEN PTY LTD samples were collected from along a creek within the mineralisation belt. Results were Period held: 1981 - 1983 not given in the company reports. Area: Yea.

A C-horizon soil grid survey (25 × 10 m) was Target: Auriferous quartz veins within Late undertaken over a total of 22 line km at the Silurian-Early Devonian sedimentary rocks and Elphinstone Target. The known auriferous porphyry type tungsten-molybdenum deposits quartz zone was most clearly defined by anomalous As values, although no strike 34 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 6 EL 888 - Drill hole summary

Hole No Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.1% Cu, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) 0.2% Zn and 0.5 g/t Au (m)

DD82CM1 50° 88° 255815 5894125 259.95 5.25 m @ 2.2 % Cu 334.4 Quartz Hill including 1.95 m @ 3.6 % Cu from 259.95 m DD82CM8 60° 84° 255944 5887024 117.70 1.6 m @ 0.55 g/t Au 240.0 New Era mine DD82CM9 80° 83° 255800 5890340 no significant intersections 359.0 Chewton mine DD82CM12 90° n/a 256224 5893914 no significant intersections 350.0 Garfield mine (north) DD82CM13 80° 258° 256256 5893350 results not given in report 350.0 Garfield mine (south)

Note: Results were not given for hole DD82CM13.

associated with Late Devonian granodiorite Work carried out: intrusions. Geology - The EL consists of broadly folded (northwest-southeast fold axes) and faulted Work carried out: siltstones and sandstones of the Late Silurian Geology - The area is made up of Lower Dargile Formation and Early Devonian Devonian siltstones and sandstones and the Humevale Formation. A large Late Devonian Upper Devonian Strathbogie Granodiorite with granodiorite intrudes in the south with several some areas of Quaternary alluvium. smaller intrusions to the north of the EL.

Literature survey - Literature research was Mapping - Geological mapping of the Monkey completed which indicated that the gold lodes Gully area at 1:10 000 scale revealed a within the tenement area were relatively small. granodiorite, 5 km long and elongated It was envisaged that several ore bodies could northwest-southeast. Porphyritic dykes be mined with one central processing plant. (basaltic to dacitic) cut through the granodiorite, quartz veins are present over the Geochemistry - Stream sediment sampling area and seem to have a random orientation (-80#) was conducted over Jack Creek and (see petrography below). Boundary Creek areas. The best result obtained was 100 ppm W from Jack Creek (the Geochemistry - A stream sediment program was number of samples was not given in the report). completed with 2-3 kg bulk stream sediment More detailed stream sediment and soil samples collected (the number of samples sampling was completed over anomalous areas collected was not given in the company reports). but this proved disappointing with no soil or Samples were collected across the entire stream sediment sample returning greater than tenement in areas associated with granitic 30 ppm W. The results were not given in the intrusions. Anomalous values were found in company reports. the vicinity of the Monkey Gully molybdenum occurrence and in the south of the EL where Reason for relinquishment: The potential several streams drained a granitic intrusion. for large low grade tungsten-molybdenum The peak tungsten result of 140 ppm W came deposits was significantly downgraded by from the Ault Breeac Creek area associated geological reconnaissance and stream sediment with a granitic intrusion. The peak tin result and soil sampling. was 280 ppm Sn.

EL 934 CAPDEN PTY LTD A soil geochemistry program was conducted with 100-200 g soil samples collected from Period held: 1981 - 1984 15 cm depth at 1 km intervals along roads in Area: Yea. the areas of economic interest. The tin values showed very little correlation with the tungsten Target: Large low grade Aberfoyle type results, with only two samples that assayed tungsten-molybdenum deposits. greater than 20 ppm W returning values MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 35

greater than 100 ppm Sn. The peak result for Target: Gold deposits in unworked portions of the survey was 90 ppm W from Cameron Road, the Campaspe Lead and its tributaries, shallow but the tin results and the number of samples gravels and unmined quartz reefs. was not given in the company reports. Work carried out: Follow up soil sampling was conducted at 200 m Geology - Most of the tenement comprises intervals along lines at Monkey Gully (30 Lower Ordovician sandstones, siltstones and samples), Ault Breeac Creek (15 samples) and shales. Slithers of Tertiary-Quaternary Newer Cameron Road (9 samples). A large tungsten Volcanics run across the tenement along with anomaly was delineated at the Monkey Gully Quaternary river alluvials. area and one anomalous sample was found at the Ault Breeac Creek prospect (40 ppm W). Literature survey - Investigations of basement Samples taken from the Cameron Road area geology and historical records indicated some contained little tungsten (the results for these potential for hard rock gold deposits in the area. surveys was not presented in the company Mines Department boring records were reports) collected and drafted giving information of the deep lead systems in the area. A 100 × 50 m soil grid was set up over the Monkey Creek prospect with a total of 160 Mapping - The area encompassing the samples collected from 15 cm depth. Tungsten Humboldt mine was geologically mapped at an and molybdenum were anomalous over large unknown scale. This indicated a large anticline areas. Peak results are shown below in ppm. trending north northwest with parasitic folds on the western limb which host the Humboldt mineralisation. Cu Mo W Bi Sn

320 60 700 28 18 Geochemistry - A total of 68 -80# stream sediment samples were collected south of the Chewton Goldfield to investigate possible Petrography - Samples of the quartz veining, extensions to the mineralised area. The peak granodiorite and dykes from the Monkey Gully result was 15 ppb Au. prospect were studied. The quartz veining was found to contain molybdenum, scheelite, A total of 7 shallow costeans were excavated at chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. the Humboldt prospect for a total of 360 m. Some of the dyke rocks were found to contain Thirty six samples were collected (2 m intervals 2-3 % pyrrhotite. The granite type was found to bulked to 10 m) for assay. The peak result was be a medium grained, equigranular 0.06 g/t Au. granodiorite. Three lines of C-horizon soil sampling at 10 and Reason for relinquishment: The 25 m intervals were completed in an unknown identification of scheelite and the large soil area for a total of 89 samples. The peak result tungsten anomaly at the Monkey Gully for the program was 20 ppb Au. prospect indicated the potential for a large low grade tungsten deposit was good and warranted Soil sampling was carried out on three lines a drilling program. Exploration ceased due to south of Fryerstown for a total of 60 C-horizon the frustration associated with the reluctance of samples collected. The peak result was 20 ppb landowners to reach an agreement with the Au. Six rock chip samples were also collected company over compensation. from the area with a peak result of 10 ppb Au.

References: Rossiter (1982), Capden Pty Ltd Drilling - Seven R/C drill holes were drilled into (1984). the Humboldt structure to determine the shape, extent and mineralisation of the quartz veining EL 954 CRA EXPLORATION PTY (see Table 7). LTD Reason for relinquishment: No reason Period held: 1982 - 1987 given. Area: Bullarto. References: CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (1987). 36 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 7 EL 954 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

CM34 60° 80° 262470 5882260 no significant intersections 60 CM35 60° 76° 262640 5880595 48 4 m @ 0.56 g/t Au 68 56 2 m @ 0.58 g/t Au CM36 ? ? 262714 5880595 no significant intersections 76 CM37 60° ? 262535 5882264 no significant intersections 60 CM38 60° 76° 262613 5881738 no significant intersections 70 CM39 60° 260° 262671 5881748 no significant intersections 70 CM40 60° 117° 262633 5881985 no significant intersections 83

Note - Results and locations are from the company drill logs.

EL 955 CRA EXPLORATION PTY EL 975 CRA EXPLORATION PTY LTD LTD

Period held: 1982 - 1984 Period held: 1981 - 1985 Area: Redesdale. Area: Clonbinane.

Target: Alluvial gold in the Campaspe Lead Target: Economic low grade gold deposit system. Hard rock reef gold was a secondary associated with sulphide mineralisation within target. quartz diorite dykes.

Work carried out: Work carried out: Geology - The EL consists of a basement of Geology - The EL consists of Upper Silurian- folded and faulted Ordovician shales and Lower Devonian siltstones and sandstones of greywackes. The southwestern portion of the the Dargile and Humevale formations. These EL is dominated by Upper Devonian granite sediments were folded and faulted prior to the and granodiorites. Major Tertiary basalt flows intrusion of the Mid-Late Devonian Mount cover deep Quaternary leads which trend north Disappointment granite which hornfelsed the and northeast through the EL. High level adjacent sediments. The Golden Dyke and the gravels also occur within the area. Reedy Creek Dyke intrude along east-west fault planes at right angles to the folded sediments. Literature survey - Literature research and Pleistocene basalts were extruded in the Bald compilation of all pre-existing government bore Hills area. data was completed. The bore logs indicated that the Campaspe Lead (north of Redesdale) Literature survey - A study was conducted into has a high gradient, deep, narrow channels, gold - antimony mines along the 4 km long with limited wash development. porphyry dyke at Sunday Creek. The major workings on this dyke were the Apollo mine, Reason for relinquishment: Due to the Golden Dyke mine and the Golden Dyke geological and environmental reasons the EL Extended mine. was seen as non-prospective for deep lead and hard rock gold resources. Mapping - Geological mapping indicated that the Golden Dyke was more consistently References: Choy & Swensson (1984), CRA mineralised and had a greater width than the Exploration Pty Ltd (1987). Reedy Creek dyke.

Geochemistry - A total of 40 -80# stream sediment samples were collected from the drainages around the Golden Dyke and Reedy Creek dyke areas. Anomalous Sb and As values MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 37

were located on streams draining the Golden southwest of the Apollo shaft with 18 m @ 1.9 Dyke while slightly anomalous Sb and As g/t Au. Peak results are shown below in ppm. values were obtained at Reedy Creek. The peak results are shown below in ppm. Au As Sb

Ag Cu Pb Zn As Ni Co Cr Mn Sb 6.3 360 3750

1 16 31 116 105 65 60 50 1620 730 A total of 88 C-horizon soil samples were collected at the Golden Dyke prospect as a A total of 45 dump samples were collected from means of defining the dyke boundaries and the old workings at the Golden Dyke prospect. extent of the mineralisation. All samples There was a good correlation between high gold underwent crushed whole sample analysis and high antimony and arsenic values whilst whilst only 57 of the samples were analysed there seemed to be no relationship between using the -80# fraction. Peak results are shown gold, silver and base metal values. Peak results below in ppm. are shown below in ppm.

Sample Type As Sb Au Ag Cu Pb Zn whole sample 590 680 29.33 1 150 23 153 -80# 380 630

As Ni Co Mn Sb Two east-west oriented back-hoe costeans were 1700 210 67 1820 6.25 % completed at the Golden Dyke prospect, parallel to the strike of the dyke and across two As-Sb soil anomalies for a total of 226 m length. A More dump sampling was completed at the total of 90 × 2 m grab samples were collected Reedy Creek prospect with a total of 29 samples along the 0.6 m wide Apollo costean. Results collected. Peak results are shown below in included 166 m @ 0.9 g/t Au, 12 m @ 1.4 g/t Au ppm. and 30 m @ 1.6 g/t Au. Peak results were 2 m @ 2.8 g/t Au, 2 m @ 2.5 g/t Au and 2 m @ 2.3 g/t Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Au. A total of 23 × 2 m grab samples were collected along the 0.6 m wide Western costean 33 4 130 1350 121 for a peak result of 2 m @ 0.19 g/t Au.

As Ni Co Mn Sb Geophysics - Two north-south reconnaissance ground magnetic traverses were completed over 1700 57 27 780 1900 the Golden Dyke prospect. The results were disappointing with no clear magnetic signature Rock chip sampling was conducted at the being attributed to the dyke. Golden Dyke prospect for a total of 32 × 2-3 m samples. Samples were collected from exposed A resistivity survey was conducted over three bedrock adjacent to significant gold assays from traverses to try to locate the Golden Dyke the dump sampling. Most of the chip samples under alluvial cover. The survey failed to locate were collected from workings where stoping had the dyke between the Golden Dyke prospect been undertaken in mineralised zones of cross and the Christine shaft and the Golden Dyke cutting fractures. Half of the samples returned prospect and the Apollo shaft. Several faults gold grades ranging from 1-5 g/t Au with the were thought to offset the dyke but this peak value of 16 g/t Au. possibility was not followed up.

From the rock chip sampling results at the Reason for relinquishment: Although the Golden Dyke prospect it was evident that high area was seen as prospective, the grades and grade zones of unmined dyke mineralisation tonnages found during exploration were not existed. To test the overall grade of the dyke economic. rock a total of 18 channel samples were collected over a total length of 82 m. The best References: Patterson (1982), Thomas results came from samples collected 20 m to the (1983c), CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (1983). 38 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

EL 977 CRA EXPLORATION PTY Reason for relinquishment: The company LTD decided it was not economically viable to continue exploration due to the gold price and Period held: 1980 - 1982 production costs at that time. Area: Glenmore. References: Volosinas (1982). Target: Gold deposit within a possible deep lead under the basalt cover in the south of the EL 1150 CRA EXPLORATION PTY tenement area. LTD

Work carried out: Period held: 1982 - 1987 Geology - Hard slates and sandstones of Area: Metcalfe. Ordovician age form the bedrock within the EL with Permian glacial beds outcropping in small Target: Gold deposits in unworked portions of exposures in the north. Newer Volcanics basalt the Campaspe Lead and its tributaries, shallow infilled palaeo valleys but due to differential gravels and unmined quartz reefs. erosion, currently form elevated tablelands. Quaternary alluvial fans and river alluvium Work carried out: occur in the valleys and fault escarpments Geology - The EL comprises Lower Ordovician within the tenement. sedimentary rocks intruded in the north by Upper Devonian granites. Newer Volcanics Literature survey - A literature survey was basalt also crops out as well as local Quaternary carried out for the Glenmore area. alluvial sediments.

Reason for relinquishment: The potential of Literature survey - Literature studies, aerial the EL was found to be low due to the fact that photo interpretation, ground and aerial the exposed gravels at the base of the basalt reconnaissance of the area produced a plateau were not historically worked, the lead geological interpretation and a map showing old was dry and would not constitute an insitu gold workings. From this work it was leaching target and samples of the gravel was concluded that the most prospective area for taken and gave "negative" results. primary gold within the tenement occurred along a line between the Chewton and References: Thomas (1982). Trentham goldfields. The prospectivity of the deep leads in the area was downgraded after EL 979 IBI PTY LTD analysis of the government borehole data showed the leads to be deep and narrow with Period held: 1981 - 1983 little wash development. Area: Daylesford. Mapping - Geological mapping at a 1:10 000 Target: New and/or previously mined reef gold scale was carried out to try to resolve the deposits. relationships between the numerous quartz reefs at the Mudlark Track and Mines Track Work carried out: workings in the Little Hampton Goldfield. Geology - Lower Ordovician marine sediments which have been tightly folded and faulted Geochemistry - Five RAB traverse lines were occur across the north of the tenement with completed at 50 m spacings along a 5 km strike Tertiary basalts covering most of the southern length in the Little Hampton area (6 km north area. Quaternary alluvial sediments occur in of Trentham). A total of 175 C-horizon soil to small amounts across the entire tenement. weathered bedrock samples were collected with a peak result of 310 ppb Au. One reef was Literature survey - The previous reports and found to extend to the north of the Little borehole records in the licence area were Hampton Goldfield and a number of weak spot reviewed and concluded that the area was anomalies (up to 30 ppb Au) were delineated. prospective for gold bearing vein quartz, alluvial and deep lead deposits. Three back-hoe costeans (totalling 264 m) were dug across quartz reefs at the Mudlark Track and Mines Track workings to test the 310 ppb MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 39

Table 8 EL 1150 - Drill hole summary

Hole No Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 1000 mg/m3 Au depth (m) (m) (m)

PD83CM32 90° n/a 276850 5867900 no significant intersections 97 PD83CM33 90° n/a 275150 5867800 89 2 m @ 2.25 g/m3 Au 93 91 0.5 m @ 5.36 g/m3 Au

Note: No sample assays were done, the samples were panned and the number of gold colours recorded and weighed.

Au RAB anomaly. A total of 137 samples were reefs. CRAE targeted gold deposits in shallow collected for the following peak results. alluvials, high level gravels and basalt covered deep leads.

Workings Costean Length Peak results Work carried out: Mudlark 1 80 m no significant Geology - The area consists of a basement of Track results folded and faulted Ordovician sandstones, 2 70 m 6 m @ 1.53 g/t Au siltstones and mudstones. Tertiary alluvial sands and gravels are scattered throughout the Mines Track 3 114 m 2 m @ 0.84 g/t Au area overlain in part by the Newer Volcanics (Guildford Plateau). Recent alluvials are Drilling - Two rotary air blast/rotary mud drill located along the drainages in the area. holes were completed near Kyneton with only one of the holes (PD83CM33) reaching sub- Literature survey - Research was conducted on basaltic gravels which returned 306 (gold) the South Muckleford Plateau, the Loddon colours together with sapphire, zircon and Valley, the Eureka-Vineyard reef system and marcasite (see Table 8). the Log reef areas.

Due to unfavourable results in the CRAE Mapping - An airphoto survey of the entire EL solution mining research at Eastville was completed to produce a series of eight exploration of the deep lead systems was contoured base maps at a scale of 1:10 000 with discontinued. Attention was directed at hard 10 m contour intervals. Geological mapping rock gold mineralisation within the EL. with the aid of aerial photographs was conducted over the Eureka-Vineyard to Spring Reason for relinquishment: The company Gully area at a scale of 1:25 000. The Eureka- decided that the results found were Vineyard area was seen to be dominated by a insufficiently encouraging for further work. large syncline with an associated anticline to the east along which both the Eureka and References: CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (1987), Vineyard reefs are situated. Detailed mapping Hughes (1987). of the Eureka-Vineyard-Spring Gully line of workings at a scale of 1:2000 and 1:500 EL 1205 (EX EL 625) indicated saddle reefs as the main style of CASTLEMAINE ENGINEERING & mineralisation. MINING COMPANY PTY LTD, The gravels in the area were mapped at a scale MACNEE INVESTMENTS PTY of 1:25 000 using aerial photos with the results LTD, CRA EXPLORATION PTY compiled onto a 1:100 000 map. The mapping LTD indicated the Guildford Hill and Strangeway Hill areas as targets for further work. Period held: 1977 - 1984 Area: Guildford Plateau. Geochemistry - Two bulk samples were taken from the Eureka-Vineyard reef system area (in Target: Alluvial gold within the Guildford the northeast of the EL). A 9 tonne sample Plateau deep leads and reef gold deposits from surface to 1 metre depth (consisting within the Eureka-Vineyard line of auriferous mainly of quartz) and an 8 tonne sample from surface to 1 m depth (composed of 30 % country 40 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

rock and 70 % quartz). The complete sample of Two diamond drill holes (CM10 and 11) were 17 tonnes was treated and returned 13.529 g of completed at the Eureka reef for a total of gold giving an average grade of 0.79 g/t Au. 627 m of drilling. Thick quartz was intersected with associated sulphide mineralisation Five rock chip samples were collected from the including visible pyrite, galena, sphalerite, eastern side of the Eureka workings in quartz arsenopyrite and gold. veined shales adjacent to the main lode. The peak result was 0.3 g/t Au. Six pre-collared cable tool drill holes (CM2 - 7) were completed on the Guildford Plateau to A total of 123 -80# stream sediment samples intersect the Loddon Lead, northeast of the were collected between Castlemaine and Guildford mine workings. Approximately 9 m Fryerstown. The survey highlighted the of wash was intersected in CM7 with lignite Eureka-Vineyard mine area with isolated and marcasite and 79 colours of gold. The anomalies at Spring Gully and in the western drilling indicated the lead to contain some regions of the area. Peak results are shown auriferous wash but not of an amount or grade below in ppm. to be economic.

Au Cu Pb Zn As Ten cable tool drill holes were drilled into the Muckleford Lead on two east-west lines across 2.8 34 90 130 410 the valley of the Muckleford Creek for a total of 207 m of drilling (CM22 - 31). The lead was defined as extremely narrow (100 - 150 m wide) Geophysics - A resistivity survey was carried with low volumes of wash with poor gold out over the Guildford Plateau along six content overlain by a thick clay layer. Samples traverses (at unknown spacings) to try to locate of the wash from each hole were panned, with deep leads under the overlying basalt. The some gold flakes observed in five of the holes. results were disappointing with no channels being defined. Seven Calweld holes were drilled at Guildford Hill (CM14 - 19) and Strangeway Hill (CM20), Drilling - A total of 6 vertical percussion drill samples of alluvial wash were processed by holes (EV1 - 6) were completed at the Eureka cradle and pan. It was determined that the area to test massive quartz lodes at the old gravel wash of interest was too deep for workings. Samples were collected at 3 m economic extraction (>15 m depth). intervals (see Table 9 for results). Reason for relinquishment: CRAE Pty Ltd An east-west line of 7 vertical percussion drill withdrew from the joint venture because the holes (KS1 - 7) were drilled to test a probable results of testing both the alluvial and hard inverted saddle reef in a syncline between rock areas for gold showed there was no Kampfs reef and Steeles reef. Samples were potential for CRA sized targets. collected at 1 m intervals and panned indicating small amounts of gold. References: Sheehan (1979), F. Canavan & Associates and Bell, Cochrane & Associates Pty Four vertical percussion drill holes were Ltd (1980a & b, 1981), Paizes (1982), Swensson completed in the Guildford Plateau area & Paizes (1983), Choy (1983), Thomas (1983b). (GP1 - 4). Each hole intersected gravels and sands under the overlying basalt, gold was EL 1214 (EX EL 688) PACIFIC concentrated at the bottom of the gravels near the boundary with the basement Palaeozoic COAL PTY LTD, CRA rocks. EXPLORATION PTY LTD

Nine more vertical percussion holes were Period held: 1979 - 1982 drilled at the Guildford Plateau through the Area: Lal Lal. basalt cover to test the underlying deep lead gravels (G1 - 9). Approximately 0.3 m of the Target: Brown coal in shallow Tertiary palaeo- gravel material from the bottom of each hole shoreline environments on the eastern margin was panned with only small recoveries of gold. of the Otway Basin. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 41

Table 9 EL 1205 (Ex EL 625) - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect No Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t and 1000 depth (m) (m) (m) mg/m3 Au, 0.1% Cu, 0.2% (m) Pb and 0.2% Zn

CM2 ? ? 244500 5885900 69.3 0.15 m @ 1.928 g/m3 Au 69.50 Guildford Plateau

CM3 ? ? 244450 5886100 71.5 1 m @ 0.685 g/m3 Au 74.50 Guildford Plateau

CM4 ? ? 244400 5886200 results not given ? Guildford Plateau

CM5 ? ? 244250 5886300 results not given ? Guildford Plateau

CM6 ? ? 244250 5886500 results not given ? Guildford Plateau

CM7 ? ? 244300 5886500 results not given 67.50 Guildford Plateau

CM10 60° ? 9800 10000 286.0 0.5 m @ 0.29 % Pb and 0.46 380.00 Eureka reef % Zn

298.0 0.5 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 305.5 0.5 m @ 3.35 g/t Au

CM11 65° ? 9900 9850 219.5 0.5 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 247.00 Eureka reef 226.5 0.5 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 241.8 0.5 m @ 0.5 g/t Au

samples panned for gold

EV1 90° n/a 254500 5890600 no gold observed 25.30 Eureka

EV2 90° n/a 254500 5890510 no gold observed 6.10 Eureka

EV3 90° n/a 254500 5890420 no gold observed 19.30 Eureka

EV4 90° n/a 254500 5890330 no gold observed 23.20 Eureka

EV5 90° n/a 254500 5890240 no gold observed 5.40 Eureka

EV6 90° n/a 254500 5890150 no gold observed 24.50 Eureka

KS1 90° n/a 254750 5892150 no gold observed 22.00 Kampfs reef

KS2 90° n/a 254902 5892150 no gold observed 19.00 Kampfs reef

KS3 90° n/a 254862 5892150 no gold observed 22.00 Kampfs reef

KS4 90° n/a 254826 5892150 no gold observed 22.00 Kampfs reef

KS5 90° n/a 254788 5892150 no gold observed 24.03 Kampfs reef

KS6 90° n/a 254940 5892150 no gold observed 18.20 Kampfs reef

KS7 90° n/a 254883 5892150 no gold observed 22.17 Kampfs reef

GP1 90° n/a ? ? no gold observed 30.18 Guildford Plateau

GP2 90° n/a ? ? no gold observed 42.06 Guildford Plateau

GP3 90° n/a ? ? no gold observed 35.36 Guildford Plateau

GP4 90° n/a ? ? no gold observed ? Guildford Plateau

G1 90° n/a 242026 5886055 no gold observed 29.57 Guildford Plateau

G2 90° n/a 242250 5886006 no gold observed 37.49 Guildford Plateau

G3 90° n/a 242250 5886025 no gold observed 32.60 Guildford Plateau

G4 90° n/a 243446 5885865 no gold observed 30.98 Guildford Plateau

G5 90° n/a 242861 5885525 no gold observed 39.32 Guildford Plateau

G6 90° n/a 242859 5885581 no gold observed 42.67 Guildford Plateau

G7 90° n/a 242856 5885658 no gold observed 39.32 Guildford Plateau

G8 90° n/a 242259 5885729 no gold observed 31.40 Guildford Plateau

G9 90° n/a 242027 5886044 no gold observed 29.36 Guildford Plateau

CM14 90° n/a 250120 5885570 no gold observed 13.70 Guildford Hill

CM15 90° n/a 250260 5886000 no gold observed 15.50 Guildford Hill

CM16 90° n/a 250330 5886220 no gold observed 6.10 Guildford Hill

CM17 90° n/a 249850 5888080 no gold observed 11.40 Guildford Hill 42 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 9 EL 1205 (Ex EL 625) - Drill hole summary (Cont’d)

CM18 90° n/a 250120 5886480 no gold observed 21.40 Guildford Hill

CM19 90° n/a 250580 5885830 no gold observed 4.00 Guildford Hill

CM20 90° n/a 241780 5883480 no gold observed 1.00 Strangeway Hill

CM22 90° n/a 243900 5890400 16.5 7.55 m of wash with 5 24.37 Muckleford Lead colours

CM23 90° n/a 243700 5890600 no gold observed 27.00 Muckleford Lead

CM24 90° n/a 244300 5888900 no gold observed 22.75 Muckleford Lead

CM25 90° n/a 244500 5888800 24.0 5 m of wash with 5 colours 30.00 Muckleford Lead

CM26 90° n/a 244400 5888850 23.0 2.5 m of wash with 3 vff 25.50 Muckleford Lead

CM27 90° n/a 244750 5888900 15.0 11 m of sand with 2 vff 27.50 Muckleford Lead

CM28 90° n/a 244700 5891750 no wash or sand 8.00 Muckleford Lead

CM29 90° n/a 244900 5891700 no wash or sand 13.00 Muckleford Lead

CM30 90° n/a 245100 5891600 no gold observed 9.00 Muckleford Lead

CM31 90° n/a 245300 5891700 17.0 2.5 m of wash with 3 20.00 Muckleford Lead colours

Note: ? - denotes that the drill hole location could not be determined from the company reports (vff - very fine flakes).

Work carried out: Five open holes were drilled in the Lal Lal area This EL became part of CRAE's Bacchus with poor results but CRAE thought it worth Marsh-Altona coal project after it was dropped following up. Three holes were drilled in the by Pacific Coal Pty Ltd. The majority of Straughton Vale area but it was concluded that CRAE's field work was conducted within the the reserve potential was limited by basement tenements to the east and south of EL 1214 structures and basalt cover. Five drill holes which falls out of the MELBOURNE area. collared on Pliocene sedimentary outcrop in the Brisbane Ranges block did not intersect thick Geology - Brown coal, grey and brown clays, Tertiary basinal sediments. silts, sands and gravels of the Early Miocene Werribee Formation are overlain in part by Further drilling was conducted by CRAE in the flows of the Older Volcanics basalt suite. These Straughton Vale area consisting of four rotary deposits overlie Paleozoic marine sedimentary mud holes totalling 360 m of drilling rocks which crop out over 40 % of the tenement. (RD80LS01 - 04). No coal was intersected in these holes. Literature survey - The Victorian Mines Department conducted drilling in and around Geophysics - Natural gamma, point resistivity the licence area in the search for brown coal, and spontaneous potential down hole logging gold and clay. This drilling information helped was carried out on all of the drill holes (RO01 - in the selection of three target areas; 17) using portable geophysical equipment. Straughton Vale, Lal Lal and areas of Pliocene outcrop. Natural gamma, gamma-gamma density, SP- resistivity and caliper logs were completed on Drilling - A total of 17 holes (RO01 - 17) were drill holes RD80LS01 - 04. drilled at 14 sites with 960.7 m of open hole (mud) drilling and 35.4 m of HQ size diamond Reason for relinquishment: No significant tails. Samples of brown coal and coal like coal bearing seam could be outlined. material was collected from bores RO10, 13, 14 and 15. Drill logs, analytical results and cross References: Preston (1979, 1981), Thomas sections can be seen in Preston (1979). (1983a). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 43

EL 1253 (EX EL 618) UPLANDS The geology and workings at the Cumberland, FINANCE PTY LTD, Ladies, North British Extended, Welcome and Frying Pan South reefs were mapped at a scale CARPENTARIA EXPLORATION of 1:500 (Cochrane, 1986a). COMPANY PTY LTD, TRIAD MINERALS NL, PIONEER MINES Detailed mapping and sampling was conducted LTD, DIAMIN RESOURCES PTY on the 39.6 m and 48.8 m levels of the North of LTD England shaft.

Period held: 1977 - 1988 Mapping in the Wattle Gully area at a scale of Area: Maldon. 1:500 was carried out, with the main line of working found to extend up to 150 m in strike Target: Gold and associated minerals. length.

Work carried out: Geochemistry - A total of 29 × 1 kg -80# auger Geology - The area comprises Lower Ordovician soil samples were collected at 50 m spacings metasediments and quartzites which have been across the Nuggety reef line as well as several tightly folded and faulted. The sediments have geophysical anomalies. Peak results are shown been intruded and metamorphosed by Devonian below in ppm. granites which bounds the Maldon Goldfield to the north and west. Several dykes including Au Cu Pb Zn As quartz porphyry, aplite, monchiquite and basalt dykes occur within the area. Minor Tertiary 0.1 120 50 85 40 gravels cap small hills in the area and a thin cover of alluvium commonly covers the One rock chip sample was collected from the Ordovician sediments in modern drainage Nuggety reef line with the following results in valleys. ppm. Literature survey - A study of the historic mining and more recent exploration was Au Cu Pb Zn As Bi conducted for the tenement area. All available data on the work carried out by North Broken 0.25 50 20 48 170 <10 Hill Ltd between 1947 and 1949 in the Maldon area was researched. A total of 11 rock chip samples were collected from the Tarrengower shaft area. Peak results Mapping - A 1:25 000 scale geological mapping are shown below in ppm. program was carried out across the northern portion of the tenement to map the granite- Au Ag Cu Pb Zn hornfels boundary. This work indicated the Nuggety mine area was favourable for further 4.1 1 30 30 145 investigation. As (%) Sb Hg (ppb) Bi W Geological mapping was conducted around the Nuggety mine area at a scale of 1:1200 and 0.22 <10 100 10 20 later at a scale of 1:2500 (over a 2.5 km2 of area). Twenty two rock chip samples were collected Mapping of the mine workings and associated across the strike of the Nuggety and other reefs geology at Lisles reef area on Mount lodes for the peak results shown below in ppm. Tarrengower, was completed at a scale of 1:1000. Surface workings and geology was also Au (ppb) Ag Cu Pb Zn mapped at the South German area, Smiths, Welcome, Frying Pan and Flying Pig reef lines 130 1 70 45 85 at a scale of 1:500 (Svanosio & Crabb, 1980b). As Sb Hg (ppb) Bi W Mapping of the Goughs and Welcome reefs and the North of England prospect was carried out 40 <10 <50 15 10 at a scale of 1:600 (Triad Minerals NL, 1985). 44 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Another 186 -80# auger soil samples were Another 19 rock chip samples were collected collected on two traverse lines across the from the Welcome, Frying Pan and Flying Pig Nuggety reef. Peak results are shown below in reef lines to check the above anomalous Au and ppm. As results. Two samples were also collected from a breccia at the Welcome reef. Peak results are shown below in ppm. Au As Hg (ppb)

0.96 1.5 165 Reef line Sample # Au As

Welcome and 15 4.2 180 Three rock chip samples were collected from Frying Pan possible lode material within the Nuggety and Cumberland adits to give an indication of gold Flying Pig 4 0.35 200 association. Peak results were 1.5 m @ 23.9 g/t Welcome reef 2 2.8 175 Au and 0.3 m @ 1.64 g/t Au respectively. breccia

Two dump samples of sulphide rich hornfels Eight chip channel samples were collected from were collected from dumps in the Lisles reef unknown workings within the tenement with area which assayed 12.55 and 8.2 g/t Au. peak results of 0.6 m @ 4.07 g/t Au and 1 m @ 2.16 g/t Au. The location of the samples was Another 136 dump samples were collected from not given in the company report. mine dumps on Lisles and Braithwaites reef lines on Mount Tarrengower. Peak results are Thirteen chip samples were collected from the shown below in ppm (39 of the samples were North of England shaft at the 48.8 m level. A also assayed for Bi). peak value of 0.2 m @ 4.77 g/t Au was returned from a thin laminated footwall vein. Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Bi A total of 10 rock chip samples were collected 7.55 11 2110 6000 810 87 from the Nuggety and Ivy reef lines with the following peak results. A total of 80 dump samples were collected from mine dumps in the Nuggety mine area. Peak Reef line Sample # Au results are shown below in ppm. Nuggety 9 7.81 Ivy 1 < 0.1 Au Ag Cu (%) Pb Zn Bi

8.32 5.34 4.46 4850 827 123 Twenty two rock chip samples were collected from old workings around the Lisles Gully area A rock chip sampling program totalling 16 for a peak result of 0.6 m @ 4.19 g/t Au from a samples was conducted south of Maldon at the narrow quartz reef. Welcome, Frying Pan, Smiths and the Flying Pig reef lines. Peak results are shown below in Geophysics - A 2 km2 grid was completed over ppm. the Nuggety mine with 22.5 line km of I.P. and magnetometer surveys conducted by Scintrex Pty Ltd. A higher I.P. effect was not recorded Reef line Sample # Au Ag Cu Pb over the Nuggety prospect but was recorded Smiths 7 1.2 4 240 4700 over several other lodes in the area surveyed. A Welcome and 6 6.9 <1 70 36 positive low amplitude magnetic field Frying Pan disturbance was recorded over the Nuggety Flying Pig 3 1.3 4 240 4600 prospect. It was noted that the geophysical contour data (1:2500 in Warner (1979)) would Reef line Sample # Zn As Bi be useful in identifying rock types and structures. Smiths 7 700 2470 9 Welcome and 6 84 380 4 A single test traverse caesium vapour Frying Pan magnetometer survey was conducted across the Flying Pig 3 690 1210 4 Elvan Dyke and several lines of workings. The MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 45

dyke gave a distinctive response as well as EL 1292 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO certain lithological units. Further to this AMERICAN SEARCHES PTY LTD Murdoch Geophysics Pty Ltd were contracted to conduct test resistivity, shallow electromagnetic Period held: 1983 - 1984 and proton precession magnetics over an Area: Gordon and Mount Egerton. unknown area. The interpretative results for this survey were not discussed within the Target: Gold deposits in the northern report. extension of the Morrisons deep lead at Morrisons North and hard rock gold resources. Drilling - A total of 25 diamond drill holes (DDH1 - 25) were completed over the Nuggety Work carried out: reef and Mount Tarrengower areas for a total of Geology - The basement of the area is a 5216.5 m drilled. See Appendix 7 for drilling sequence of Lower Ordovician sandstones and results. shales which were tightly folded and faulted during the Devonian (Muckleford Fault is A total of 136 percussion drill holes (UHP45 - 800 m east of the EL). At Mount Egerton the LG4) were completed over Union Hill and other Ordovician sediments have been intruded by a areas for a total of 4460.8 m drilled. Devonian granodiorite with a contact aureole consisting of spotted slates. The Morrisons A resource of 50,000 tonnes of broken rock @ deep lead is overlain by Tertiary basalts and is 3.2 g/t Au was estimated to be available in believed to have formed in a northeast flowing stockpiles at the Union Hill prospect and other drainage system. locations. An evaluation report was completed on the possible methods of achieving an early Literature survey - A literature review and cash flow from these resources (i.e. preliminary reconnaissance visits were completed within mining). See Uplands Finance Pty Ltd (1984). the EL area, indicating the possibility of two ages of potentially economic deep leads. Work See Appendix 7 for drilling results. was concurrently conducted on both EL 1292 and the adjacent EL 939. Within EL 939 (south Petrography - Rock chip samples were collected of the MELBOURNE map area) drilling was at the Nuggety reef line for petrographic conducted to accurately establish the course of analysis. Particular attention was paid to the Morrisons deep lead and its projection into samples containing disseminated sulphides. EL 1292. A brief reconnaissance of the Thirteen samples of core and rock chip samples tenement area was carried out to investigate were collected for petrographic study from alternative gold prospects (other than the various areas across the tenement. Of note was Morrisons deep lead) although this failed to a quartz tourmaline breccia sample from the identify any possible prospects. Welcome reef which assayed 2.5 g/t Au. Reason for relinquishment: The company Reason for relinquishment: Carpentaria believed there was little encouragement to Exploration Pty Ltd dropped out of the joint pursue deep lead prospects and the principal venture (JV) with Uplands Finance Pty Ltd, hard rock prospect (Mount Egerton) was Triad Minerals NL and Pioneer Mines Ltd then already under licence to WMC Ltd. entered into a JV. The title was eventually relinquished to become a mining licence held by References: Newton-Smith (1984), Hardrock Alliance Gold Mines NL. Exploration Pty Ltd (1984). References: Warner (1978, 1979), Howland- Rose (1978), Oldfield & Crabb (1980), Svanosio EL 1307 WATTLE GULLY GOLD & Crabb (1980a & b), Svanosio (1981a & b), MINES NL, NATIONWIDE Svanosio & Rea (1982), Uplands Finance Pty RESOURCES PTY LTD Ltd (1984), Triad Minerals NL (1985), Cochrane (1985, 1986a & b), Morgan (1987a & b), Birnie Period held: 1983 - 1984 (1988a). Area: Daylesford and Blackwood goldfields.

Target: Moderately sized ore bodies as quartz reefs in hinge zones of anticlines, repetitions or extensions of auriferous reef systems and/or 46 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

disseminated low grade deposits in Ordovician platinum group metals (PGM) within Cambrian shales and greywackes. greenstones.

Work carried out: Work carried out: Geology - The host rocks within the tenement Geology - Silicified Middle-Late Cambrian consist of Ordovician slates and sandstones greenstones form a prominent north-south closely folded into a series of north-northwest strike ridge through the middle of the EL. trending anticlines and synclines. The folded Hornfels at the contact of the Cobaw Batholith beds are cut by west dipping reverse faults, forms higher country in the northern portion. which, on the eastern sides of the main The discovery of bononites (magnesium rich, anticlines form the principal reef systems in the titanium poor mafic lavas) within the area. The EL area also consists of Quaternary greenstones of Victoria gave rise to the deep leads overlain in places by Newer possibility of the formation of volcanogenic Cu- Volcanics basalt. Zn-Au deposits.

Literature survey - A review of the geology, Geochemistry - A total of 62 × 100 - 200 g soil previous production for the mines in the samples were collected from approximately Blackwood and Daylesford goldfields and recent 15 cm depth along seven traverse lines in the exploration was conducted for the licence area. northern part of the EL. Interesting results Prospective areas were identified for further were returned from the western ends of investigation, delineated according to areas of traverses L6 and L8 where four copper values high historical production and the main exceeded 100 ppm. Peak results are shown geological controls on ore deposition. Field below in ppm. reconnaissance was carried out over areas of interest. Cu Zn Ni Cr

Mapping - Geological mapping was conducted 135 240 375 730 along the Rising Star and Rising Sun reef lines which confirmed the location of several reef structures. Black slates (one of the key Geophysics - Total magnetic intensity favourable bed lithologies) was detected over measurements were taken at 10 m intervals on the area. 9 traverses in the northern part of the EL using a Geometrics G816/826A proton procession Geochemistry - Rock chip sampling was magnetometer. The bononites in the area conducted along the Rising Star and Rising Sun contain some magnetite and have a positive reefs. Sampling across some highly ferruginous magnetic anomaly with a peak of 1500 nT on quartz and some gossanous material within the traverse L5. The tholeiites in the area are Rising Sun reef failed to return significant gold magnetite poor and have a very low magnetic values. Sampling on the Rising Star reef response. Areas of Cainozoic basalt produce returned a peak gold assay of 8 g/t Au. The chaotic responses which may reflect varying company report did not give full results or amounts of maghemite in the soil whilst faults sample numbers. showed up as irregularities in the profiles.

Reason for relinquishment: No reason A TEM survey was conducted using SIROTEM given. equipment within the north of the tenement. A conductivity high was recorded at station 100W. References: Wattle Gully Gold Mines NL The anomaly may be bounded below but this is (1984). difficult to tell because of the lack of late time data. The anomaly may be caused by sulphide EL 1316 ROSSCRAFT MINERALS mineralisation associated with the tholeiite- bononites boundary, or a buried volcanogenic PTY LTD, CVT PTY LTD pipe.

Period held: 1983 - 1987 Petrography - Basalt samples were collected Area: Lancefield from the Lancefield area for petrographic study. A total of 11 samples were collected with 8 Target: Volcanogenic Cu-Zn-Ni deposits being thin sectioned and described. See the possibly containing by-product Au and company report for full descriptions. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 47

Reason for relinquishment: The expense of (approximately 1500 kg) from all of the holes drilling within this tenement could not be was taken. Tests were completed on the justified and consequently the licence was samples to observe the nature and quality of relinquished. the clay (for the full descriptions refer to Ware (1985a) and the Amdel report in Jupiter Mining References: Rossiter (1988). Pty Ltd (1985)). It was found that each of the samples consisted of kaolinite with minor EL 1325 GEOLOGICAL & quartz and mica/illite and small traces of CERAMIC SERVICES PTY LTD, titanium and iron impurities. JUPITER MINING PTY LTD The Amdel report concludes that the firing characteristics of the kaolinite would allow the Period held: 1984 - 1987 material to be used for ceramic wares and it Area: Lal Lal, Loraine and Mount Doran. could also be used as a paper filler and as an extender or filler in the production of rubber, Target: Kaolin at the Lal Lal kaolin prospect paints and plastics. and low-medium tonnage high grade reef gold deposits in the Loraine and Mount Doran Six costeans (maximum depth of 8 m) were goldfields. excavated across the line of the Mystery reef. These were geologically mapped and sampled Work carried out: for assay (47 wall chip samples collected). Geology - The Lal Lal kaolin prospect is an area Results were not given in the company report. of kaolinised granite 3 - 5 km northwest of the Lal Lal township. The Late Devonian Drilling - In 1985 a total of 47 auger holes were adamellite is extensively weathered and locally drilled to up to 9 m depth over the Lal Lal the granitic feldspars have been kaolinised. kaolin prospect. This drilling delineated five pockets of kaolinised granite over a 2 km Primary gold mineralisation is located within distance striking on a 300° trend. These steeply dipping fault systems within folded pockets were named from southeast to Ordovician sandstones, siltstones and northwest as Trevors, Harbours Road, Alans, mudstones. The Ordovician sediments were Wares and Triggs Road pockets. The reserves intruded and partially metamorphosed by were calculated to be 2.95 Mt proved and 0.4 Mt Devonian granites which outcrop 2 km to the probable in-situ. north of the areas of exploration. A total of 16 auger drill holes were completed in Literature survey - Bore hole logs from drilling the eastern portion of the Forestry Products in the Lal Lal area during the 1960s and 1970s area and the land owned by K. McRae during a were collected and studied. Geological data was drilling program for kaolin. Drilling intersected purchased from the Ballarat Clay Company, a pocket of white kaolinised granite underlying with analysis of this data enabling a further 3-9 m of transported heavy clays and basaltic 1.5 Mt of high grade kaolin to be added to the clay soils. A reserve of 1.4 Mt of kaolinised proven reserves. granite of "probable" high grade was indicated to a depth of 14.4 m (open laterally and at Information on the gold mining and geology of depth as most holes terminated in kaolin at the area was studied as well as lineaments from 14.4 m). The stratigraphic logs from the auger Landsat imagery. The Mystery reef near drilling can be found in the company reports. Elaine was reviewed in detail. Other major reef workings and mines within the Elaine, Mount Five rotary air blast (RAB) holes were drilled at Doran and Polly Creek goldfields were also the Mystery reef prospect 7 km east of Elaine reviewed. (M1 - 5) for a total of 113.5 m drilled. Most holes intersected quartz but did not return very Mapping - Detailed geological mapping was high gold grades with a peak result of 0.32 g/t undertaken at the Mystery reef prospect over a Au in drill hole M3. 10 km2 area to assist in the positioning of costeans and drill holes. A further four RAB holes (LM1 - 4) were drilled to test the alluvial prospect area (Tertiary Geochemistry - Clay samples from eleven drill alluvials capping the ridge immediately to the holes and a combined bulk sample east of the Mystery reef prospect) for a total of 48 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

30 m of drilling. The holes intersected a very assessed were the Kangaroo, Frenchmans, thin (< 1 m) ferro cemented capping above Sunday, Frosty Morning, May Queen, Burra coarse sands and fine gravels of the Tertiary Burra and Tommy Dodd reefs. capping (2 - 5 m thickness). Gold assays did not return any values higher than 0.1 g/t Au with A report was completed on the alluvial gold the majority of samples assaying less than the potential of the EL with the Belltopper - detection limit (0.02 g/t Au). The locations of Welcome Leads being of most interest (see the RAB drill holes are given on rough maps Potter (1985b)). within the company reports. Mapping - Mapping and surveying was A total of twelve R/C percussion drill holes were conducted over the deep lead areas of the completed at the Deer Farm and Mystery reef Belltopper, Welcome and Butchers Gully. prospect for a total of 367 m drilled. All of the Mapping was also conducted over the May holes intersected quartz reef material. Holes Queen and Kangaroo reef areas (it is unknown M6 - 12 were designed to provide cross sections what scale the mapping was carried out at). to the wide Mystery reef zone. Holes DFS1 - 2, The May Queen reef line was regarded as the DFC1 - 2 and DFN1 - 2 were drilled at the Deer prime exploration target within the tenement. Farm prospect over an unnamed reef. See Table 10 for more details. Geochemistry - Alluvial pits and exposures at the Belltopper and Welcome leads were A further three R/C holes were drilled at the sampled, fresh exposures were cut and the Mount Doran prospect (MD1 - 3) for a total of topsoil sampled at 0.3 m depth intervals 148 m drilled. Two diamond holes were also (maximum depth of 4 m sampled). The sample drilled at this prospect (MDD1 - 2) for a total of was panned for visible gold although no trace of 143 m of drilling. gold was recovered.

Reason for relinquishment: No reason The drilling at the Kangaroo and Sunday reefs given. (see drilling summary below) generally reported assays of below 1 g/t Au. It was decided to re- References: Ware (1985a & b), Jupiter Mining assay the holes as it was thought that nuggetty Pty Ltd (1985, 1986), Svanosio (1987a & b). gold may have been present. For each quartz formation intersected, the cuttings were bulked EL 1346 SOUTHERN and a heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) CONTINENTAL MINING LTD, RED obtained by panning. A total of 24 HMC samples were assayed, the results had a close ROCK MINING LTD correlation with the grab samples originally assayed with an average grade of less than Period held: 1984 - 1988 0.3 g/t Au (suggesting that coarse gold was not Area: Malmsbury and Lauriston. present as first thought). The peak results were 1.28 g/t Au and 1.23 g/t Au. Target: Alluvial gold deposits within the Belltopper-Welcome Leads and primary gold Drilling - An R/C percussion drilling program within hard rock quartz reefs. was conducted at the Kangaroo reef and Sunday reef prospects to gain an understanding Work carried out: of the structural setting of the historically Geology - The area contains Ordovician worked quartz reefs (see Table 11). sedimentary rocks which have been tightly folded and faulted. There are no outcropping A total of three vertical holes were drilled intrusives within the tenement although the totalling 289 m along the fold axis and within Harcourt Granodiorite is located 5 km to the the eastern flanks of the anticline at the north. Major portions of the area are covered Kangaroo reef (north) (KRP11 - 13). A three by Newer Volcanics basalt flows. The targeted line eight hole shallow R/C percussion drilling gold is associated with the quartz veins within program was conducted for a total of 91.5 m of the fault systems in the sedimentary rocks. drilling (KPR1 - 6). The lines were positioned over an outcropping 10 m wide east dipping Literature survey - Historical reports, structural quartz formation from which a 39 kg sample information and production data from the returned a bulk grade of 2.23 g/t Au. various mining areas were reviewed. Areas MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 49

Table 10 EL 1325 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

M1 55° 268° ? ? no significant intersections 22.0 Mystery reef M2 56° 264° ? ? no significant intersections 23.0 Mystery reef M3 55° 88° ? ? no significant intersections 22.5 Mystery reef M4 56° 88° ? ? no significant intersections 25.0 Mystery reef M5 56° 268° ? ? no significant intersections 21.0 Mystery reef LM1 90° n/a ? ? no significant intersections 9.0 Mystery reef LM2 90° n/a ? ? no significant intersections 6.0 Mystery reef LM3 90° n/a ? ? no significant intersections 9.0 Mystery reef LM4 90° n/a ? ? no significant intersections 6.0 Mystery reef M6 90° n/a 240700 5819100 20 1 m @ 0.90 g/t Au 42.0 Mystery reef M7 65° 265° 240720 5819100 ? ? 39.0 Mystery reef M8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Mystery reef M9 85° 260° 240710 5818900 7 1 m @ 0.80 g/t Au 23.0 Mystery reef M10 90° n/a 240710 5818920 ? ? 18.0 Mystery reef M11 85° 260° 240730 5818900 no significant intersections 21.0 Mystery reef M12 85° 70° 240690 5818900 no significant intersections 22.0 Mystery reef DFS1 60° 75° 240000 5818850 28 1 m @ 4.04 g/t Au 38.0 Deer Farm prospect DFS2 80° 70° 240000 5818890 23 1 m @ 0.97 g/t Au 38.0 Deer Farm prospect DFC1 60° 85° 239800 5819300 22 1 m @ 1.37 g/t Au 33.0 Deer Farm prospect 27 1 m @ 1.14 g/t Au DFC2 55° 75° 239800 5819340 18 1 m @ 0.78 g/t Au 24.0 Deer Farm prospect 22 1 m @ 14.0 g/t Au DFN1 55° 75° 239850 5819800 13 1 m @ 0.79 g/t Au 36.0 Deer Farm prospect DFN2 55° 255° 239850 5819840 14 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au 33.0 Deer Farm prospect MD1 60° 80° ? ? 25 2 m @ 11.15 g/t Au including 45.0 Mount Doran mine 1 m @ 21.1 g/t Au from 25 m 34 2 m @ 0.58 g/t Au MD2 75° 80° ? ? no significant intersections 48.0 Mount Doran mine MD3 90° n/a ? ? 45 1 m @ 0.50 g/t Au 55.0 Mount Doran mine 48 1 m @ 0.75 g/t Au MD4 65° 75° ? ? 32 3 m @ 1.15 g/t Au including 45.0 Mount Doran mine 2 m @ 1.31 g/t Au from 32 m 37 1 m @ 1.73 g/t Au MD5 65° 75° ? ? 19 2 m @ 0.58 g/t Au 27.0 Mount Doran mine MDD1 85° 80° ? ? no significant intersections 95.0 Mount Doran mine MDD2 60° 80° ? ? ? ? 48.0 Mount Doran mine

Note: ? - denotes that the information was not provided in the company reports. 50 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 11 EL 1346 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

KRP1 90° n/a 265669 5875620 3.0 1.5 m @ 0.70 g/t Au 12.0 Kangaroo reef KRP2 90° n/a 265677 5875624 6.0 3 m @ 0.81 g/t Au 12.0 Kangaroo reef 10.0 1.5 m @ 1.56 g/t Au KRP3 90° n/a 265657 5875651 1.5 1 m @ 2.65 g/t Au 3.0 Kangaroo reef KRP3A 90° n/a 265662 5875651 1.5 1.5 m @ 1.37 g/t Au 9.0 Kangaroo reef KRP4 90° n/a 265672 5875652 no significant intersections 4.0 Kangaroo reef KRP4A 90° n/a 265676 5875654 9.0 2.5 m @ 0.74 g/t Au 15.0 Kangaroo reef KRP5 90° n/a 265669 5875689 no significant intersections 15.0 Kangaroo reef KRP6 90° n/a 265651 5875696 no significant intersections 21.0 Kangaroo reef KRP7 90° n/a 264990 5875690 no significant intersections 27.0 Sunday reef KRP8 65° ? 265001 5875737 no significant intersections 15.0 Sunday reef KRP9 70° ? 265048 5875910 no significant intersections 18.0 Sunday reef KRP10 65° ? 265006 5875727 no significant intersections 30.0 Sunday reef KRP11 90° n/a 265672 5875810 46.5 1.5 m @ 2.49 g/t Au 95.3 Kangaroo reef KRP12 90° n/a 265677 5875971 48.0 1 m @ 0.79 g/t Au 96.0 Kangaroo reef 51.0 1 m @ 0.55 g/t Au 55.0 1 m @ 0.90 g/t Au KRP13 90° n/a 265670 5875613 no significant intersections 98.0 Kangaroo reef SRP1 ? ? 266047 5880489 no results given ? Sunday reef SRP2 ? ? 266134 5880870 no results given ? Sunday reef SRP3 67° ? 265543 5878468 no significant intersections 30.0 Sunday reef SRP4 67° ? 265542 5878488 12.0 1.5 m @ 0.96 g/t Au 24.0 Sunday reef KD1 60° 72° 265629 5875959 16.8 0.15 m @ 1.62 g/t Au 150.3 Kangaroo reef 57.3 0.6 m @ 0.85 g/t Au KD2 80° 70° 265700 5875981 no significant intersections 60.3 Kangaroo reef TDD1 49° 92° 269550 5881542 86.6 0.4 m @ 0.81 g/t Au 172.5 Tommy Dodd reef TDD2 60° 88° 269588 5881542 no significant intersections 118.8 Tommy Dodd reef TDD3 90° n/a 269528 5881456 11.8 0.95 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 200.0 Tommy Dodd 59.7 0.25 m @ 1.89 g/t Au reef 70.6 0.65 m @ 1.57 g/t Au 133.4 0.55 m @ 25.6 g/t Au (check assays 10.4 & 7.64 g/t Au)

Note: Drill hole locations derived from company prospect plans and drill hole sections.

Two lines of R/C drilling were conducted at the At the Sunday reef (north) two R/C holes were Kangaroo reef (south) for a total of four holes drilled to test a west dipping fault within the and 90 m of drilling (KRP7 - 10). This program eastern limb of an anticline (SRP3 and 4) for a was conducted to test a 1 - 3.5 m wide quartz total of 54 m of drilling. Assays of the grab reef that outcrops continuously for a length of samples averaged below background (0.1 g/t 100 m. Assays of grab samples of the drill Au) for SRP3 and averaged 0.45 g/t Au for SRP4 cuttings were all less than 0.05 g/t Au except (possibility coarse gold). one result of 0.11 g/t Au. Mapping at the Sunday reef (south) indicated a stockwork of quartz 40 m wide and 100 m long. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 51

Two drill holes were completed over the contain up to 5M m3 of auriferous gravels at prospect (SRP1 & 2) but did not intersect any 0.9 g/m3 Au giving 4000 kg contained gold. stockwork. Assays of grab samples from the Preliminary investigations were carried out in holes returned grades of 0.02 - 0.05 g/t Au. regards to setting up a dredging operation over Detailed information was not given for this drill the river flats. hole. Mapping - Preliminary mapping of the Ghin Two diamond drill holes (KD1 & 2) totalling Ghin reef (1:25 000), Providence mine (1:1000) 210.6 m of drilling were completed at the and Homewood reef workings (1:25 000) was Kangaroo reef. Drill hole KD1 was carried out carried out. This showed that the Ghin Ghin to test for repetitions of mineralisation in and Providence prospects are confined to the KRP12 and KD2 was drilled to test the possible same stratigraphic horizon. extension of quartz in KD1. The Yea breccia zone on the northern flank of Another two diamond holes (TDD1 & 2) the Yea River was mapped at a scale of 1:500. totalling 291.3 m of drilling was carried out at It was found that a zone of gossanous breccia the Tommy Dodd reef prospect. Drill hole with a width of 15 m and a length of 70 m TDD1 was directed towards the down dip trends in an east-west direction within extension of the west dipping reef. Drill hole surrounding siltstones. TDD2 was aimed towards a predicted northerly plunge of the main saddle reef. A third hole Detailed mapping (tape and compass) was (TDD3) was completed to drill down the axis of conducted over the Crystals Bluff breccia zone the anticline in order to further test the to establish the extent of the deposit (maps at structure located by TDD2. 1:100 and 1:1000 scale were produced). It was found to extend for at least 70 m in a WSW - Reason for relinquishment: No reason ENE direction and for approximately 20 m in a given. north-south direction.

References: Potter (1985b & c, 1986), The auriferous alluvial deposits in the Willman (1987a &b, 1988). southerly drainage system at Ghin Ghin were also mapped (at an unknown scale). The EL 1480 TAKORADI GOLD approximate extent of the alluvial area, as (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, determined by the presence of old workings (small pits) was 1400 m long with an average TALLANGALOOK PTY LTD, width of 70 m. GHANA GOLD PTY LTD Further mapping was carried out over the Period held: 1985 - 1989 Providence, Ghin Ghin, Quarry Hill, Homewood Area: Yea and Homewood. Central and Mount Charlotte workings at a scale of 1:500. Regional geological mapping was Target: Open cut reef gold mine and/or also carried out over the entire EL area at a alluvial gold mine. 1:5000 scale which delineated three main Ordovician lithologies; a massive fine - medium Work carried out: grained sandstone, an interbedded laminated Geology - The area is covered by folded and sandstone, siltstone, mudstone unit and a faulted Ordovician sedimentary rocks, which coarse fossiliferous sandstone and are in part overlain by Tertiary and Quaternary conglomerate. alluvials. Tertiary basalts cover part of the EL. Geochemistry - Two outcrops were sampled Literature survey - Landsat imagery was within the Ghin Ghin Goldfield, with samples studied at a scale of 1:250 000 and 1:100 000 collected from a spurry quartz reef within and detailed air photo geological interpretations sandstone averaging 3.03 g/t Au whilst samples were carried out. Historical information on the collected from a ferruginised brecciated Providence mine was collected and researched. sandstone averaged 0.365 g/t Au. Five more Old records showed that drilling had been samples were collected from the Ghin Ghin carried out on the Goulburn River flats at reefs, with the best results being 10.1 g/t Au Homewood and Muddy Creek flats south of Yea. from a ferruginised quartz spur and 2 m @ The records suggested that the EL could 3.03 g/t Au from a quartz stockwork. 52 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

A quartz reef and breccia zone 1.25 km west Extensive geochemical sampling was conducted along strike from old workings on the northern at the Homewood, Ghin Ghin, Quarry Hill, flank of Box Hill (Crystals Bluff) was sampled. Mount Charlotte and Box Hill areas for a total Three samples were collected but gave only of 212 rock chip samples. A total of 135 trace results for gold (results were not given in samples were collected from the Homewood the company reports). Another sampling workings with all the samples assayed for gold program was carried out over Crystals Bluff for and 20 of the samples assayed for As and Sb as a total of 72 samples (61 × 1 m channel and 11 well. Peak results are shown below in ppm. rock chip). Peak results were 1 m @ 0.74 g/t Au (channel) and 8.8 g/t Au (rock chip). Au As Sb

Some minor gold workings area approximately 17.6 250 16 2.5 km northwest of Homewood that were associated with lineaments were investigated. Just to the west of these workings a grab A total of 37 rock chip samples were collected sample of quartz veining was collected which from the Ghin Ghin workings with all samples assayed 0.189 g/t Au. Two specks of visible gold assayed for gold and 27 of the samples also were observed within a quartz floater found assayed for As and Sb. The peak results are close to the mine workings. Three more grab shown below in ppm. samples were collected from the Homewood West extension, all of which returned trace Au As Sb gold. 7.8 5200 90 The Providence mine workings at Yea were examined, with gold panned from the track A total of 18 rock chip samples were collected ballast of the main adit. Three channel samples from the Quarry Hill workings with the best were also collected from the area with the best result of 50 g/t Au. Six rock chip samples were results being 0.5 m @ 6.27 g/t Au from a collected from the Mount Charlotte workings ferruginised breccia in the Providence adit and with a peak result of 0.52 g/t Au. Sixteen 2.33 g/t Au from a nodular Fe-Si rock from the samples were collected along a road cutting opencut. A detailed tape and compass survey of between Box Hill and Rice Hill with a peak the main adit at the Providence mine was result of 0.34 g/t Au. carried out. A total of 5 channel samples were collected from various parts of the mine Geophysics - A magnetometer survey was workings with the best results being 0.7 m @ completed over the Yea breccia zone on the 3.95 g/t Au and 0.76 m @ 1.47 g/t Au both from northern flank of the Yea River. A McPhar within the adit. M700 magnetometer was used along a base line and cross line. The results were generally flat Two grab rock samples were collected from the with no anomalous readings associated with the Marianne Ring Structure (geophysical anomaly) breccia. which gave a peak result of 0.18 g/t Au from quartz in a sandstone. The northeastern Reprocessing of the Melbourne 1:250 000 section of the Marianne Ring Structure occurs airborne magnetometer survey (BMR) data was in the southwestern corner of the EL. carried out by CAD-MAP Pty Ltd to try to highlight the regional trend on mineralisation Five samples of alluvial wash exposed in the in the Providence to Ghin Ghin belt (see creek section along Mutton Flat were panned company report for interpretation). and returned minor visible gold. Reason for relinquishment: Takoradi Gold In 1988 a total of 140 channel samples were Pty Ltd believed that the Providence mine collected over widths up to 2 m from the prospect was worthy of further exploration. Providence mine workings. Results were The company believed, however, that encouraging with 41 samples returning values environmental issues would preclude any of over 1 g/t Au. The peak results were 2 m @ mining development. 56 g/t Au from an iron stained sandstone containing minor quartz and 0.8 m @ 46 g/t Au References: Cozens (1985b, 1986b), Brady & from the Providence adit. Lanzer (1986), Lanzer & Brady (1987), Prowse & Finlay (1988a & b), Guerin (1989b). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 53

Seven rock chip samples were collected at two EL 1481 MURATIO PTY LTD, reefs and several old workings during a ground GREAT FINGALL MINING PTY survey within the northwestern area of the EL. Only three of the samples assayed higher than LTD the detection limit (0.02 g/t Au) with the peak result of 0.06 g/t Au. Period held: 1985 - 1988 Area: Gordon. Two areas in the south of the EL were subjected to an auger soil program. Area 1 was sampled Target: Reef gold deposits (20 000t @ 20 g/t at 10 m intervals on 20 m line spacing for 14 Au). holes. Area 2 was sampled at 50 m intervals at 50 m line spacing for a total of 16 holes. A total Work carried out: of 30 samples were collected from an average Geology - The area consists of Ordovician slates, depth of 2 m, the company report did not sandstones and quartzites, metamorphosed in indicate what happened with the samples. places and overlain by Tertiary basaltic lavas and tuffs and Quaternary gravels and sands. A total of sixteen rock chip samples were The gold mineralisation occurs within faults collected over the entire EL. The peak results associated with Devonian aged folding within were 3.2 g/t Au and 1.41 g/t Au both from vein the Ordovician rocks. quartz with limonite staining at Hayden Hill and Corbetts shaft respectively. Literature survey - Research was carried out on the historical information on the area as well as Two large and three small pits were dug to past EL reports. The company located two local bedrock from an unknown area with samples men, D. Toohey and H. Stanyer, who it was being collected and labelled. It is unknown hoped would be able to provide some historical what the company did with the samples. insight into the Gordon Gold mine and Summer Hill respectively. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Mapping - Preliminary mapping in the area located a number of old workings, outcrop References: Smart (1986, 1987), M. Rogers & features and lines of reef (the details of the Associates (1987). mapping was not included in the company reports). EL 1498 TAKORADI GOLD Geochemistry - A total of 23 rock chip and 36 (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, GHANA sand and dump samples were collected from GOLD PTY LTD various locations across the tenement. Half of the rock chip samples were crushed and then Period held: 1985 - 1990 panned for gold, the other half of the rock chip Area: Marianne. samples and the dump samples were labelled and stored for future assay and petrological Target: Multiple line quartz gold study. Two of the rock chip samples panned mineralisation in the Abundance prospect. showed gold mineralisation in the order of 2 - 5 ppm, three showed traces of gold and the Work carried out: remainder had no visible gold. Geology - Mineralisation in the area is located within Devonian aged faults within Early A total of 22 auger soil samples were collected Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks. Devonian from an average of 1.5 m depth from an granites are thought to be the source of the unknown area within the tenement. Half the mineralised fluids. Quaternary alluvials samples were labelled and stored with the other contain gold (weathered from the reefs). half being puddled and panned off in the field. One sample showed four small specks of gold, Literature survey - Interest in the area was possibly from the crushing of a floater. The aroused due to the recognition of the Mount other samples returned no visible gold. Marianne Landsat curvilinear west of Yea. The curvilinear is bounded by northeast striking lineaments which are truncated to the south by northwest striking lineaments. All known 54 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

mineralisation within the EL occur along these A total of 460 × 250 g auger soil samples were lineaments. Air photo investigations showed collected along ridge and spur lines south of the old mine workings over the lineaments, Triangles area to test three northwest linears although the curvilinear could not be identified. delineated from air photo interpretation. A total of 17 lines were traversed with samples Old reports and leasing documents were collected from the A1 to the C-horizon every researched and helped in identifying the names 20 m. Two anomalous gold zones were and positions of some of the Triangles group delineated along strike to the Triangles West and Braes group of mines at Kerrisdale. mineralisation. Peak results are shown below in ppm. Mapping - Preliminary mapping was conducted around the Triangles - Braes area. It was noted As Sb that the mines of both areas are located on the crest and eastern limb of an anticline striking 460 34 north at the Triangles area and southeast at the Braes area. Fifty of the samples gave high arsenic values Mapping was completed at the Triangles Road and these samples were resubmitted for further area (at a scale of 1:1000), the Triangles west analysis. Peak results are shown below in ppm. area, the Braes area and the Mount Marianne north area. Au Cu Pb Zn Ni Bi

The main mineralisation at the Triangles West 0.16 40 120 115 46 45 prospect was mapped at 1:500 scale. A total of 38 rock chip and channel samples The Abundance workings were geologically were collected from the entire strike length of mapped at an unknown scale. outcropping quartz at the Abundance prospect. Peak results were 4.1, 5.8 and 12.0 g/t Au. Geochemistry - A total of ten rock chip samples were collected from the Triangles group of Geophysics - Data from the Melbourne workings along a NNE striking linear near the 1:250 000 sheet area airborne magnetometer northern boundary of the EL. Peak results survey (BMR) was reprocessed by CAD-MAP were 9.27 and 8.41 g/t Au from quartz stringers Pty Ltd. Outputs of 1:63 360, 1:50 000 and in black shale. 1:25 000 scale maps with 1 nT contour intervals were produced. Two distinct magnetic highs A total of 229 rock chip samples were collected were evident with axis slightly to the east of the from the Triangles Road, Braes and Mount Triangles mineralisation. Marianne areas. Peak results are shown below in ppm (the exact locations from which these A magnetic survey was conducted over the samples came from was not given in the Abundance prospect which was designed to company report). delineate the strike extent, structure and continuity of the quartz mineralisation present. Au As Sb A Geometrics 816 proton precession magnetometer was used over a 1000 × 500 m 38.44 5360 1.8 % gridded area. A broad plateau high was indicated and appeared to be bounded by An orientation soil sampling survey was northwest and north striking faults which conducted on five lines over the Triangles reef truncated the marker unit to the south. system for a total of 107 samples. Lines were spaced at 20 m and positioned over known gold- Drilling - One diamond drill hole was antimony-arsenic mineralisation outcrops. completed in the Mines Reserve of the old Peak results are shown below in ppm. Cruickshank - Bowyang mines to test deeper intersections of the "mines sandstone" and locate the parallel quartz mineralisation. Four As Sb shear zones were intersected adjacent to the main marker shear although assays of the core 720 110 were disappointing (see Table 12). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 55

Table 12 EL 1498 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

MTBH1 60° 115° ? ? no significant intersections 135.4

Note: Location of the drill hole was not given in the company report (drill hole section is given).

Petrography - Samples of the "marker" unit tenement to define lines of workings and quartz from the diamond drill hole MTBH1 and outcrops. samples from the Triangle prospect were collected and petrographically examined, Mapping was conducted on the Fentemans, detailed discussion of each sample can be seen Smiths, Blow/Kangaroo, Dunns and Red, White in Prowse (1988b). The "marker" unit was and Blue prospects at a scale of 1:1000. found to be a metamorphosed pelitic rock with a significant volcanogenic component. Geochemistry - A total of six rock chip samples were collected from Fentemans reef, Smiths Reason for relinquishment: There was no reef and an unnamed reef 50 m west of Smiths reason given although the final report indicates reef during the reconnaissance mapping. The that Takoradi Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd accepted peak results were 0.34 g/t Au from an old shaft an offer from Sons of Gwalia for them to at Fentemans reef, 0.25 g/t Au from the north continue exploration on the tenement. No more section of the open cut at Smiths reef and reports were submitted. 0.3 g/t Au from the unnamed reef.

References: Cozens (1985a, 1986a), Guerin A -10# soil sampling program was conducted on (1987a & b, 1989a), Prowse (1988a & b, 1989). the Fentemans, Smiths, Dunns, Red, White and Blue and The Blow/Kangaroo prospects. A total EL 1513 INTERACTIVE PROCESS of 399 samples were collected every 10 to 20 m SERVICES PTY LTD, CLIVE on traverses spaced at 50 m intervals. No significant anomalies or trends were found WILLMAN & ASSOCIATES, during the program. Peak results are shown GARRAT, A., WESTERN MINING below in ppm. CORPORATION LTD, TRIAD

MINERALS NL Au As

Period held: 1985 - 1989 17.5 840 Area: Muckleford Goldfield. A more extensive soil sampling program was Target: Reef quartz open cut gold mine. initiated to cover all of the lines of reef and workings within the tenement area. A total of Work carried out: 1171 samples were collected every 10 to 20 m Geology - The quartz reefs within the tenement on traverses spaced at 50 m intervals. The area are positioned within moderately to results of the program were not given in the steeply west dipping faults in Lower Ordovician company reports. sediments. The (apparently) unmineralised Muckleford Fault occurs along the eastern An eleven traverse -80# soil sampling program margin of the EL. was conducted over the Muckleford Fault. A total of 225 samples were collected every 20 m Literature survey - Extensive historical research on each of the 500 m long lines. The results of was conducted on reports dated 1859 - 1915 for the program were not given in the company the whole tenement. Analysis of the data gave reports. information on the structural controls on the reefs in the area. Drilling - A R/C drilling program was carried out on the five prospects (Fentemans, Smiths, Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping at a Dunns, Red, White and Blue and The 1:10 000 scale was conducted over the entire Blow/Kangaroo) totalling 44 holes and 2601 m 56 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 13 EL 1520 – Peak stream sediment soil and rock chip geochemistry results

Stream Sediment Soil Rock chip Anomaly Au As Sb Au As Sb Au As Sb

E 0.026 17 <2 0.044 8 <2 n/s n/s n/s F 0.02 8 <2 <0.005 24 7 n/s n/s n/s G 0.006 <2 <2 0.323 160 4 0.019 38 3 H 0.014 <2 <2 0.424 460 5 0.181 88 <2 I n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s K n/s n/s n/s 0.056 240 6 7.5 3810 470

Note: n/s denotes no sample.

of drilling (MUKC1 - 44) (see Appendix 8). The Work carried out: best results came from the Red, White and Blue Geology - Mineralisation at Mount Robertson is prospect (holes MUKC27 - 31) close to old associated with altered fault breccia bodies and workings. Drill holes MUKC42 - 44 were intrusive felsic dykes. A number of small drilled to test below these intersections and the aeromagnetic anomalies were targeted for old workings and although gold grades were exploration. These anomalies are located along poor, significant zones of quartz were an arcuate zone that parallels the northeastern intersected. boundary of the Mount Disappointment Granodiorite 4 - 5 km to the south (see plans in A total of 30 airtrack holes were drilled BHP Minerals Ltd (1986)). totalling 730.4 m (FT1 - 6, SM1 - 6, WL1 - 5, RWB1 - 7, BL1 - 3 & FR1 - 3) at the Fentemans, Mapping - A 122 m long adit at the Big Ben Smiths, Smiths North, Red, White and Blue, mine was geologically mapped. The gold Blow and Frenchmans reefs. mineralisation in the area appeared to be contained within a discordant fault zone of A further nine R/C holes were completed at brecciated siltstone and vein quartz with Blow, Red, White and Blue and Smiths reefs for associated intrusive felsic dykes. a total of 323 m of drilling (BL4 & 5, RWB8 - 12 and SM7 - 8). The two holes at Blow reef were Geochemistry - Aeromagnetic anomalies E, F, designed to test the anomalous gold intersection G, H, I and K were initially investigated by in MUKC36. RWB8 tested the anomalous gold sampling along roads and tracks resulting in intersected in MUKC27. the collection of 9 -80# stream sediment, 70 × 250 g soil and 16 rock chip samples. The peak See Appendix 8 for drilling results. results for each of the anomalies sampled are shown in Table 13 in ppm. Reason for relinquishment: It was believed that the exploration completed reduced the Additional reconnaissance sampling was possibility of an economic open pit gold resource carried out at the Big Ben mine site with a total although the Blow reef and Red, White and of four dump samples collected. The peak Blue reef may host small, narrow vein results are shown below in ppm. resources.

Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As References: Barr (1987a), Willman (1986, 1990), Woodland (1989a & b). 1.42 <0.5 85 25 95 1650

EL 1520 BHP MINERALS LTD Sn Sb Ba W Hg

Period held: 1985 - 1986 6 90 480 15 0.03 Area: Mount Robertson. More reconnaissance sampling was also carried Target: Open cut gold mineralisation out over a diorite aureole southwest of Anomaly (minimum 3 g/t Au). K known as Harrys Dyke. A total of 7 soil MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 57

samples, 3 -80# stream sediment samples and 1 proportion of the tenement area. The rock chip sample were collected. The peak Moormbool Fault occurs close to the eastern results for each sample type are shown below in boundary of the tenement which, in this area, ppm. separates Upper Silurian rocks on the west from Lower Devonian rocks on the east.

Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Devonian granites intrude in the southwestern area of the licence. soil 0.008 1 20 20 35 100 Geochemistry - A total of 24 -80# stream stream sediment 0.008 1 24 15 75 28 sediment samples, 12 lower A to B-horizon soil rock chip <0.008 0.5 5 <5 10 3 samples and 5 rock chip samples were collected across the entire tenement (see Map 1 in BHP Sn Sb Ba W Hg Minerals Ltd (1986)). Peak results for each sampling method are shown below in ppm. soil 7 75 690 <10 0.035

stream sediment <3 10 740 <10 0.025 Au Cu Pb Zn As Sb

rock chip <3 <3 540 <10 0.01 stream 0.014 22 49 112 46 4 sediment The most significant gold value found was from soil 0.038 54 33 397 35 2 a rock chip sample at the Big Ben mine within Anomaly K. Further sampling at this mine was rock chip 0.017 31 19 74 56 2 carried out with a total of 45 channel samples collected from the Big Ben mine adit. Peak Geophysics - A magnetic traverse was run east- results were 5.56 g/t Au and 3350 ppm As. west across the centre of the tenement over an apparently small circular magnetic feature. A further 27 soil samples were collected from The magnetic section is shown on Map 1 in the Big Ben mine area from 0.4 - 1 m depth BHP Minerals Ltd (1986). (B - C soil horizon). Peak results were 0.113 g/t Au and 1000 ppm As. Reason for relinquishment: The surface geochemical sampling did not detect any A total of 8 grab samples were collected from significant arsenic or gold anomalies. Due to old workings at Harrys Dyke with the peak this the company believed that the chances of a results of 3.24 g/t Au and 2070 ppm As. major exploration target being located were slim. Geophysics - Two ground magnetic lines were conducted across the interpreted aeromagnetic References: BHP Minerals Ltd (1986b). high near the Big Ben mine. The position of the inferred magnetic high was not confirmed. EL 1523 TRIAD MINERALS NL

Reason for relinquishment: The area was Period held: 1985 - 1989 regarded as having insufficient potential to Area: Daylesford and Blackwood. warrant any further exploration. Target: Hard rock gold mineralisation, either References: BHP Minerals Exploration low grade open cut style or high grade (1986). underground style.

EL 1521 BHP MINERALS LTD Work carried out: Geology - The majority of the area consists of Period held: 1985 - 1986 tightly folded Lower Ordovician sediments with Area: Pyalong. fold axis orientated north-south. There is widespread Tertiary volcanism with many Target: Mount Piper style Au-As-Sb eruption points and valley flows within the mineralisation. area. Tertiary alluvial sediments occur along the sides of many deeply eroded valleys and as Work carried out: deep leads under the basalt flows. The Geology - North striking mudstones and Muckleford Fault passes through the western sandstones of Upper Silurian age cover a large side of the tenement. Devonian acid and basic 58 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

dykes frequently cut across the Ordovician 4 m @ 3.27 g/t Au from Scotty reef and Queen of strata. the Forest reef respectively.

Literature survey - A review was conducted on Fourteen rock chip samples were collected from the area with investigations directed towards Commissioners reef, 1 km northeast of Hepburn possible extensions of the Daylesford and Springs, with the peak result of 1.5 m @ 7.1 g/t Blackwood goldfields. Geological parish and Au. Eight rock chip samples were collected goldfield maps for the area were collated to help from Eureka reef, 1.5 km southeast of Hepburn locate historically worked reefs within the Springs, with the peak result of 14.3 g/t Au. tenement. A total of eight grab samples were collected The alluvial potential of the EL was reviewed from the central portion of the Sportsmans reef by studying schematic plots of the leads, field within the Dry Diggings area. Peak results reconnaissance and air photo studies. It was were 1.5 m @ 9.73 g/t Au from a quartz veined concluded that the chances of finding an sedimentary rock and 1.2 m @ 8.36 g/t Au from alluvial body of a size greater than 150,000 m3 quartz veins within sandstone. was remote. Rock chip sampling from an adit on Sportsmans Radiometric and TMI maps at a scale of reef gave a peak result of 1.51 g/t Au from a 1:250 000 were obtained from the BMR in the 20 cm quartz vein at the end of the adit. An hope that some shallow granitic bodies adit on the Beehive reef (400 m west of underlying Ordovician sediments could be Sportsmans reef) gave a peak result of 3.27 g/t located. No suitable anomalies could be Au from a thin vein within a bedded spurry reef identified. on a sandstone - siltstone contact. The number of samples collected at each site was not stated Mapping - The following reefs and prospects in the company report. were mapped at a scale of 1:500; Bells reef (Lord Roberts mine), Wheal Dory reef and A soil sampling program was carried out Mullens reef within the Barkstead - Wombat - between the headwaters of Sailors Creek and Eganstown area, the Haphazard mine within 1.5 km west of Barkstead. Samples were the Spargo Creek area and the Butchers reef collected every 20 m on six lines spaced 150 m within the Blackwood Goldfield. The reefs in apart for a total of 171 samples collected. Peak the Dry Diggings and Barkstead - Wombat results are shown below in ppm. forest area were also mapped at a scale of 1:5000. Au Cu Pb Zn As

Further geological mapping was completed at 0.99 65 120 140 50 the Sportsmans, Commissioners, Beehive and Eureka reefs at a scale of 1:500. At the Grey Mare reef (north of Barkstead) six Geological mapping at a scale of 1:500 was float and nine rock chip samples were collected. completed over the Albion reef to further define The peak rock chip result was 0.07 g/t Au with the reef line located during reconnaissance the peak results for the float samples shown mapping of the Blackwood area. below in ppm.

Geochemistry - Two dump samples and two Au Cu Pb Zn As channel samples were collected 50 m south of Dwyers Track on the Wheal Dory reef, located 3.71 160 50 280 175 5 km southwest of Daylesford. Peak results for the dump samples was 0.42 g/t Au and for the channel samples, was 1.1 m @ 0.11 g/t Au. A Drilling - Percussion drilling was conducted on channel sample from an unknown reef 140 m the Wheal Dory and Bells reefs (southwest of north of Dwyers Track only returned trace gold. Daylesford) and at the Butchers reef (south of Blackwood). Further drilling was completed on Ten grab samples were collected from various Sportsmans , Beehive, Commissioners, Bells, reefs within the Wombat - Barkstead area with Eureka, Lord Roberts and Albion reefs. A total peak gold results of 0.75 m @ 8.09 g/t Au and of 48 holes were drilled for 1323.7 m of drilling (see Table 14 for results). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 59

Table 14 EL 1523 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect No Dip Azimuth East North East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/ Au t depth (m) (m) (m) (m) (m)

WD1 60° 250° 243353 5859702 0 2 m @ 1.23 g/t Au 17.7 Wheal Dory reef

WD2(A) 60° 075° 243349 5859181 1.0 2 m @ 1 g/t Au 4.2 Wheal Dory reef

WD2(B) 60° 058° 243349 5859182 2.0 2 m @ 1.13 g/t Au 6.8 Wheal Dory reef

WD3 60° 070° 243339 5859201 no significant intersections 23.0 Wheal Dory reef

B1 60° 255° 1021 1028 no significant intersections 14.0 Bells reef

B2 55° 257° 997 1082 3.0 2 m @ 1.41 g/t Au including 20.0 Bells reef 1 m @ 2.31 g/t Au from 3 m

B3 60° 251° 1007 1103 no significant intersections 45.0 Bells reef

BRP4 60° 083° 984 1003 10.0 1 m @ 0.78 g/t Au 30.0 Bells reef

BRP5 63° 083° 986 970 no significant intersections 36.0 Bells reef

BRP6 63° 076° 1000 1000 35.0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 39.0 Bells reef

BU2 60° 060° 261261 5846533 25.0 4 m @ 1.09 g/t Au 42.0 Butchers reef 40.0 2 m @ 1.82 g/t Au

BU3 60° 090° 261258 5846590 17.0 2 m @ 1.85 g/t Au including 38.0 Butchers reef 1 m @ 2.8 g/t Au from 18 m

BU4 60° 102° 261672 5846629 1.0 5 m @ 1.35 g/t Au including 36.0 Butchers reef 1 m @ 2.73 g/t Au from 3 m

12.0 2 m @ 0.51 g/t Au

BU5 60° 268° 261283 5846683 1.0 2 m @ 1.69 g/t Au 39.0 Butchers reef

BU6 60° 265° 261276 5846766 no significant intersections 39.0 Butchers reef

SRP2 60° 241° ? ? 19.0 1 m @ 1.21 g/t Au 40.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP3 60° 067° ? ? 2.0 1 m @ 0.81 g/t Au 26.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP4 70° 068° ? ? 32.0 1 m @ 0.74 g/t Au 40.0 Sportsmans reef 34.0 2 m @ 2.26 g/t Au including 1 m @ 3.85 g/t Au from 34 m

SRP5 59° 068° ? ? 2.0 1 m @ 0.84 g/t Au 47.0 Sportsmans reef 23.0 1 m @ 1.05 g/t Au

SRP6 60° 045° ? ? no significant intersections 20.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP7 70° 046° ? ? 9.0 1 m @ 0.8 g/t Au 40.0 Sportsmans reef 34.0 1 m @ 1.14 g/t Au

SRP8 47° 250° ? ? no significant intersections 20.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP9 43° 250° ? ? no significant intersections 24.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP10 40° 227° ? ? no significant intersections 23.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP11 44° 085° ? ? no significant intersections 25.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP12 42° 230° ? ? no significant intersections 14.0 Sportsmans reef

SRP13 43° 230° ? ? no significant intersections 25.0 Sportsmans reef

CRP1 59° 095° 914 1280 18.0 2 m @ 1.63 g/t Au including 20.0 Commissioners 1 m @ 2.53 g/t Au from 19 m reef

CRP2 ? ? 946 1219 no results given ? Commissioners reef

CRP3 60° 080° 948 1086 13.0 1 m @ 0.57 g/t Au 35.0 Commissioners reef

CRP4 61° 080° 965 1059 5.0 1 m @ 1.17 g/t Au 35.0 Commissioners 35.0 1 m @ 2.22 g/t Au reef

CRP5 77° 230° 993 1025 3.5 1 m @ 0.52 g/t Au 36.5 Commissioners reef

CRP6 61° 103° 1037 897 no significant intersections 18.5 Commissioners reef 60 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 14 EL 1523 - Drill hole summary (Cont’d)

Hole Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect No Dip Azimuth East North East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/ Au t depth (m) (m) (m) (m) (m)

CRP7 68° 242° 922 1321 12.0 2 m @ 0.72 g/t Au 39.0 Commissioners 17.0 2 m @ 2.02 g/t Au reef 27.0 5 m @ 1.21 g/t 34.0 3 m @ 1.3 g/t Au including 1 m @ 2.24 g/t Au from 34 m CRP8 52° 256° 911 1342 8.0 3 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 25.0 Commissioners reef

CRP9 48° 236° 920 1332 18.0 3 m @ 0.63 g/t Au 22.0 Commissioners reef CRP10 38° 078° 902 1314 11.0 7 m @ 1.88 g/t Au including 24.0 Commissioners 1 m @ 3.35 g/t Au from 13 m reef and 1 m @ 2.92 g/t Au from 15 m

CRP11 48° 067° 931 1199 0 3 m @ 5.4 g/t Au 16.0 Commissioners reef AR1 60° 080° ? ? no significant intersections 12.0 Albion reef

AR2 60° 080° ? ? no significant intersections 25.0 Albion reef

AR3 60° 090° ? ? 0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 30.0 Albion reef 4.0 1 m @ 0.76 g/t Au BP2 60° 235° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Beehive reef

BRP1 55° 074° ? ? no significant intersections 33.0 Beehive reef

LR1 60° 080° 1045 282 no significant intersections 15.0 Lord Roberts reef

LR2 60° 080° 1052 277 no significant intersections 12.0 Lord Roberts reef

LR3 60° 083° 1046 238 no significant intersections 30.0 Lord Roberts reef

LR4 60° 078° 1010 495 26.0 1 m @ 2.2 g/t Au 30.0 Lord Roberts reef

ER1 60° 055° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Eureka reef

ER2 60° 073° ? ? 23.0 1 m @ 1.59 g/t Au 32.0 Eureka reef

Note: ? - denotes that the drill hole location was not provided in the company reports.

Reason for relinquishment: Mapping and Muckleford Fault. A Devonian granite intrudes sampling identified good drilling targets, the the sequence to the west. Quaternary basalt drilling of these targets indicated that the flows and Tertiary sands and clays cover the mineralisation was patchy and generally of low north and south strike extension of the quartz grade. reef. In the Mount Egerton mine area and further to the south (Mount Doran and References: Canavan & Cochrane (1986) Champion Hill) dykes are associated with Cochrane (1986c, 1987) Birnie (1987, 1988b, quartz reefs. 1989a & b). Literature survey - A study of historical EL 1530 & 1531 WESTERN MINING information was undertaken paying particular CORPORATION LTD attention to the Mount Egerton and Black Horse United Mines. Recent exploration Period held: 1985 - 1988 programs were also studied. Area: Mount Egerton. Mapping - The west and southeast walls of the Target: Major tailings dumps, extensions of pit at the Mount Egerton rubbish tip were known gold mineralisation and new ore shoots. mapped (see Barr (1987)). This area is believed to be the site of the Quarry shaft with the tip Work carried out: now occupying an old open cut or open stope. Geology - The Egerton - Black Horse line of reef occurs in faulted and folded Lower Ordovician Geological mapping at a scale of 1:5000 was sediments approximately 800 m east of the conducted over the northern part of the Mount Egerton Goldfield. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 61

Geochemistry - A total of 140 B-horizon soil represent the top of a major Egerton style reef. samples were collected at 20 m spacings along Four holes were drilled (MTED58 - 61) although seven lines (totalling 2.8 line km) spaced 100 m two of the holes (MTED59 & 60) were apart at Mount Egerton. A number of abandoned due to excessive hole steepening. anomalous gold zones were delineated with the peak results shown below in ppm. See Appendix 9 for drilling results.

Reason for relinquishment: No reason Au Cu Pb Zn As Fe given. 11.4 260 230 80 240 2.1 References: Brown (1985), Barr (1986, 1987b), Lenard (1987, 1988a & b), Ringwood The west wall of the Mount Egerton tip pit (1990). contained spurry quartz veins which were sampled for a total of 30 channel samples. The EL 1547 EASTERN GOLD peak results were 1 m @ 48 g/t Au and 1 m @ 14.4 g/t Au with all of the samples assaying EXPLORATION PTY LTD, NEW below the detection limit for arsenic (50 ppm). RESOURCES PTY LTD, NEWMONT AUSTRALIA LTD Soil sampling (-80#) was conducted over the northern end of the Mount Egerton Goldfield Period held: 1985 - 1989 (extending from just north of the State Battery Area: Guildford and Wattle Gully mine. to the southern limits of the Tertiary Basalt cover near the Portland Flat Road). A total of Target: Alluvial gold at the Guildford Flats 653 samples were collected at 10 m intervals on and Butchers Gully/Ballarat Hill prospects near fifteen lines spaced at 200 m for a total of 6.08 Guildford and reef gold deposits around the line km of coverage. The most significant gold Wattle Gully mine area. anomaly occurred in the area of the Hickey shaft. The peak results were 2520 ppb Au and Work carried out: 1350 ppm As. Geology - The underlying geology of the area consists of a sequence of interbedded shales and Drilling - A total of thirteen R/C percussion sandstones of Lower Ordovician age, with the drill holes (MTEC1 - 13) totalling 1367 m was major north-south Muckleford Fault in the west completed on two traverses at Mount Egerton. of the EL. The sedimentary rocks are covered The drilling was designed to test the locally by Quaternary basalts and river gravels. Rose/Sister Rose and Mount Egerton Extension areas, the possible "mundic" lode to the east Literature survey - Research was conducted into and soil geochemical anomalies. the historical gold production (both primary and alluvial) for the area. The approximate A further ten R/C percussion drill holes locations and names of old quartz reefs were (MTEC14 - 23) totalling 1371 m were completed plotted onto a 1:25 000 scale map. along three drilling traverses at the Quarry Block, one traverse at the Rose Block, and one Mapping - The quartz veined area around the hole at the northern extension of the Egerton Loddon River east of Vaughan was geologically Consols - New Discovery line of reef, 350 m mapped at a scale of 1:10 000. Mapping at a north of the Black Horse shaft. scale of 1:2 000 was conducted from the Spring Gully shaft (in the north of the EL) south along Another 24 R/C percussion holes (MTEC24 - 57) the Spring Gully Anticline for 1 km. Mapping were drilled totalling 3394 m to follow up the was conducted over the Frenchmans reef area previous intersections obtained at the Rose and at a scale of 1:2000 indicating that the reef lies Egerton shaft areas and to test the northern approximately 15 m to the west of a major strike extension of the Egerton lodes at the anticline. Egerton Consols, Black Horse Extended and New Discovery areas. Geochemistry - A bulk sampling program was carried out at the Butchers Gully prospect 1 km A diamond drilling program was designed to south of Vaughan. A total of eighteen sites test the shallow intersections in MTEC31 - 34 were investigated with bulk samples collected at Yellands Block which were thought to by hand and front end loader and run over 62 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

1.52 m and 3.0 m Haselwerdt Recovery Mats. Two diamond drill holes (SGD001 & 2) were Gold was observed within the samples completed at the Spring Gully prospect for a indicating the auriferous nature of the ground. total of 646.5 m drilled. The holes tested for The best result was 2 g/bcm Au from site 5 with west dipping faults targeted from historical a resource of 16,830 bcm @ 0.6 g/bcm Au study and geological mapping. (10,089 g of gold) being estimated for the prospect as a whole. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Rock chip sampling was completed over the eastern area of the tenement where auriferous References: Rampe (1986), New Resources quartz veins were known to exist. A 50 × 50 m Pty Ltd (1987), Simmons (1988, 1989). grid was pegged over the Spring Gully workings covering an area of 1000 × 150 m (no sampling EL 1593 POOLETTE HOLDINGS seemed to be conducted over this area). A total (VIC) PTY LTD of 72 rock chip samples were collected from the Frenchmans reef area with a peak result of Period held: 1986 - 1987 0.82 g/t Au. Area: Morrisons.

Geophysics - A ground magnetic survey was Target: Gold deposits within the extensions of conducted over the area previously drilled at the alluvial deep lead systems. the Guildford Flats prospect. A total of four profiles were run 10 m apart, with a contour Work carried out: map of the data produced. An empirical Geology - Gold bearing alluvium (river gravels relationship between low magnetic values and and wash) at the base of the Pliocene sediments high gold values was found, the reason for this are covered by Pleistocene basalt flows. The most likely to be the lack of magnetic minerals entire tenement is covered by basalt flows or within the gold rich deposits. river gravels, there is no outcropping Palaeozoic sediments within the licence area. Three lines of gravity and ground magnetics (50 m apart) were completed on the southern Literature survey - Initial work involved the portion of the Spring Gully grid. The purpose study of deep leads within Victoria including a of the survey was to test the efficiency of the report on Morrisons deep lead and historical methods as mapping tools and assist in production for the area. identifying faults and folds. The weak anomalies found may have indicated fold hinges Geochemistry - A metallurgical test was but the low magnitude of the responses were conducted on three samples from the Morrisons not accurate enough to be useful. deep lead. Electro-microscope examination revealed no coarse gold. All three samples (A, B Drilling - A total of 29 Calweld holes were & C) were combined into a concentrate and drilled to test the alluvial gold potential at the plate amalgamation tests returned a grade of Guildford Flats prospect between the Loddon 0.01 g/t Au. River and the Castlemaine - Maryborough Railway line on K. Keoghs property at Reason for relinquishment: No reason Guildford (G1 - 29) (see Table 15). Eight of the given. holes were drilled into old dredge tailings dumps from past production in the area. References: Brady (1986). Drilling delineated a potential geological resource of 50,000 m3 of wash at an average EL 1594 MINERS REST HOTEL- grade of 0.74 g/m3 Au. MOTEL PTY LTD, A diamond drill hole was completed into the CENTFIELD MINING PTY LTD Frenchmans reef (FRD001) to test the recorded crosscutting fault. The drilling gave no Period held: 1986 - 1989 evidence for a west dipping fault structure. A Area: Muckleford. bedded mineralised quartz reef associated with faulting was located at 46 m depth. When Target: Gold deposits within the Muckleford projected to surface it correlated with workings deep lead and other shallow leads, high level to the east. gravels and Palaeozoic sediments. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 63

Table 15 EL 1547 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t and 1000 depth (m) (m) mg/m3 Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% (m) Pb, 0.2% Zn and 0.1% Cu

G1 90° n/a 247864 5885515 no significant intersections 8.4 dredge tailings G2 90° n/a 247863 5885474 no significant intersections 6.9 G3 90° n/a 247895 5885449 no significant intersections 10.3 G4 90° n/a 247827 5885439 4.5 2.7 m @ 1027 mg/m3 Au 7.2 G5 90° n/a 247860 5885414 no significant intersections 5.4 G6 90° n/a 247791 5885404 no significant intersections 7.8 G7 90° n/a 247756 5885370 no significant intersections 7.1 dredge tailings G8 90° n/a 247825 5885380 no significant intersections 10.3 G9 90° n/a 247789 5885346 no significant intersections 11.1 G10 90° n/a 247753 5885311 no significant intersections 8.7 G11 90° n/a 247718 5885278 no significant intersections 8.9 G12 90° n/a 247720 5885336 no significant intersections 5.1 dredge tailings G13 90° n/a 247684 5885302 no significant intersections 7.2 G14 90° n/a 247649 5885267 6.2 0.5 m @ 3531 mg/m3 Au 6.7 G15 90° n/a 247613 5885233 no significant intersections 7.0 G16 90° n/a 247682 5885243 no significant intersections 7.9 G17 90° n/a 247898 5885508 7.1 1.4 m @ 3263 mg/m3 Au 8.5 G18 90° n/a 247933 5885542 no significant intersections 8.0 G19 90° n/a 247932 5885484 no significant intersections 11.2 G20 90° n/a 247829 5885497 6.5 1 m @ 1083 mg/m3 Au 7.5 dredge tailings G21 90° n/a 247846 5885485 no significant intersections 6.9 dredge tailings G22 90° n/a 247879 5885461 no significant intersections 9.5 G23 90° n/a 247666 5885255 6.0 0.9 m @ 1569 mg/m3 Au 6.9 G24 90° n/a 247633 5885280 no significant intersections 6.9 dredge tailings G25 90° n/a 247545 5885224 no significant intersections 7.5 dredge tailings G26 90° n/a 247688 5885361 no significant intersections 7.5 dredge tailings G27 90° n/a 247966 5885517 no significant intersections 10.8 G28 90° n/a 247880 5885491 no significant intersections 7.3 G29 90° n/a 247969 5885576 no significant intersections 7.3 FRD001 55° 081° 252138 5887357 no significant intersections 63.0 SGD001 80° 081° 254809 5887864 57.2 0.5 m @ 4.16 g/t Au 381.5 108.9 0.3 m @ 1.8 g/t Au SGD002 72.5° 081° 254671 5887218 135.6 1 m @ 0.71 g/t Au 265.0

Note: Drill hole locations derived from the maps within Rampe (1986). 64 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Work carried out: the tenement area was compiled to try to aid in Geology - The Muckleford deep lead runs the ranking of the prospective targets within approximately north-south through the centre the area. of the EL with basement depths in the lead up to 40 m. Pliocene gravels are located within the Mapping - Detailed structural mapping of the EL, such as at Back Creek. High level gravels Golden Dyke line was conducted at an unknown occur locally in the area (see Choy (1987)). scale. Palaeozoic sediments outcrop in the western portion of the EL with good potential for gold Geochemistry - A total of four shallow trenches within the Nuggety line of reef. were completed at the Golden Dyke prospect (Apollo sub-area) in the south of the EL for Literature survey - Initial work on the area 150 m of trenching and 75 samples collected at involved the compilation of historical data and 2 m intervals (peak results are shown below in more recent exploration work completed over ppm). The results of this survey were plotted the tenement. with the results of a costean survey by CRA in 1983 (see EL 975). The combined results Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was suggested the presence of at least two north- conducted over the tenement at a scale of northwest trending zones of near surface 1:25 000, with shafts, alluvial gravels and hard mineralisation ranging from 4 - 10 m width at rock workings located. A tributary lead grades of 1.03 - 1.91 g/t Au. In Table 16 through the Pitts shaft area was also located, see map in Choy (1987). Further geological The company collated all of its trench results mapping was conducted in 1988, see map in with those from CRAE's costean work and Choy (1988). calculated a resource potential of 325,000 t @ 1 - 3 g/t Au for the Apollo sub-area to a depth of Geochemistry - A shallow lead at Back Creek 50 m using a cut off grade of 0.5 g/t Au. was sampled and panned returning 3 - 7 colours for a 5 litre pan, fire assay returned a grade of Three soil profiles were conducted across trench 0.9 g/t Au. 1 for a total of 10 samples. Peak results are shown below in ppm. Reason for relinquishment: R/C drilling and auger drilling over the Back Creek shallow Au Ag As Sb Fe % Mn alluvials, the Muckleford deep lead and the lead through Pitts shaft was planned but was 0.75 <1 185 290 3.93 125 delayed due to resident opposition and delays in the granting of Planning Permits. This is also thought to be the reason for the relinquishment Extensions to the original trenching (trenches of the licence. 1 - 3) at the Golden Dyke prospect was completed for a total of 34 m. A total of 18 References: Choy (1987, 1988). samples were collected within the three trenches and the Gladys adit. Peak results are EL 1603 AUSMINDE PTY LTD shown in Table 16 in ppm. A bulk testing program was completed over the Period held: 1986 - 1988 Golden Dyke prospect within CRAE's first Area: Reedy Creek Goldfield and Clonbinane. costean, trenches 1 and 2 and Gladys adit. A total of four samples were collected totalling Target: Gold-antimony mineralisation within 140 kg to investigate the amenability of the quartz vein systems and quartz diorite dykes. gold mineralised rocks to heap leaching and CIP/CIL treatment. See below for results. Work carried out: Geology - The tenement area comprises folded and faulted Silurian-Devonian turbidite Site Weight of Au sediments which have been intruded by Middle sample (kg) (g/t) to Late Devonian acid to intermediate plutons. Costean 1 53 1.95 Newer Volcanics crop out locally. Trench 2 23 0.37 Trench 3 14 1.3 Literature survey - Literature, historical Gladys adit 50 1.47 information and recent exploration concerning MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 65

Table 16 EL 1603 – Trench sampling

Trench Length No. Best gold intersections Ag As Sb Fe % Mn (m) samples

1 26 13 4 m @ 0.58 g/t Au <1 640 480 9.08 50 Extension 20 8 4 m @ 0.36 g/t Au 125 1250 2 16 8 10 m @ 1.03 g/t Au <1 250 185 4.58 30 Extension 6 3 2 m @ 0.75 g/t Au 150 148 3 68 34 6 m @ 1.42 g/t Au <1 930 2170 6.87 40 Extension 8 4 4 m @ 1 g/t Au 590 1500 4 40 20 no significant intersections <1 17 140 2.75 20 Gladys adit n/a 3 4 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 750 670

A hand auger soil sampling program was Au As conducted over the Leviathan dyke at the southern end of the Reedy Creek Goldfield (the 25.4 2200 depth of samples was not given in the company reports). A total of 164 samples were collected in an attempt to use arsenic as a pathfinder to A total of 224 grab and channel samples were any patches of gold mineralisation overlooked collected from old workings along 800 m of the by past workings. Peak results are shown line of the Golden Dyke structure starting east below in ppm. of the Windsor Castle to beyond the Apollo shaft. One sample the company thought was worth following up (CLB 149) came from a Au As composite sample of weathered, brecciated dyke from several dumps 200 m east of the Apollo 0.03 240 shaft (see peak results below in ppm).

Eight rock chip samples were also collected over the Leviathan dyke, peak results are shown Au As Sb % below in ppm. peak results 40 4100 3.6 CLB 149 40 25 1.28 Au As

1 550 A total of nine hand auger alluvial samples were collected from 0.7 m depth on lines A hand auger soil sampling program was running from Millers Creek Gully (east of the conducted over the Tonstall dyke at the dam wall) to beyond the Apollo workings. The southern end of the Reedy Creek Goldfield (the results from the reconnaissance survey ranged depth of samples was not given in the company from 0.48 - 5.24 g/t Au. reports). A total of 154 samples were collected for the peak results shown below in ppm. A further 82 eluvial samples were collected from the southern bank of Millers Creek to the southwest of the Apollo shaft. The peak results Au As for the survey were 1.41 and 2 g/t Au.

4.3 610 A total of 9 × 30 kg bulk composite samples of the alluvial and eluvial samples previously Twelve rock chip samples were collected from collected underwent metallurgical analysis. This the Tonstall dyke area, peak results are shown analysis was completed to test the amenability to as follows in ppm. gravity concentration of the gold. Three samples were collected from 3 separate areas with the peak results and locations given as follows. 66 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Literature survey - A review of available Location Type Grade g/t Au information regarding the Yandoit goldfield Millers Creek gully alluvial 1.07 was carried out.

old eluvial workings eluvial 0.15 Mapping - A detailed geological map at a scale 100 m SW of Apollo shaft eluvial/soil 3.88 of 1:5000 was completed over the Glamorgan workings. The Glamorgan reef was mapped Further sampling was carried out over the more accurately at a scale of 1:500. Tonstall Dyke area with 40 rock chip and 29 soil samples collected with peak results shown Geochemistry - Eight costeans were excavated below in ppm. in the southern area of the licence. Three of the costeans were placed over the Glamorgan reef (1 - 3), one costean was dug to test the northern Au As extension of the Frenchmans reef (4) and the last four costeans (5 - 8) were placed over old soil 1.4 1800 alluvial workings known as the Forty Foot rock chip 0.22 430 Diggings. No sampling was undertaken within the costeans. Rock chip sampling was also conducted on the Several samples were collected from the Blackman Track Traverse (3 samples), the Hamburg reef outcrop and assayed for gold Golden Dyke Consols (14 samples) and the (results were not given in the company report). Western Consols No. 1 (17 samples). Peak results are shown below in ppm. A total of 22 rock chip samples were collected from the Belgian, Hamburg, Glamorgan, Location Au As Frenchmans, Golconda and Goldsmiths reefs. Peak results are shown below in ppm. Blackman Track Traverse <0.01 28 Golden Dyke Consols 5.08 980 Au As Western Consols No. 1 3.21 270 0.867 200 Reason for relinquishment: The tenement was relinquished due to economic Sixteen rock chip samples were collected from circumstances (poor gold price, gold tax debate mullocks and reefs around the Criterion mine, and the climate for raising capital for mine German Gully, Golconda shaft and Goldsmiths development). reef with the peak result of 3.25 g/t Au coming from a battery sand sample from the Colconda References: Rech (1986), Krummei (1987a & mine site. b, 1988a & b, 1989). A total of 83 rock chip and grab samples were EL 1623 MCLEAN, D.R. & B.R., collected from various prospects across the NORGOLD LTD, TRIAD tenement. The peak results for the survey were 18.9 g/t Au from the tailings dam at the MINERALS NL Colconda mine and 17 g/t Au from mullock at the Steeles Pioneer mine. Period held: 1986 - 1989 Area: Yandoit goldfield. Further sampling of the Golconda/Goldsmiths reefs was carried out. A total of 17 rock chips Target: reef and alluvial gold deposits. were collected across reef exposures which returned low grades, with only a few samples Work carried out: returning assays greater than 0.25 g/t Au Geology - The basement in the area consists of (results were not given in the company report). folded and faulted Ordovician slates, siltstones and sandstones. Overlying the basement are Reason for relinquishment: No reason Permian glacial tillite (Yandoit Hill) and given. Tertiary deposits (including lignite, sub-basaltic gravels, basalt flows, dykes and gravels). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 67

References: McLean (1987), Taylor (1988), Birnie (1990). Work carried out: Geology - The licence area comprises folded and EL 1806 CULPAN, L. & D. & faulted Upper Silurian/Lower Devonian MCLEAN, D.R. siltstones and sandstones of the Humevale Formation. The large drainage systems within Period held: 1987 - 1989 the area have deposited significant amounts of Area: Daylesford. alluvium from the Quaternary to the present.

Target: Alluvial and hard rock gold deposits. Literature survey - A study of the Landsat imagery of the area was undertaken. The Work carried out: Mount Marianne Linear runs through the Geology - The licence area contains tightly southwest corner of the EL and appeared to be folded Ordovician sediments which contain associated with the Junction Hill mines. The Ti auriferous quartz fissure reefs which strike Tree mines at Old mine Hill are associated with mostly around north-south. Devonian plutonic a strong NE-SW linear. granite intrusions have intruded into parts of the area with dykes of varying compositions Reason for relinquishment: Difficulties in present throughout the EL. Tertiary alluvial gaining access to land to undertake exploration. gravels occur as hill caps in the tenement whilst the Newer Volcanics basalt crop out References: Lanzer (1987). locally. Quaternary gravels have formed within the old and existing drainage channels. EL 1920 AUSTCOM PTY LTD

Mapping - Some initial mapping and ground Period held: 1989 - 1990 surveying was conducted over the major reef Area: Ballan. areas within the licence at an unknown scale (no maps were given in the company report). Target: Not given in report.

Geochemistry - Costeans were cut across Work carried out: portions of Stones Gully to obtain a cross Geology - The area contains Tertiary basalts section of the material from surface to bedrock and fluvial sediments which overlie folded and for bulk sampling. The ground was deeper than faulted Ordovician marine sedimentary rocks first thought (> 5 m depth) and larger earth that have been intruded by Devonian granites moving equipment was needed, no further work (Ingleston Granite). Permian glacial sediments was reported. also outcrop locally and Quaternary river sediments have been deposited along the old The Liverpool reef line was surveyed and and current drainages. sampled, with assay results returning very low gold grades (results were not given in the Literature survey - A review of available company report). A pyrite rich layer literature for the licence area was carried out (approximately 15% pyrite) was located at a along with limited site inspections. shallow depth along the reef line. Reason for relinquishment: No reason Reason for relinquishment: Failure to given. achieve a joint venture agreement with Triad Minerals NL the possible pending gold tax References: Osborn (1991). contributed to the tenements relinquishment. EL 1948 FRASER MINING & References: Culpan & McLean (1988, 1990). CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD, BURGUNDY EXPLORATION PTY EL 1814 GHANA GOLD PTY LTD LTD Period held: 1987 - 1989 Period held: 1988 - 1990 Area: Ti Tree Creek. Area: Broadford. Target: reef gold extensions of old workings at Old mine Hill. 68 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Target: Open pit gold mineralisation similar A total of eight rock chip samples were taken to the Nagambie Hill 158 deposit. from outcrops at Kilmore East, and along Sunday Creek, Kilmore - Broadford and Dry Work carried out: Creek roads. Samples were of quartz veined Geology - The tenement area is situated within sandstones, siltstones and dyke material. None the western margin of the Melbourne Trough of the samples returned anomalous gold values (sequence of Ordovician to Devonian sandstones (the results were not given in the company and mudstones). Three major Middle Devonian report). intrusions occur within the area, the Trawool Pluton (granite), the Cobaw Complex Reason for relinquishment: No reason (adamellite) and the Mount Disappointment given, although problems were arising with Pluton (granite). Quaternary basalts outcrop in land access, planning permits, weather and bad the west of the region. publicity.

Literature survey - Data from previous References: Fraser Mining & Construction exploration programs and airphotos over the Pty Ltd (1989a & b). area were collected and evaluated. Airphoto interpretation concentrated on bedding trends EL 1950 TARMETA PTY LTD and structural forms within the tenement. Period held: 1988 - 1990 Mapping - Limited mapping was carried out on Area: King Parrot Creek Goldfield. outcrop at roadside and railway cuttings at a scale of 1:25 000. A site of previous mining was Target: Unknown. located in the northeast of the EL near Kurcuruc Creek. Work carried out: No work was carried out. Geochemistry - A total of 26 rock chip and channel samples were collected from an Reason for relinquishment: No reason unknown area (19 samples were lost during given. transport so only 7 were assayed). The peak gold result came from quartz veined sandstone References: None. from the footwall of a fault (peak results are shown below in ppm). EL 1955 NEW HOLLAND MINING NL, SONS OF GWALIA NL Au As Sb Period held: 1988 - 1990 0.36 110 22 Area: Tooborac.

Nine rock chip and grab samples were taken Target: Reef gold deposits. from the old workings north of Kurcuruc Creek. The peak result was 0.86 g/t Au from an outcrop Work carried out: adjacent to one of the shafts at the prospect. Geology - The tenement is made up of Lower Ordovician marine sediments (sandstones, A zone of quartz veined, ferruginous, fine siltstones, shales and cherts) of the grained sandstone was located 800 m east of the Castlemaine Supergroup which have been mine workings (Kurcuruc Creek). Ten rock tightly folded and faulted (Silurian chip samples were collected from this zone deformation). although none gave anomalous gold results (the results were not given in the company report). Mapping - A total of four geological maps were produced at a scale of 1:6250 which clearly A second zone of quartz veined sandstone was delineated significant quartz reef lines, some located east of Glenaroua Road (AMG 319300 associated with past mining and others mE, 5879500 mN). A total of 17 rock chip apparently unexplored. The maps detailed all samples were taken from this zone although visible structures, reefs and stratigraphy. none proved anomalous in gold (the results were not given in the company report). Geochemistry - Rock chip and mullock sampling was undertaken for a total of 83 × 5 kg samples MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 69

over quartz, gossan, breccia outcrop and float Au ppb Cu Pb Zn As across the tenement. Peak results from this program were 0.36, 0.28 and 0.19 g/t Au and 200 50 30 90 90 520, 490 and 430 ppm As. Three potential exploration targets were identified from this sampling, one of these had highly anomalous A total of 25 rock chip samples and 22 dump gold and arsenic values warranting a follow up samples were collected from reef outcrops and R/C drilling program. mullock dumps at various prospects and reefs across the EL. Peak results are shown below in Reason for relinquishment: The results ppm. from all programs in the Tooborac area were evaluated and the Joint Venture partners (Sons Prospect Au (rock chip) Au (dump) of Gwalia NL) decided not to proceed with any further exploration. The tenement was Admiral Sperry 0.42 no sample therefore surrendered. Back South no sample 1.51

References: Garratt (1989), Connell (1990). Dunns 0.01 no sample Fighting Mac 4.59 0.04 EL 2020 MOTTON, M.T. Queen of the no sample 0.04 Forest Period held: 1989 - 1990 Scotties 3.65 0.22 Area: Barkstead. SW of Ivesons 0.4 no sample Target: Hard rock gold mineralisation Try Again 1.25 0.6 associated with reefs and faults including Wallace no sample 0.01 extensions to known workings. William Tell 18.6 0.768

Work carried out: Geology - The bedrock in the area is Lower A geochemical soil sampling program was Ordovician sandstones and siltstones (Ballarat - conducted at the Fighting Mac and William Tell Bendigo Trough). The sediments were tightly prospects. A total of 14 × 0.5 - 1 kg C-horizon folded along a north-south axis during the soil samples were taken with the peak results of Devonian. The Muckleford Fault occurs to the 338 ppb Au (Fighting Mac) and 33 ppb Au east of the licence area. Quaternary deep and (William Tell). shallow leads occur across the tenement. A B-horizon soil sample program was carried Literature survey - Historical production was out at the Back South and Fighting Mac collated and analysed for the Barkstead area. prospects for a total of 25 samples. Peak results Old reports and maps of the area were collected were 0.02 g/t Au (Back South) and 0.23 g/t Au and studied. (Fighting Mac).

Mapping - The Try Again prospect was gridded Drilling - Auger drilling was carried out at the and mapped at a scale of 1:500 covering an area Fighting Mac prospect to try to establish the of 350 m north-south (along strike) × 100 m presence of quartz stockworking and other east-west. The Fighting Mac prospect was also quartz veining. Drilling was spaced over the gridded and mapped at a scale of 1:500 covering inferred zone of mineralisation at 20 m and an area of 300 m north-south × 100 m east- 10 m intervals. A total of 11 holes were drilled west. for a total of 12 samples collected at the bottom of each hole. Peak results are shown below in Geochemistry - A total of 17 × 0.5 - 1 kg ppm. C-horizon soil samples were taken at the Try Again prospect (largest gold producer in the Au As area). Peak results are shown below in ppm (all samples were assayed for Au with only five 0.03 76 samples additionally assayed for As, Cu, Pb and Zn). Geophysics - Reconnaissance ground magnetics were carried out at the William Tell and Try 70 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Again Prospects in an effort to aid structural unconformably overlain by Tertiary basalts and and mapping applications and to locate dykes. Quaternary fluvial sediments. The Upper The only dyke located was at the Admiral Devonian Pipers Creek Granodiorite outcrops Sperry prospect. in the southeastern tip of the tenement area.

Reason for relinquishment: Poor Literature survey - An extensive literature exploration results. search was carried out for the Redesdale area including the study of government bore drilling References: Motton (1990a, b & c). in the 1930s. From this information it was found that 1 - 2 m of wash existed at a depth of EL 2067 FRASER, A.R. 30 - 40 m.

Period held: 1989 - 1990 Reason for relinquishment: The company Area: Yandoit. believed that the costs and problems (both technical and environmental) involved in Target: Alluvial and reef gold deposits. getting the auriferous gravels to the surface could not be justified. Work carried out: Geology - The Yandoit area comprises a folded References: Proctor (1989). and faulted Lower Ordovician turbidite sequence unconformably overlain by Newer EL 2237 BURROWS, T.J. & Volcanic basalts and Quaternary alluvials along ARDEN, P.J., METANA MINERALS the major creek systems. Permian tillites and NL, SOUTHERN VENTURES NL erratics have been reported at Yandoit Hill. The Muckleford Fault passes to the east of the Period held: 1988 - 1989 Yandoit township and the Yandoit Goldfield Area: Seymour. occurs as a north-south trending belt between Eganstown and Clydesdale. Target: Gold deposit of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158. Literature survey - A study of available literature, maps and aerial photos was carried Work carried out: out. Geology - The tenement is made up predominantly of folded and faulted Lower Geochemistry - A total of 22 rock chip samples Devonian marine sedimentary rocks with local were collected from quartz reef outcrops within Tertiary basalts and Quaternary fluvial the tenement (the company report was not sediments. The Upper Devonian Trawool specific). These samples were crushed in a Granodiorite outcrops in the south of the dolly pot and panned, no visible gold was found tenement. in the panned samples. Geochemistry - A total of 131 -4 mm BCL Reason for relinquishment: A general lack stream sediment samples were collected across of encouragement from reconnaissance the entire tenement. Results showed exploration results. background values to be in the order of 100-350 ppt Au and anomalous results to be >1000 ppt References: Fraser Mining & Construction Au. Significant anomalies were located in Pty Ltd (1990). drainage at the "Kawana" property (Mount Stewart sheet), "Denallabar" property (Hilldene EL 2147 PROCTOR, J.G. sheet) and the "Landscape" property southeast of Toolarook. Peak results included 3350 and Period held: 1988 - 1989 2400 ppt Au at "Lyndale" and 2100 ppt Au at Area: Redesdale. "Spyker Bros".

Target: Gold deposits within the alluvial deep Southern Ventures NL re-sieved the samples to lead gravels. -80# and re-assayed for a larger range of elements, with the peak results as follows in Work carried out: ppm. Geology - The tenement comprises folded and faulted Lower Ordovician marine sediments MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 71

Au (ppb) Cu Pb Zn As Sb EL 2419 (RENEWED EL 3020) FRASER, A.R. 69 30 80 185 50 20 Period held: 1989 - 1991 During a reconnaissance of the area 12 rock Area: Bacchus Marsh. grab samples were collected at anomalous locations defined by Metanas stream sediment Target: Not given in report. data. Results were generally low as seen in the peak values below in ppm. Work carried out: Refer to EL 3020 for a full description of the work program. Au Cu Pb Zn As Sb EL 2420 FRASER, A.R. 1.27 50 45 230 830 1200 Period held: 1989 - 1991 Reason for relinquishment: After an Area: Yandoit. independent evaluation of the stream sediment data it was recommended that the defined Target: Alluvial and reef gold deposits. anomalies be further tested, but no further work was conducted. Work carried out: Geology - The tenement comprises Lower References: Moncrieff (1989), Walker (1989). Ordovician marine sediments (sandstones, siltstones, shales and cherts) of the EL 2296 TALLANGALOOK PTY Castlemaine Supergroup which have been LTD tightly folded and faulted.

Period held: 1989 - 1991 Literature survey - A literature research was Area: Taradale. carried out along with general reconnaissance of the area. Target: Gold deposits within reef systems and buried deep leads. Reason for relinquishment: Downturn in the economy and inability to meet licence Work carried out: exploration expenditure. Geology - The area comprises folded and faulted Lower Ordovician slates and shales which have References: Fraser (1991a, 1992). been intruded by the Devonian Harcourt Granite to the north. Tertiary fluvial sediments EL 2442 BURGUNDY have been buried by the Newer Volcanics basalt EXPLORATION PTY LTD to form the auriferous deep lead deposits. Period held: 1989 - 1990 Literature survey - A detailed review of all old Area: Yea. literature and more recent exploration was conducted including production records and Target: Gold deposit of similar style to Landsat linear investigations. Nagambie Hill 158 or the Mount Piper deposits.

Geochemistry - The Victoria - Ashtonia reef Work carried out: system was examined during reconnaissance Geology - The EL consists of steeply northeast investigations. The Keaths Reward prospect dipping Silurian-Devonian sandstones, was also investigated with one rock chip sample siltstones and mudstones younging to the of laminated quartz returning 1.21 g/t Au. northeast. Mount Piper is a breccia pipe which lies on the intersection of the Upper Silurian Reason for relinquishment: The company Clonbinane Sandstone and a northeast trending believed that, based on the initial research, fault. Upper Devonian granites surrounded by further field work was not warranted. narrow contact metamorphic aureoles occur in the area. References: Griffiths (1992). 72 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Literature survey - A study was carried out Target: Low grade reef gold deposit of greater covering nearby mineralisation (Nagambie Hill than 0.5 Mt. 158 and Mount Piper) and past exploration in the area. Work carried out: Geology - Faulted and folded Ordovician Geochemistry - A total of 28 × 8 kg -5# stream sandstones, siltstones and shales make up the sediment samples were collected along streams bedrock in the area. These rocks have been while traversing roads in the tenement area. intruded by granites during the Devonian and These samples were discarded after it was are locally covered by Newer Volcanic basalts decided to relinquish the title (no assays were and Quaternary alluvials. carried out). Mapping - The four costeans excavated at the Geophysics - The BMR aeromagnetics for the Mount Doran mine prospect (see below) were Bendigo and Melbourne 1:250 000 sheets were geologically mapped in cross section and plan reprocessed with the objective of seeing if form. further magnetic anomalies (of the Mount Piper style) could be found. The Pyalong Anomaly Geochemistry - Four costeans (up to 6 m in (already investigated by BHP Minerals) was depth) were excavated across the line of located along with several anomalies within the mineralisation at the Mount Doran mine Puckapunyal Military area. prospect. These revealed a quartz mineralised zone up to 75 m wide over a strike length of Reason for relinquishment: Potential over 150 m. A total of 84 grab samples were operational difficulties and higher costs due to collected from the costeans with a peak result of the strength of the local anti-mining lobby and 110 g/t Au. A total of 9 of the 84 samples were attitude of the Broadford Shire. assayed by AAS, the peak result for these samples was 12.16 g/t Au. References: Harms (1990). Drilling - A total of five R/C (MD1 - 5) and two EL 2455 NOBLE RESOURCES NL diamond (MDD1 - 2) drill holes were completed at the Mount Doran mine prospect for a total of Period held: 1990 - 1991 220 m of R/C and 139.6 m of diamond core Area: Mount Doran. drilled (see Table 17).

Target: Near surface bulk low grade gold A conservative estimate of the Mount Doran deposits. mine prospect resource of 40,000 tonnes @ 15 g/t Au (within a total potential resource of Work carried out: 500,000 tonnes) was given. Geology - This tenement is made up largely of Lower Ordovician marine sedimentary rocks Reason for relinquishment: No reason covered in part by Tertiary basalts and given. Tertiary-Quaternary fluvial sediments. References: Svanosio (1991). Literature survey - A review of all old literature and exploration reports concerning the Elaine EL 2622 (RENEWED EL 3430) and Mount Doran goldfields was carried out. DOME RESOURCES NL, CONSOLIDATED VICTORIAN Reason for relinquishment: The company believed that exploration of this tenement was a MINES NL, CONTINENT very high risk activity given the financial RESOURCES PTY LTD climate of the time. Period held: 1991 - 1995 References: Noble Resources NL (1991). Area: Blackwood.

EL 2511 CAMPBELL, A.F. Target: Reef gold deposits along the North Yankee line of workings and alluvial gold Period held: 1990 - 1991 deposits within shallow and deep leads. Area: Mount Doran Goldfield. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 73

Table 17 EL 2511 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

MD1 60° 080° ? ? no significant intersections 45.0 MD2 75° 080° ? ? no significant intersections 48.0 MD3 90° n/a ? ? 45 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 55.0 48 1 m @ 0.75 g/t Au MD4 65° 075° ? ? no significant intersections 45.0 MD5 65° 075° ? ? no significant intersections 27.0 MDD1 85° 080° ? ? 46.7 0.44 m @ 0.623 g/.t Au 91.3 MDD2 60° 080° ? ? 39.8 0.04 m @ 1.23 g/t Au 48.3

Note: The location of drill holes was only presented on an uncoordinated sketch map in the company report.

Work carried out: Target: Gold deposits similar to the Nagambie Refer to EL 3430 for a full description of the style of mineralisation. work program. Work carried out: EL 2649 (RENEWED EL 3113) Refer to EL 3133 for a full description of the PERSEVERANCE MINING PTY work program. LTD EL 3020 (EX EL 2419) FRASER, Period held: 1992 A.R. Area: Mount Piper. Period held: 1989 - 1991 Target: reef gold mineralisation similar to the Area: Bacchus Marsh. Nagambie Hill 158 deposit. Target: Not given in report. Work carried out: Refer to EL 3113 for a full description of the Work carried out: work program. Geology - This EL comprises mostly Tertiary- Quaternary Newer Volcanics and fluvial EL 2662 (RENEWED EL 3504) sediments. A zone of Lower Ordovician sandstones and siltstones runs through the PERSEVERANCE MINING PTY centre of the tenement, which is partly covered LTD by Permian glacial sediments.

Period held: 1991 - 1994 Literature survey - A literature search was Area: Yea. commenced in order to gain information regarding mining and past production of the Target: Reef gold deposits. area. Family members of previous workers on the Broadshaw mine were contacted to get any Work carried out: information on the mine. Refer to EL 3504 for a full description of the work program. Reason for relinquishment: No reason was given for the relinquishment of the tenement, EL 2690 (RENEWED EL 3133) according to the company report more work was PERSEVERANCE MINING PTY planned (topographical surveys and LTD geochemical testing).

Period held: 1992 - 1994 References: Fraser (1991b). Area: Seymour. 74 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

EL 3090 BARRY'S REEF GOLD Target: Gold deposits similar to the Nagambie MINES PTY LTD style of mineralisation.

Period held: 1992 - 1993 Work carried out: Area: Blackwood-Trentham Goldfield. Geology - The EL comprises Upper Silurian- Lower Devonian marine sedimentary rocks Target: Unknown. with Newer Volcanics basalts outcropping in the centre of the tenement. Quaternary fluvial Work carried out: gravels and sands occur in the north and the No work was carried out. Upper Devonian Trawool Granodiorite outcrops in the southeast of the tenement. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Geochemistry - A stream sediment program was completed with 140 -80# samples collected from References: None. drainages over the entire tenement. A total of 10 rock chip samples were collected to follow up high gold results from stream sediment EL 3113 (EX EL 2649) sampling. Peak results were 59 and 28 ppb Au PERSEVERANCE MINING PTY for stream sediment samples from the central LTD south area of the tenement. Rock chip samples were collected from the Daisyburn Road area, Period held: 1992 Sunday Creek and north of the Kobyboyn Road Area: Mount Piper. and all of the samples assayed less than the detection limit (20 ppb) except one sample Target: reef gold mineralisation similar to the collected southwest of Seymour which assayed Nagambie Hill 158 deposit. 0.02 g/t Au.

Work carried out: Reason for relinquishment: The areas Geology - The area is made up of Lower thought to be significant in stream sediment Devonian-Upper Silurian marine sediments sampling could not be repeated, no anomalous (siltstones, sandstones, mudstones, shales) with areas of interest could be located. a small proportion covered by Newer Volcanics basalt. References: Whelan (1993b).

Geochemistry - A -80# stream sediment EL 3266 FOBOMA PTY LTD sampling program covering the entire tenement area was carried out. A total of 92 samples Period held: 1993 - 1995 were collected for a peak result of 26 ppb Au Area: Wallan (Sunshine Project Area). from Nanny Creek in the south of the tenement. Target: Hard rock gold deposits hidden under Cainozoic cover of the Port Phillip Sunkland. One rock chip sample was collected from an unknown location within the tenement and Work carried out: returned 0.04 g/t Au. Geology - Cainozoic sediments and Newer Volcanics basalt within the Port Phillip Reason for relinquishment: Poor Sunkland unconformably overly Palaeozoic geochemical survey results. basement which is thought to contain reef gold deposits. References: Whelan (1993a). Literature survey - Work focused on the geology EL 3133 (EX EL 2690) and occurrence of gold and gold pathfinder PERSEVERANCE MINING PTY elements in the vicinity of the city of LTD Melbourne, the Melbourne Trough and the Melbourne and Ballarat-Bendigo gold Period held: 1992 - 1994 provinces. This study showed the Sunshine Area: Seymour. Project Area as a conventional setting for Russian Geoelectrochemical technology (GEC) and wildcat drilling. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 75

Reason for relinquishment: GEC work and Literature survey - Records of the past mining some drilling was conducted over the other in the area were compiled to assess the tenements within the Sunshine Project Area distribution of the operations and determine (see ELs 3121, 3235, 3265, 3267 & 3268), no the gold grades of the deep lead gravels. work was completed within this tenement. Potential tonnages and grades of alluvial gravels were calculated for the various References: Pritchard (1995) prospects in the area. It was determined that sufficient amounts of gravel was present to EL 3379 PUTUSO PTY LTD justify exploration.

Period held: 1993 - 1994 A total of 18.6 Mt of gravel at an average grade Area: Ballan. of 1.4 g/t Au (30% reject of mined material) was calculated from historic underground mapping Target: Alluvial gold within the Tertiary and mining records. sands, gravels and clays. Reason for relinquishment: No reason Work carried out: given. Geology - The EL comprises folded and faulted Lower Ordovician marine sediments which are References: Millin (1994). covered, in part, by Newer Volcanics basalt and Quaternary river gravels and sands. EL 3401 KINGLAKE RESOURCES PTY LTD Literature survey - A review of the available literature on the Ballan area was collected and Period held: 1993 - 1996 studied. Area: Maldon.

Geochemistry - Auger drilling was carried out to Target: High grade fissure reef hosted gold test the alluvial sands, gravels and clays for and stockwork quartz gold mineralisation. gold. Samples were panned for gold and it was observed that the bulk of the gold was located Work carried out: within the bottom sections of the alluvials. No Geology - Contact metamorphosed, folded and specific details of sampling were provided in the faulted Lower to Middle Ordovician sediments company reports. host the auriferous quartz reefs in the area. Devonian granites are exposed in the western Reason for relinquishment: No reason area of the tenement. Quaternary alluvials given. cover areas along the drainage systems within the tenement. References: Putuso Pty Ltd (1993). Literature survey - Research was undertaken EL 3390 PYRENEES MINING NL into the nature of the gold mineralisation, the historical production and recent exploration Period held: 1992 - 1995 history in the Maldon area. This research along Area: Guildford. with field reconnaissance produced 66 sites with sufficient resource potential to be further Target: Alluvial gold deposits within deep investigated by R/C percussion drilling. leads beneath basalt cover. Mapping - Surface geology and mine workings Work carried out: were mapped over the Smiths, Welshmans, Geology - The area comprises Eocene alluvial Blow mine, Red, White and Blue, Dunns and sediments which are under Pliocene basalt Kangaroo reef lines as well as the Annands cover. These deposits of alluvium have been Brassey line of workings and the Sandy Creek preserved from erosion by the basalt cap mine. A total of 4.4 km of reef line mapping (1 - 12 m in thickness over prospective areas) was carried out at a scale of 1:500, with the whilst the surrounding Ordovician basement Red, White and Blue prospect mapped at 1:1000 rocks (siltstones and sandstones) have been scale. eroded down. 76 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 18 EL 3401 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

MB1 60° 090° 242306 5892135 no significant intersections 9 Blow mine MB2 60° ? 242227 5892052 0 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 28 Blow mine MG3 60° 105° ? ? 15 1 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 25 Red, White and Blue MG4 60° 255° ? ? 21 1 m @ 1.61 g/t Au 25 Red, White and Blue

Note: ? - denotes that the locations of drill holes MG3 & 4 were not given in company reports.

A further 900 m of reef line mapping was Work carried out: conducted over the Kangaroo and Frenchmans Geology - The majority of the tenement reef lines at a scale of 1:500. comprises Lower Ordovician sedimentary rocks, with the northern portion of the EL covered by Geochemistry - A total of 88 × 0.5 kg B-C Pliocene Newer Volcanics basalt with horizon soil samples were collected at 10 m Quaternary river sands and gravels occurring spacings on east-west lines over the Kangaroo, locally across the EL. Sandy Creek, Welshmans, Blow and Frenchmans line of reef. Peak results are Literature survey - A study of old mining shown below in ppb. reports and more recent exploration reports was undertaken.

Prospect Sample # Au Mapping - Geological mapping (showing faults, Kangaroo reef 18 4600 reefs and mine workings) was carried out at the North and South Countess, North Yankee, Frenchmans reef 23 237 Comet, All Nations and Bills Birthday workings Welshmans reef 11 103 at an unknown scale. Sandy Creek mine 18 16300 Geochemistry - A total of 20 bulk samples were The Blow mine 10 17 collected from the Yankee mine tailings dump for a total of 610 tonnes. Although the results Drilling - A total of four R/C drill holes were returned were high it was thought that completed on the Red, White and Blue reef insufficient tonnages were available to warrant (MG3 & 4) and the Blow mine site (MB1 & 2) the cost of retreating the tailings for gold. No for a total of 88 m drilled (see Table 18). results were given in the company report.

Reason for relinquishment: The licence was A costean originally excavated by Dome cancelled by the Department of Natural Resources NL (in 1988) across the Comet reef, Resources and Environment (DNRE). 2 km northeast of Blackwood (AMG 263550 mE, 5850200 mN) was reopened. It was extended to References: Svanosio (1994, 1995, 1996) a width of 1 m, a depth of 1.5 m and a length of 45 m exposing a section of the Comet Shear EL 3430 (EX EL 2622) DOME Zone. A total of 58 × 1 m (1.5-2 kg) channel RESOURCES NL, CONSOLIDATED samples were collected along the south wall of the costean. A peak grade of 1 m @ 3.03 g/t Au VICTORIAN MINES NL, was obtained from the shear zone itself with CONTINENT RESOURCES PTY grades tapering off to mostly less than 1 m @ LTD 0.5 g/t Au 3-6 m either side of the shear.

Period held: 1991 - 1995 Three 4 m bulk samples were taken along the Area: Blackwood. costean to return a peak result of 4 m @ 2 g/t Au from the 11-15 m interval. The costean was Target: Reef gold deposits along the North infilled and rehabilitated on completion of the Yankee line of workings and alluvial gold sampling. deposits within shallow and deep leads. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 77

A regional program was conducted which average Au values for the -4 mm samples that involved collecting ten heavy mineral samples were analysed by AAS were reported. to try to determine the ages of the volcanic episodes within the area (using zircons). This Sample Au BLEG As (AAS) AMG AMG had implications for gold exploration with ppb ppm East North several significant alluvial gold occurrences being identified. Areas identified as having G10603 24.5 23.0 331440 5887810 potential for shallow alluvial gold occurrences G10591 5.8 34.0 334080 5876000 (flaky gold was observed in the panned bulk samples taken) were Stony Creek, Yankee G10592 5.4 14.0 334080 5876000 Creek and Blue Gully. Another BLEG stream sediment sampling Geophysics - An initial study of Landsat program was conducted to cover drainages on imagery at a scale of 1:250 000 was undertaken the tenement and to follow up on anomalous for the Daylesford and Blackwood areas. The drainages defined from previous sampling. The major lineaments in the area were traced with sampling method used was the same as the last the most interesting ones translated to sampling program, in all 16 samples were 1:100 000 scale. Some of the major mineralised collected from 8 sites. Three anomalous sites areas were found to coincide with lineament were located, again in the Dabyminga Creek intersections. area (see below for results).

Reason for relinquishment: The company Sample Au BLEG Au (Av As AMG AMG was unsuccessful in attracting a Joint Venture ppb AAS) (AAS) East North partner to help fund a substantial drilling ppb ppm program. G11787 55.00 79.33 22.0 334320 5880140 References: Cozens (1993), Hollis (1994, G11789 23.20 25.50 18.0 334880 5879050 1995). G11791 567.00 1340.0 110.0 333780 5874760

EL 3492 METEX RESOURCES NL Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Period held: 1994 - 1997 Area: Seymour. References: McMickan (1995a, 1996a).

Target: Reef gold deposits. EL 3504 (EX EL 2662) Work carried out: PERSEVERANCE MINING PTY Geology - This area comprises Lower Devonian LTD marine sediments covered in part by Quaternary river alluvials and intruded (in the Period held: 1991 - 1994 central parts of the EL) by the Upper Devonian Area: Yea. Trawool Granodiorite. Target: Reef gold deposits. Literature survey - A regional interpretation of geological, geophysical and Landsat/MSS data Work carried out: was conducted to define structural and Geology - The area consists of a west trending stratigraphic positions for the development of belt of Melbourne Trough sediments of Silurian- gold mineralisation. Devonian age which have been strongly folded. These rocks have been intruded by Upper Geochemistry - A regional stream sediment Devonian Strathbogie Granodiorites. sampling program was conducted across the tenement. At each of the 16 sites a 3 kg -2 mm Literature survey - Research of old reports and BLEG overbank sample and a 5 kg sample field records and more recent exploration reports sieved to -4 mm for -80# aqua regia/AAS highlighted several prospective areas within analysis was collected for a total of 32 samples. the tenement. Three anomalous sites were recorded from the Dabyminga Creek area in the southern section Mapping - All roadside cuttings within the of the tenement (see below for results). Only tenement were mapped at an unknown scale. 78 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Geochemistry - Rock chip samples were taken stream sediment samples are given in from some of the roadside cuttings during the McMickan (1995b). preliminary mapping. The number of rock chips taken from this EL is unknown. Location BLEG AAS Au AAS As Au (ppb) (ppb) (ppm) A trial -80# stream sediment survey was conducted over the entire tenement area, a total Ti Tree Creek 150 278 41 of 217 samples were collected with a peak result Fryers Creek 0.8 5 31 of 396 ppb Au. Tributary of 4.6 4 17 Strath Creek A total of 370 soil samples were collected over two grids from the southern end of the Triangle reefs area in the northwest of the tenement. A later field inspection of the Ti Tree Creek Sporadic gold mineralisation was outlined west stream sediment anomaly indicated that it may of the main line of workings. The peak results be related to the workings of the Old mine Hill for the survey were 230 and 268 ppb Au. and the Welcome mine.

Reason for relinquishment: No reason A total of 8 × 3-4 kg rock chip samples were given. collected during the above stream sediment survey. A peak result of 2.65 g/t Au and References: Van Den Oever (1991), McGain 1452 ppm As was determined from a sample (1992, 1993). from old unnamed mine workings within the south of the tenement. EL 3514 METEX RESOURCES NL Reason for relinquishment: No reason Period held: 1993 - 1997 given. Area: Strath Creek. References: McMickan (1995b, 1996b). Target: Bulk tonnage gold deposits. EL 3568 FRIEND, B.G. Work carried out: Geology - The Strath Creek area lies within the Period held: 1994 - 1995 Melbourne Zone (Silurian to Mid Devonian Area: Taradale. turbidite sequence) of the Lachlan Fold Belt. The marine sedimentary sequence has been Target: Not stated in report. intruded by several Upper Devonian granites, and was folded and faulted during the Mid to Work carried out: Late Devonian. Geology - The tenement is made up of Lower Ordovician marine sediments (sandstones, Literature survey - An examination of historical siltstones, shales and cherts) of the information and gold production as well as Castlemaine Supergroup which have been recent exploration programs in the area was tightly folded and faulted (Silurian carried out. All available geological, deformation). These rocks have been partly geophysical (gravity, multi spectral scanner and covered by Quaternary fluvial sediments in the airborne magnetics), topographical and Landsat west of the tenement. data was acquired and interpreted. Literature survey - A review of literature and Geochemistry - A total of 84 samples were historical data concerning the tenement area collected in a regional stream sediment survey was carried out. across the entire tenement. At each of the 42 sites one 3 kg overbank -2 mm BLEG sample Reason for relinquishment: There were and a 5 kg sample field sieved to -4 mm for -80# problems in obtaining permission (from DNRE) aqua regia/AAS analysis was collected. Three to explore within a bushland reserve within the areas were delineated to be of interest which tenement. were the Ti Tree Creek, Fryers Creek and a tributary of Strath Creek. Peak results are References: Friend (1995). shown below. Sample locations (AMG) for MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 79

EL 3571 METEX RESOURCES NL Location BLEG AAS Au AAS As Au (ppb) (ppb) (ppm) Period held: 1994 - 1996 Area: Chapman Hill. Western slopes of 1.9 2 40 Chapman Hill Target: Bulk tonnage gold deposits. Another 3 × 3-4 kg rock chip samples were Work carried out: collected from two minor gold workings found Geology - The tenement area lies within the during the above stream sediment survey. A Melbourne Zone (Silurian to Mid Devonian peak result of 0.01 g/t Au and 22 ppm As was turbidite sequence) of the Lachlan Fold Belt. returned (AMG 317700 mE, 5885080 mN). The marine sedimentary sequence has been intruded by several Upper Devonian granites, Reason for relinquishment: No reason and was folded and faulted during the Mid to given. Late Devonian. References: McMickan (1995c, 1996c). Literature survey - An examination of historical information and gold production as well as EL 3573 METEX RESOURCES NL recent exploration programs in the area was carried out. All available geological, Period held: 1994 - 1996 geophysical (gravity, multi spectral scanner and Area: Mount William. airborne magnetics), topographical and Landsat data was acquired and interpreted. Target: Bulk tonnage gold deposits.

Geochemistry - A total of 110 samples were Work carried out: collected in a regional stream sediment survey Geology - The tenement area lies within the across the entire tenement. At each of the 55 Melbourne Zone (Silurian to Mid Devonian sites one 3 kg overbank -2 mm BLEG sample turbidite sequence) of the Lachlan Fold Belt. and a 5 kg sample field sieved to -4 mm for -80# The marine sedimentary sequence has been aqua regia/AAS analysis was collected. One intruded by several Upper Devonian granites, site from a tributary of Kurcuruc Creek in the and was folded and faulted during the Mid to centre of the EL gave anomalous results as Late Devonian. shown below. A number of other low order anomalies (1-3 ppb Au) were delineated for Literature survey - An examination of historical infill sampling. information and gold production as well as recent exploration programs in the area was Location BLEG Au AAS Au AAS As carried out. All available geological, (ppb) (ppb) (ppm) geophysical (gravity, multi spectral scanner and airborne magnetics), topographical and Landsat Tributary of 22.9 6 25 data was acquired and interpreted. Kurcuruc Creek Geochemistry - A total of 84 samples were A total of 7 × 3-4 kg rock chip samples were collected in a regional stream sediment survey collected from a minor gold working found across the entire tenement. At each of the 42 during the above stream sediment survey sites one 3 kg overbank -2 mm BLEG and one (AMG 317700 mE, 5885080 mN). A peak result 5 kg sample field sieved to -4 mm for -80# aqua of 3.83 g/t Au and 419 ppm As was returned. regia/AAS analysis was collected. Two sites in the southwest corner of the EL returned A total of 38 samples were collected during an anomalous results (see below). Anomaly 1 was infill stream sediment geochemistry program. thought to be related to Cambrian cherts and At each of the 19 sites one 3 kg overbank -2 mm shales west of the Mount William Fault while BLEG sample and one 5 kg sample field sieved Anomaly 2 was thought to be sourced from the to -4 mm for -80# aqua regia/AAS analysis was Kilmore Siltstone centred on the Clunie collected. One anomalous sample site was Syncline. located (see below) near the centre of the tenement draining off the western slopes of Chapman Hill. Location BLEG AAS Au AAS As 80 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Au (ppb) (ppb) (ppm) References: Eureka Gold Mines NL (1995).

Anomaly 1 8.8 11 10 EL 3593 & 3594 BROOKS, W.P. Anomaly 2 0.9 30 24 Period held: 1994 - 1995 A further 40 samples, similar to the previous Area: Castlemaine. survey, were collected from 20 sites in an infill stream sediment survey around Anomaly 1 and Target: Shallow alluvial, deep lead and reef 2. Both anomalies were located more precisely gold deposits. with the peak result shown below being located in the southwest of the EL. Work carried out: Geology - Most of the EL is underlain by Ordovician sediments (siltstones, sandstones BLEG AAS Au AAS As and shales) which have been tightly folded and Au (ppb) (ppb) (ppm) faulted. Tertiary basalts and Recent alluvium cover portions of the area. The Devonian 1.8 6.5 22 Harcourt Granodiorite intrudes to the north of the tenement. A total of 13 × 3-4 kg rock chip samples were collected from the western side of the north- Literature survey - A review of all available south ridge line that defines the Mount William geological reports and previous exploration in Fault (Anomaly 1). Peak results are shown the area was carried out. below in ppm. Reason for relinquishment: No reason Au Cu As Sb given.

0.12 293 296 25 References: Brady (1994).

EL 3635 GOLDEN TRIANGLE Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. RESOURCES NL

References: Metex Resources NL (1995), Period held: 1994 - 1996 McMickan (1996d). Area: Harcourt.

EL 3590 BOOTH, A.L. Target: A viable hard rock gold deposit that may be of the high grade quartz vein hosted style, low grade Nagambie Hill 158 style or Period held: 1994 - 1996 primary gold mineralisation within the Area: Lauriston. Harcourt batholith. Target: Reef gold deposits. Work carried out: Geology - The area is predominantly underlain Work carried out: by the Upper Devonian Harcourt Granodiorite Geology - This tenement comprises Lower bordered by areas of Lower and Middle Ordovician marine sediments which are covered Ordovician contact metamorphosed slates and in the southern half by Newer Volcanics basalt. sandstones. The licence covers several major Patches of Quaternary fluvial sediments occur goldfields containing historic alluvial and hard across the tenement and the Upper Devonian rock gold mining. Harcourt Granodiorite outcrops across the north of the licence area. Literature survey - A literature search combined with regional studies identified the most Literature survey - Historical research of the prospective areas within the tenement. area was conducted along with an examination of the recent exploration. Mapping - A small group of pits west of Elphinstone were mapped at a scale of 1:500 to Reason for relinquishment: No reason improve the structural and lithological given. understanding on the gold mineralisation. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 81

Geochemistry - A regional geoelectrochemical Au As MPF A-horizon soil (44 samples) and rock chip (46 samples) sampling program was carried out 0.007 40 over most of the tenement. This method was used to try to detect mobile metal ions trapped in the surface soil layer in order to delineate Five rock chip samples were collected from gold mineralisation in the bedrock beneath outcrops across the tenement with the peak basalt cover. Peak results for the soil samples results shown below in ppm. are shown below in ppm. Au Pb As Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni <0.001 43 43 0.008 2.9 18.9 16.1 874 9.3 A further 56 × 1-2 kg A/B-horizon soil samples Mo Sn Co Bi Mn Ga were collected from the Fogarty Gap (40 samples) and Elphinstone areas (16 samples). 4.7 2.3 35.2 1.3 24.9 23.1 Peak results are shown below in ppm.

Peak results for the rock chip samples are Area Au Cu Pb Zn As shown below in ppm. Fogarty Gap 0.034 78 65 227 40 Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As Elphinstone 0.005 39 22 109 1370 6 ppb 0.84 40 30 120 48 Reason for relinquishment: Exploration Ni Co Ba Sr Ti Mn failed to locate a gold deposit of style and size that the company required. 74 66 800 200 2500 800 References: Svanosio & Laughton (1996b), V Cr Zr Nb Sc La Svanosio (1997a). 100 80 200 15 12 80 EL 3636 GOLDEN TRIANGLE Y Yb Be Li Mo Sn Ga RESOURCES NL

40 5 5 50 3 12 20 Period held: 1994 - 1997 Area: Kyneton. A total of 34 stream sediment samples were collected from across the western portions of Target: Southerly continuations of the the tenement (8 BLEG and 26 silt fraction mineralised structures on the Lauriston samples). Peak results are shown below in Goldfield anticline and near surface gold ppm. deposits within the Coliban-Campaspe deep lead.

Au Au (silt (BLEG) fraction) Work carried out: Geology - Approximately two thirds of the EL is 2.4 ppb 0.05 covered by Newer Volcanics basalt. Folded and faulted Ordovician sediments crop out in the south of the tenement whilst the Devonian A total of 15 soil samples were collected from Baynton granite crops out northeast of the Cemetery Track reef near the southern Kyneton. The Quaternary Coliban-Campaspe boundary of the tenement. A peak result of deep lead system runs through the tenement 0.004 g/t Au was obtained. from north to south, mostly under basalt cover.

Six quartz samples were collected from a Literature survey - Records of past mining and mullock heap at the Cemetery Track workings recent exploration work were collected and with the peak results shown as follows in ppm. studied. Particular interest was focused on information regarding the Premier mine. 82 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Geochemistry - A regional geoelectrochemical References: Svanosio & Laughton (1996a), MPF A-horizon soil (26 samples) and rock chip Svanosio (1997b). (25 samples) sampling program was carried out over most of the tenement. The method was EL 3637 GOLDEN TRIANGLE used to try to detect mobile metal ions trapped RESOURSES NL in the surface soil layer in order to delineate gold mineralisation in the bedrock beneath Period held: 1994 - 1997 basalt cover. Peak results for the soil samples Area: Newstead. are shown below in ppm. Target: Gold deposits in high grade quartz Au Ag Pb Zn Ni vein hosted systems , low grade bulk tonnage systems (Campbelltown Fault zone) and 0.008 1.4 27 1725 27.5 alluvial deep lead deposits (Guildford deep lead). Co Mo Sn Bi Mn Work carried out: 10.7 2.7 2.2 0.67 51.9 Geology - Tertiary basalts cover the northwest portion of the tenement. Folded and faulted Peak results for the rock chip samples are Lower to Middle Ordovician sandstones and shown below in ppm. siltstones host the auriferous quartz reefs. Devonian granites outcrop to the north of the tenement. The Quaternary Guildford deep lead Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As runs through the tenement.

0.01 0.32 40 30 120 110 Literature survey - Records and maps of past Ni Co Ba Sr Ti Mn mining and more recent exploration reports were collected and studied. Historical research 250 72 1000 250 4500 800 concentrated on the Byron mine area.

V Cr Zr Nb Sc La Mapping - The Byron line was mapped at a scale of 1:1000 to allow the planning of 80 200 200 15 20 60 geophysical surveys and drilling programs. Mapping was inhibited by the lack of outcrop Y Yb Be Li Mo Sn Ga although several reef lines were indicated from quartz float. 25 3 3 30 1.2 15 20 reef workings running 200 m to the north of the A total of 21 BLEG, stream sediment, soil and Blue mine were mapped at a scale of 1:500. A rock chip samples were collected from areas total of 200 m of reef workings at the Lady across the tenement. Streams that drain Blanche line were also mapped at 1:500 scale. Ordovician bedrock in the south of the tenement were sampled as well as dumps and Geochemistry - A reconnaissance sampling workings around the Premier mine. Peak program was conducted over the entire results are shown below in ppm. tenement involving geoelectrochemical MPF A-horizon soil and rock chip/float sampling. This method was used to try to detect mobile Sample type No. of Au metal ions trapped in the surface soil layer in samples order to delineate gold mineralisation in the BLEG 1 0.3 ppb bedrock beneath basalt cover. A total of 27 sites were visited with 13 rock and 19 soil samples Stream sediment 4 0.05 collected. Peak results for the MPF soil Soil 10 0.73 samples are shown as follows in ppm. Rock chip 6 0.73

Reason for relinquishment: Gold values sufficiently anomalous to indicate underlying gold mineralisation were not detected. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 83

11 assayed for Pb and As) with the peak results Au Ag Cu Pb Zn Ni shown below in ppm.

0.004 0.036 52 15.4 1077 14.4 Au Pb As

Co Mo Sn Bi Mn Ga 8.59 144 372

9.1 1.6 1.7 1.1 19 2.4 A total of 22 rock chip and dump samples were Peak results for the rock chip samples are collected from the Lord Byron mine area for a shown below in ppm. peak result of 5.25 g/t Au. The complete table of results was not given in company reports.

Au Ag Cu Pb Zn As A further 29 rock chip and dump samples were (ppb) collected from an unnamed area with the peak gold result collected from shear zone material 8 0.98 30 20 150 58 with brecciated quartz and visible pyrite. Peak Ni Co Ba Sr Ti Mn results are shown below in ppm.

100 54 800 300 5000 600 Au Cu Pb Zn As

V Cr Zr Nb Sc Ce 0.099 118 89 354 690

80 120 180 20 15 <100 A total of 606 × 1-2 kg B/C-horizon soil samples La Y Yb Be Li W were collected along 20 traverse lines on three grid based survey areas. Anomalous results 70 40 4 4 35 <20 were delineated over the Northern Grid (Blue mine) and the Southern Grid (Lady Blanche Mo Sn Ga Bi Ge Cd Sb reef). Results from the Strathlea Grid (Campbelltown Fault) were disappointing. Of 1.5 10 20 <1 <1 <10 <30 the samples collected 324 were also assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn and As. Peak results are shown A total of 40 drainage samples (BLEG (7 below in ppm. samples) and silt-clay fraction (33 samples)) were collected from across the tenement. BLEG Au Cu Pb Zn As samples collected below the Byron mine workings and tailings dumps failed to return 7.05 65 64 126 450 anomalous values. Silt-clay samples collected downstream from smaller gold workings Geophysics - A magnetic induced polarisation returned elevated values. All other samples (I.P.) survey was carried out on four 800 m lines returned background values (peak results are running north-south spaced 50 m apart with shown below). readings every 12.5 m over the Lord Byron mine area. The data was interpreted to Au (BLEG) Au (silt-clay) indicate gold in a low sulphide system possibly associated with a moderately conductive shear 0.025 ppm 1.2 ppb zone offset by a series of northwest southeast trending faults. One rock chip sample was collected from an unnamed location (AMG 236370 mE, 5886900 A portable proton magnetometer survey was mN) with a result of 0.016 g/t Au. carried out over the same grid lines as the I.P. survey to try to support the structural Two orientation B/C-horizon soil sampling lines interpretations from that survey. Bedrock were conducted along road reserves to the north magnetic contrasts were found to be weak and and south of the Lord Byron mine. A total of 75 provided poor correlation from line to line. samples were collected (all assayed for Au and A magnetometer survey was conducted across four traverses to try to intersect known 84 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Table 19 EL 3637 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 0.2% depth (m) (m) Pb, 0.2% Zn and 0.1% Cu (m)

DH522 50° 258° 235530 5888740 no significant intersections 92 Lord Byron reef DH523 50° 264° 235530 5888580 no significant intersections 80 Lord Byron reef DH524 50° 260° 235360 5888720 no significant intersections 50 Lord Byron reef DH549 60° 080° 233670 5886280 20 1 m @ 0.647 g/t Au 47 Northern Grid 26 1 m @ 1.01 g/t Au DH550 60° 076° 233690 5886275 5 1 m @ 0.79 g/t Au 38 Northern Grid DH551 60° 078° 233680 5886245 25 1 m @ 1.6 g/t Au 47 Northern Grid 30 1 m @ 0.573 g/t Au DH552 60° 258° 233725 5886200 11 1 m @ 0.561 g/t Au 47 Northern Grid 26 2 m @ 0.81 g/t Au 29 1 m @ 0.563 g/t Au 36 2 m @ 0.673 g/t Au DH553 60° 079° 234330 5882390 no significant intersections 47 Southern Grid DH554 60° 078° 234325 5882320 no significant intersections 44 Southern Grid

Note: All drillhole data is from the company reports.

auriferous reef lines, shear zones and the Work carried out: interpreted line of the Campbelltown Fault. Geology - The area within the EL consists of Responses could not be attributed to known steeply northeast dipping Silurian-Devonian geological features. sandstones, siltstones and mudstones younging to the northeast. Mount Piper is a hyperbyssal Drilling - Three R/C percussion drill holes breccia pipe which lies on the intersection of the (DH522 - 524) totalling 222 m were completed Upper Silurian Clonbinane Sandstone and a to test the Lord Byron reef line and a parallel fault, trending northeast and dipping steeply to reef system. The conductive material indicated the southeast. by the I.P. survey was found to be a carbonaceous shale (see Table 19). Literature survey - A study of past exploration history and geological information on the area Six R/C drill holes were drilled to test soil was carried out. anomalies (>320 ppb Au) defined on the Northern and Southern soil sampling grids. A Reason for relinquishment: No reason total of 270 m were drilled during this program. given.

Reason for relinquishment: Exploration References: Pertzel Tahan & Associates failed to locate a gold deposit of style and size (1995). that the company required. EL 3709 BAYLY, L.D., EAGLE References: Svanosio & Laughton (1996c), MINING CORPORATION LTD Tivmoss Investments Pty Ltd (1997), Svanosio (1997c). Period held: 1994 - 1996 Area: Blanket Flats, Creswick. EL 3673 GOLD MINES OF VICTORIA NL Target: Alluvial gold within the deep leads under basalt cover and the primary source of Period held: 1994 - 1995 the gold in these leads. Area: Mount Piper. Work carried out: Target: Hard rock gold deposits. Geology - The area comprises of a basement of tightly folded and faulted Ordovician sediments. Within these sediments MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 85

(particularly the slates) are numerous Reason for relinquishment: No reason structurally controlled gold hosted quartz vein given. systems. These rocks are overlain locally by Tertiary gravels and fluvial sediments (deep References: Anon (1996b). lead gold deposits) which in turn are overlain by Pliocene to Pleistocene basalt flows. EL 3837 ACTION MINING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD Literature survey - A review of historical mining and recent exploration data for the Creswick Period held: 1996 - 1998 area was conducted. Area: Trentham.

Mapping - A digital terrain model of the surface Target: Alluvial gold deposits at Blue Creek. from gridded topographic spot highs on a 500 × 500 m grid was created. The lithologies of over Work carried out: 250 bore holes drilled in the area were collated Geology - The tenement comprises Lower to create a model for the palaeo-surface. This Ordovician marine sediments (sandstones, process made it easier to locate the major siltstones, shales and cherts) of the drainage systems in the area under the basalt Castlemaine Supergroup which have been cap. tightly folded and faulted (Silurian deformation). These rocks have been partly Reason for relinquishment: No reason covered by Quaternary fluvial sediments and given. Newer Volcanics (basalts) within the tenement.

References: Eagle Mining Corporation Ltd Literature survey - Some study was done into (1995). the old alluvial workings in an effort to delineate potential areas within the EL. EL 3756 VICTORIAN GOLD RESOURCES PTY LTD Geochemistry - Bulk samples of the alluvial material were taken and stored, initial pan Period held: 1995 - 1996 testing revealed gold colours in each dish. Area: Castlemaine. Reason for relinquishment: Disappointing Target: Not stated in report. results and unsatisfactory joint venture arrangements made it difficult to warrant Work carried out: further exploration. In the Schedule 15 report it was noted that a groundwater report had been written, although References: Ennis (1997a & b). this was not submitted. EL 3889 CLARK, S.A. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Period held: 1996 - 1997 Area: Kilmore. References: Anon (1996a). Target: Reef gold deposits. EL 3757 VICTORIAN GOLD RESOURCES PTY LTD Work carried out: Geology - This tenement comprises folded and Period held: 1995 - 1997 faulted Lower Silurian Deep Creek Siltstone, Area: Castlemaine. Springfield Sandstone and the Chintin Formation. Target: Not stated in report. Literature survey - Research of old reports and Work carried out: the accumulation of local knowledge resulted in In the Schedule 15 report it was noted that a a better understanding of the areas potential. groundwater report had been written, although this was not submitted. A 7 day ground survey was carried out between the No. 3 Creek, Boyds Creek junction and the 86 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Darraweit Guim Wallan Road. The target area was better defined.

Reason for relinquishment: The EL holder was having difficulty negotiating access with landowners.

References: McLean (1996).

EL 3901 CLARK, S.A.

Period held: 1996 - 1997 Area: Wallan.

Target: Not given in report.

Work carried out: No work was carried out.

Reason for relinquishment: No reason given.

References: None.

EL 3936 SINCLAIR EXPLORATION PTY LTD

Period held: 1996 - 1997 Area: Castlemaine.

Target: Unknown.

Work carried out: No work was carried out.

Reason for relinquishment: No reason given.

References: Anon (1997). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 87

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PATTERSON, G.W., 1979. CRA Exploration POTTER, T.F., 1985c. Southern Continental Pty Ltd. EL 622 Mount Eaglehawk, Mining Ltd. Six month report on Victoria. Final report. Department of Exploration Licence No 1346 ( Malmsbury - Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Lauriston ) Report No 2 1 May - 31 Oct Mineral Exploration Reports File 1985. Department of Energy and Minerals, (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). PATTERSON, G.W., 1982. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. EL 975 Clonbinane Victoria. POTTER, T.F., 1986. Southern Continental Mining Report for the six monthly period Ltd. Six month report on Exploration ending September 30, 1982. Licence 1346 ( Malmsbury - Lauriston ) Department of Energy and Minerals, Report No 4 1 May - 31 Oct 1986. Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Department of Energy and Minerals, Reports File (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). PERTZEL TAHAN & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD, 1995. Gold Mines of Victoria NL. EL 3673 PRESTON, K.B., 1979. CRA Investigator Coal Prospect Hill. Final report 4 May 1995 Exploration Pty Ltd. EL 688, Lal Lal, - 4 Nov 1995. Department of Energy Straughton Vale. Report for the six and Minerals, Victoria, Expired monthly period 8 February 1979 - 30 June Mineral Exploration Reports File 1979. Report No 10569. Department of (unpubl.). Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). PLANET MINING CO PTY LTD, 1970. EL's 17 and 22. Reports jointly microfilmed. PRESTON, J.C., 1981. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. Department of Energy and Minerals, EL 663 Deans Marsh, EL 688 Lal Lal & Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration EL's 812, 813, 814, 817, 818, 819 and 902. Reports File (unpubl.). Report for the six monthly period ending 30 June 1981. Report No 10702. PLANET RESOURCES GROUP N.L, 1975. Planet Department of Energy and Minerals, resources Group N.L EL 557, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Newstead, Victoria. Final report. Reports File (unpubl.). Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration PRESTON, J.C., 1982. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. Reports File (unpubl.). Bacchus Marsh Block, Victoria. EL's 1209, 1214, 812-819, 902. Report for the six PLANET RESOURCES GROUP N.L, 1976. Planet monthly period ending 31 December 1982. resources Group N.L EL 577, Kilmore. Department of Energy and Minerals, Final report June 1976. Department of Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Reports File (unpubl.). Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). PRITCHARD, P.W., 1995. Foboma Pty Ltd. EL's 3265-3268 "Sunshine Project". Final POTTER, T.F., 1985a. EL 888, Castlemaine - report for the period 2 Dec. 1992 – Chewton - Fryerstown, Victoria. Final 2 December 1995. Department of Energy report November 1985. Department of and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). PROCTOR, J., 1989. Final report on Exploration Licence no. 2147 June 89. Department of POTTER, T.F., 1985b. Southern Continental Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mining Limited. Six month report on Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). E.L. 1346 (Malmsbury - Lauriston) Report 1 April 1985. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 96 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

PROWSE, C.K. & FINLAY, I.S., 1988a. RECH, H., 1986. Ausminde Pty Ltd. EL 1603 Takoradi Gold N.L EL 1480 Yea, Dabyminga. Report for the six monthly Victoria. Report for the six monthly period ending 28 November 1986. period ending March 1988. Department of Energy and Minerals, Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.). RINGWOOD, K., 1990. Western Mining PROWSE, C.K. & FINLAY, I.S., 1988b. Corporation Limited. Final report on Takoradi Gold N.L. Company Report Exploration Licence No. 1531 Mt. Egerton 88-29 Exploration Licence 1480 Yea November 1989. Department of Energy and Victoria report for the half year ending Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral September 1988. Department of Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File ROSSITER, A.G., 1982. Capden Pty Ltd. A (unpubl.). Geological and Geochemical Investigation of the eastern part of EL 934 (PAL 12), Black PROWSE, C.K., 1988a. Takoradi Gold (Aust) Range, Central Victoria. Department of Pty Ltd. EL 1498, Marianne, Victoria. Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Report for the six monthly period Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). ending October 1988. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired ROSSITER, A.G., 1988. Rosscraft Minerals Pty Ltd. Mineral Exploration Reports File EL 1316, Lancefield area, central Victoria. (unpubl.). Final report January 1988. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired PROWSE, C.K., 1988b. Takoradi Gold (Aust) Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Pty Ltd. EL 1498, Marianne, Victoria. Report for the six monthly period SHEEHAN, K.G., 1979. Castlemaine Engineering ending April 1988. Department of & Mining Company Pty Ltd. EL 625, Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Castlemaine - Guildford. Report for the six Mineral Exploration Reports File monthly period ending 31 December 1979. (unpubl.). Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration PROWSE, C.K., 1989. C.K. Prowse & Reports File (unpubl.). Associates Pty Ltd. EL 1498, Marianne, Victoria. Report for the six SIMMONS, R.J., 1988. Newmont Australia Ltd. monthly period ending April 1989. EL 1547. Six monthly report 1 May - 31 Department of Energy and Minerals, October 1988. Department of Energy and Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.).

PUTUSO PTY LTD, 1993. EL 3379 SIMMONS, R.J., 1989. Newmont Australia Ltd. Castlemaine, Victoria. Schedule 15 EL 1547. Six monthly report 1 November reports for expired title 19 Mar 1993 - '88 - 30 April 1989. Department of Energy 18 Sep 1993. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Exploration Reports File (confid.) (unpubl.). Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). SMART, J., 1986. Great Fingall Mining Pty Ltd. EL 1481. Report for the six monthly period RAMPE, M., 1986. EL 1547. Report for the ending 14 June 1986. Department of six monthly period 1 November '85 – Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired 30 April 1986. Department of Energy Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File SMART, J.W., 1987. Great Fingall Mining Pty Ltd. (unpubl.). EL 1481. Report for the six monthly period ending 16 December 1987. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 97

SVANOSIO, R.A. & CRABB, D.M., 1980a. SVANOSIO, R.A., 1981b. Carpentaria Exploration Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty Company Pty Ltd. EL 618, Maldon. Report Ltd. EL 618, Maldon. Report for the for the six monthly period ending six monthly period ending 30 June 31 December 1981. Department of Energy 1980. Department of Energy and and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). SVANOSIO, R.A., 1982. Carpentaria Exploration SVANOSIO, R.A. & CRABB, D.M., 1980b. Company Pty Ltd. EL 719, Daylesford, Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty Victoria. Final report July 1982. Ltd. EL 618, Maldon. Report for the Department of Energy and Minerals, six monthly period ending 31 December Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration 1980. Department of Energy and Reports File (unpubl.). Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). SVANOSIO, R.A., 1987a. Geological Evaluation and Summary of Prospects, Elaine and SVANOSIO, R.A. & LAUGHTON, C.A., 1996a. Mount Doran Goldfields. EL 1325, Golden Triangle Resources NL. December 1987). Department of Energy EL 3636 "Kyneton". Annual report for and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral the period ending 30 September 1996. Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Minerals and Petroleum, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports SVANOSIO, R.A., 1987b. Jupiter Mining N.L (unpubl.). EL 1325, Elaine. Report for the six monthly period ending May 22, 1987. Department of SVANOSIO, R.A. & LAUGHTON, C.A., 1996b. Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Golden Triangle Resources NL. Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). EL 3635 "Harcourt". Annual report for the period ending 30 September 1996. SVANOSIO, R.A., 1991. Mount Doran Goldfield, Minerals and Petroleum, Victoria, Geological Evaluation Addendum Report, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports Costean Program, MRC 2000, (EL 2511). (unpubl.). July 1991. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral SVANOSIO, R.A. & LAUGHTON, C.A., 1996c. Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Golden Triangle Resources NL. EL 3637 "Newstead". Annual report for SVANOSIO, R.A., 1994. Kinglake Resources Pty the period ending 30 September 1996. Ltd. EL 3401 Maldon. Annual report for Minerals and Petroleum, Victoria, the period 30 Nov. 1993 - 29 Nov. 1994. Expired Mineral Exploration Reports Department of Energy and Minerals, (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). SVANOSIO, R.A. & REA, J.D., 1982. Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty SVANOSIO, R.A., 1995. Kinglake Resources Pty Ltd. EL 618, Maldon. Report for the Ltd. EL 3401 Maldon. Annual report for six monthly period ending 30 June the period ending 29 November 1995. 1982. Department of Energy and Department of Energy and Minerals, Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.).

SVANOSIO, R.A., 1981a. Carpentaria SVANOSIO, R.A., 1996. Kinglake Resources Pty Exploration Company Pty Ltd. EL 618, Ltd. EL 3401 "Maldon". Annual and final Maldon. Report for the six monthly report for the period ending December 1996. period ending 30 June 1981. Minerals and Petroleum, Victoria, Expired Department of Energy and Minerals, Mineral Exploration Reports (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 98 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

SVANOSIO, R.A., 1997a. Golden Triangle THOMAS, N.M., 1982. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. Resources NL. EL 3635 Castlemaine, EL 977, Glenmore, Victoria. Final and six Victoria. Final report for the period monthly report for the period ending ending 30th. June 1997. Department 30 June 1982. Department of Energy and of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Expired Mineral Exploration Reports Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). File (unpubl.). THOMAS, N.M., 1983a. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. SVANOSIO, R.A., 1997b. Golden Triangle EL 1214 (previously EL 688), Lal Lal, Resources NL. EL 3636 "Kyneton". Victoria. Final report December 1983. Annual and final report for the period Report No 12418. Department of Energy ending February 1997. Minerals and and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Petroleum, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports (unpubl.). THOMAS, N.M., 1983b. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. SVANOSIO, R.A., 1997c. Golden Triangle EL 1205, Guildford Plateau, Victoria. Final Resources NL. EL 3637, Newstead, report 19 December 1983. Department of Annual and Final technical report - Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired EXPIRED. Final report for the period Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). ending 30th. September 1997. Minerals and Petroleum, Victoria, THOMAS, N.M., 1983c. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd. Expired Mineral Exploration Reports EL 975 Clonbinane, Victoria. Final report. (confid.) (unpubl.). Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration SWENSSON, C.G. & PAIZES, P.E., 1983. CRA Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Pty Ltd. EL 1205, Guildford Plateau, Victoria. Report for TIVMOSS INVESTMENTS PTY LTD, 1997. Tivmoss the six monthly period ending 30 June Investments Pty Ltd. EL 3637 "Newstead". 1983. Department of Energy and Schedule 15 reports for expired title 21 Oct Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral 1994 - 26 October 1997. Minerals and Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Petroleum, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports (confid.) (unpubl.). SWENSSON, C.G., 1981. Western Mining Corporation Ltd. EL 872 Sugarloaf TREVASKIS, T.R. & RUDOV, D., 1971. EL 204. Creek Report for the six months ended Final report. Department of Energy and June 30, 1981. Department of Energy Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). TRIAD MINERALS N.L , 1985. Triad Minerals N.L EL 1253, Maldon. Report for the six SWENSSON, C.G., 1983. EL 872 Sugarloaf monthly period ending 4 April 1985. Creek, Victoria. Final report. CRA Department of Energy and Minerals, Exploration Pty Ltd Report. Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Department of Energy and Minerals, Reports File (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). UPLANDS FINANCE PTY LTD, 1984. Uplands Finance Pty Ltd. EL 1253, Maldon. Report TAYLOR, S., 1988. Norgold Limited. for the six monthly period ending 30 June Exploration Licence 1623-1 Yandoit 1984. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria six monthly report on Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration exploration in the period 5 May 1988 to Reports File (unpubl.). 4 November 1988. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired VAN DEN OEVER, P., 1991. Perseverance Mining Mineral Exploration Reports File Pty Ltd. EL 2630, Yea. Report for the six (unpubl.). monthly period ending 12 October 1991. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (confid.) (unpubl.). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 99

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Appendix 1

Summary of expired exploration licences in MELBOURNE Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey ELs 4 & 5 Reef gold deposits around Daylesford and Maldon. Western Mining Corporation Ltd 02/08/65 10/09/69 $38,929 ü ü ü ELs 17 & 22 Reef gold deposits at Drummond North and Planet Mining Company Pty Ltd 12/07/65 11/11/70 ? ü ü ü ü Blackwood. EL 54 Gold-antimony mineralisation at Clonbinane. Eastern Prospectors Pty Ltd 06/06/66 16/06/71 $333,773 ü ü ü ü EL 130 Not given in report. Western Mining Corporation Ltd 03/11/69 27/10/71 $51,937 ü ü ü ü EL 195 Gold and antimony mineralisation at Yea. Doogalook Mining Pty Ltd 17/0870 24/11/71 $2,251 ü ü EL 204 Not given in report. Trevaskis-Rudov Syndicate 09/12/70 12/04/72 $1,550 ü EL 411 Reef gold deposits and Quaternary alluvial deposits Lone Star Exploration NL 03/11/72 18/02/76 ? ü ü ü ü around Maldon. Uplands Finance Pty Ltd EL 425 Auriferous deep lead systems under basalt cover at Leighton Mining NL 17/11/72 05/12/73 $5,867 ü ü ü ü Korweinguboora. EL 491 Quartz reef gold deposit (1 Mt @ 10 g/t Au) around Cominco Exploration Pty Ltd 31/08/73 09/07/75 $6,460 ü ü Wattle Gully EL 519 Reef gold deposits around Daylesford. Bishop, J.S. 10/01/75 25/05/75 $3,981 ü EL 528 Sulphide mineralisation associated with quartz Western Mining Corporation Ltd 18/10/74 10/05/78 $60,132 ü ü ü reefs around Elaine. EL 539 Auriferous portion of the Daylesford Deep Lead Cominco Exploration Pty Ltd 24/04/75 07/04/76 $2,470 ü system and/or a bulk mineable reef gold resource within the Daylesford goldfield. EL 540 Auriferous portion of the Coliban-Campaspe deep Cominco Exploration Pty Ltd 02/05/75 07/04/76 $3,250 ü lead system and/or a bulk mineable reef gold resource around Malmsbury. EL 557 Large open cut gold deposits at Newstead and Planet Resources Group NL 24/08/75 01/07/76 ? ü ü Guildford. EL 577 Large open cut gold deposits within the Kilmore Planet Resources Group NL 03/03/76 10/03/76 ? ü ü goldfield. EL 618 see EL 1253 (Renewed EL 1253) EL 622 Large low grade gold deposits in the Mount CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 02/02/78 21/03/79 $5,513 ü ü Eaglehawk area. Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey

EL 625 see EL 1205 (Renewed EL 1205) EL 655 Alluvial and reef gold deposits around Malmsbury. Kyte, W.J. 23/11/78 30/04/80 $2,500 ü ü EL 688 see EL 1214 (Renewed EL 1214) EL 719 Disseminated low grade gold and silver Carpentaria Exploration Company 20/09/79 30/06/82 $266,373 ü ü ü ü mineralisation associated with carbonaceous Pty Ltd pyritic shales and high grade deposits associated with known reef systems around the Daylesford area. EL 723 Large tonnage gold deposits mineable by open cut Dampier Mining Company Ltd 04/10/79 19/03/80 $8,563 ü ü methods including multiple vein systems, stockworks and disseminated bodies within sediments around Castlemaine. ELs 815 & Tertiary brown coal in palaeo swamp environments CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 23/10/81 17/03/83 ? ü 816 on the eastern margin of the Otway Basin in the Bacchus Marsh area. EL 827 Epithermal disseminated gold deposit associated BHP Minerals Ltd 28/11/80 14/08/86 $108,742 ü ü ü ü ü with a quartz sediment breccia pipe at Mount Piper. EL 872 Gold resource within alluvial leads below basalt at CRA Exploration Ltd 21/08/80 09/03/83 $107,583 ü ü Sugarloaf Creek. EL 874 Gold-antimony mineralisation in quartz lodes at Apollo International Minerals NL 10/12/80 09/12/82 $10,482 ü ü ü Belltopper Hill southwest of Malmsbury. EL 888 Reef gold deposits 4 km east of the Chewton line of Chewton Gold Associates 16/02/81 15/02/85 ? ü ü ü ü ü workings. Wattle Gully Gold Mines NL CRA Exploration Pty Ltd EL 933 Auriferous quartz veins within Late Silurian-Early Capden Pty Ltd 16/02/81 15/02/83 ? ü ü Devonian sedimentary rocks and porphyry type tungsten-molybdenum deposits associated with Late Devonian granodiorite intrusions. EL 934 Large low grade Aberfoyle type tungsten- Capden Pty Ltd 16/02/81 15/02/84 ? ü ü molybdenum deposits around Yea. Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey EL 954 Gold deposits in unworked portions of the CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 05/10/82 04/10/87 ? ü ü ü ü Campaspe Lead and its tributaries, shallow gravels and unmined quartz reefs within goldfields around Bullarto. EL 955 Alluvial gold in the Campaspe Lead system at CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 15/07/82 14/07/84 ? ü Redesdale. Hard rock reef gold was a secondary target. EL 975 Economic low grade gold deposit associated with CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 14/08/81 27/01/83 $117,497 ü ü ü ü sulphide mineralisation within quartz diorite dykes in the Clonbinane area. EL 977 Gold deposit within a possible deep lead under the CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 17/11/81 19/08/82 $286 ü basalt cover in the Glenmore area. EL 979 New and/or previously mined reef gold deposits IBI Pty Ltd 23/10/81 27/01/83 $7,846 ü around Daylesford. EL 1150 Gold deposits in unworked portions of the CRA Exploration Pty Ltd 13/08/82 12/08/87 ? ü ü ü ü Campaspe Lead and its tributaries, shallow gravels and unmined quartz reefs within goldfields around Metcalfe. EL 1205 Alluvial gold within the Guildford Plateau deep Castlemaine Engineering & Mining 10/11/77 15/09/84 $171,457 ü ü ü ü ü (Ex EL 625) leads and reef gold deposits within the Eureka- Company Pty Ltd Vineyard line of auriferous reefs. CRAE targeted Macnee Investments Pty Ltd gold deposits in shallow alluvials, high level CRA Exploration Pty Ltd gravels and basalt covered deep leads. EL 1214 Brown coal in shallow Tertiary palaeo shoreline Pacific Coal Pty Ltd (formerly 08/02/79 05/01/82 ? ü ü ü (Ex EL 688) environments on the eastern margin of the Otway Investigator Coal Exploration Pty Basin in the Lal Lal area. Ltd) CRA Exploration Pty Ltd EL 1253 Gold and associated mineral deposits around Uplands Finance Pty Ltd 18/04/77 05/10/88 $617,596 ü ü ü ü ü (Ex EL 618) Maldon. Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty Ltd Triad Minerals NL Pioneer Mines Ltd Diamin Resources Pty Ltd EL 1292 Gold deposits in the northern extension of the Australian Anglo American 18/02/83 26/07/84 $26,807 ü Morrisons Deep Lead at Morrisons North and hard Searches Pty Ltd rock gold resources around Gordon and Mount Egerton. Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey EL 1307 Moderately sized ore bodies as quartz reefs in Wattle Gully Gold Mines NL 05/07/83 04/07/84 $9,658 ü ü ü hinge zones of anticlines, repetitions or extensions Nationwide Resources Pty Ltd of auriferous reef systems and/or disseminated low grade deposits in Ordovician shales and greywackes in the Daylesford and Blackwood goldfields. EL 1316 Volcanogenic Cu-Zn-Ni deposits possibly containing Rosscraft Minerals Pty Ltd 28/10/83 27/10/87 $45,520 ü ü by-product Au and platinum group metals (PGMs) CVT Pty Ltd within Cambrian greenstones in the Lancefield area. EL 1325 Kaolin at the Lal Lal kaolin prospect and low- Geological & Ceramic Services Pty 23/11/84 22/11/87 $360,909 ü ü ü ü medium tonnage high grade reef gold deposits in Ltd the Loraine and Mount Doran goldfields. Jupiter Mining Pty Ltd EL 1346 Gold deposits within the Belltopper-Welcome Leads Southern Continental Mining Ltd 29/10/84 31/10/88 $138,986 ü ü ü ü and quartz reefs around Malmsbury and Lauriston. Red Rock Mining Ltd EL 1480 Open cut reef gold mine and/or an alluvial gold Takoradi Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd 08/03/85 07/07/89 $106,377 ü ü ü ü mine around Yea and Homewood. Tallangalook Pty Ltd Ghana Gold Pty Ltd EL 1481 Reef gold deposits (20 000t @ 20 g/t Au) around Muratio Pty Ltd 13/12/85 12/12/88 $21,225 ü ü ü Gordon. Great Fingall Mining Pty Ltd EL 1498 Multiple line quartz gold mineralisation in the Takoradi Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd 12/04/85 12/04/90 $210,391 ü ü ü ü ü Abundance Prospect near Marianne. Ghana Gold Pty Ltd EL 1513 Reef quartz open cut gold mine in the Muckleford Clive Willman & Associates 30/12/85 29/12/89 $337,095 ü ü ü ü goldfield. Interactive Process Services Pty Ltd Garrat, A. Western Mining Corporation Ltd Triad Minerals NL EL 1520 Open cut gold mineralisation (minimum 3 g/t Au) BHP Minerals Ltd 18/10/85 14/08/86 $11,931 ü ü ü around Mount Robertson. EL 1521 Mount Piper style Au-As-Sb mineralisation around BHP Minerals Ltd 20/06/85 07/03/86 $7,191 ü ü Pyalong. EL 1523 Hard rock gold mineralisation either of open cut Triad Minerals NL 26/07/85 25/07/89 $36,033 ü ü ü ü low grade style or high grade underground style around Daylesford and Blackwood. Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey ELs 1530 & Major tailings dumps, extensions of known gold Western Mining Corporation Ltd 20/06/85 19/06/88 $77,594 +ü ü ü 1531 mineralisation and new ore shoots within the $456,002 Mount Egerton area. EL 1547 Alluvial gold at the Guildford Flats and Butchers Eastern Gold Exploration Pty Ltd 01/11/85 31/10/89 $543,914 ü ü ü ü ü Gully/Ballarat Hill prospects near Guildford and New Resources Pty Ltd reef gold deposits around the Wattle Gully Mine Newmont Australia Ltd area. EL 1593 Gold deposits within the extensions of the alluvial Poolette Holdings (Vic) Pty Ltd 28/05/86 27/05/87 ? ü ü deep lead systems at Morrisons. EL 1594 Gold deposits within the Muckleford Deep Lead Miners Rest Hotel-Motel Pty Ltd 17/04/86 16/04/89 $51,702 ü ü ü and other shallow leads, high level gravels and Centfield Mining Pty Ltd Palaeozoic sediments within the Muckleford area. EL 1603 Gold-antimony mineralisation within quartz vein Ausminde Pty Ltd 28/05/86 27/05/88 $73,579 ü ü ü systems and quartz diorite dykes within the Reedy Creek goldfield and the Clonbinane area. EL 1623 Reef and alluvial gold deposits within the Yandoit McLean, D.R. & B.R. 05/11/86 04/11/89 $16,432 ü ü ü goldfield. Norgold Ltd Triad Minerals NL EL 1806 Alluvial and hard rock gold deposits within the Culpan, L. & D. & McLean, D.R. 28/12/87 28/12/89 $26,256 ü ü Daylesford area. EL 1814 Reef gold extensions of old workings at Old Mine Ghana Gold Pty Ltd 25/06/87 05/04/89 $6,968 ü Hill on Ti Tree Creek. EL 1920 Not given in report. Austcom Pty Ltd 03/11/89 03/11/90 ? ü EL 1948 Open pit gold mineralisation similar to the Fraser Mining & Construction Pty 28/03/88 28/03/90 $40,522 ü ü ü Nagambie Hill 158 deposit in the Broadford area. Ltd Burgundy Exploration Pty Ltd EL 1950 Unknown. Tarmeta Pty Ltd 29/01/88 29/01/90 ? EL 1955 Reef gold deposits around Tooborac. New Holland Mining NL 24/2/88 24/2/90 $20,434 ü ü Sons Of Gwalia NL EL 2020 Hard rock gold mineralisation associated with reefs Motton, M.T. 05/09/89 05/09/90 $21,355 ü ü ü ü ü and faults including extensions to known workings around Barkstead. EL 2067 Alluvial and reef gold deposits within the Yandoit Fraser, A.R. 17/11/89 17/11/90 $7,130 ü ü area. Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey EL 2147 Gold deposits within the alluvial deep lead gravels Proctor, J.G. 09/06/88 09/06/89 ? ü around Redesdale. EL 2237 Gold deposit of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158. Burrows, T.J. & Arden, P.J. 4/8/1988 4/8/1989 $22,848 ü Metana Minerals NL Southern Ventures NL EL 2296 Gold deposits within reef systems and buried deep Tallangalook Pty Ltd 15/08/89 15/08/91 $38,008 ü ü leads around Taradale. EL 2419 see EL 3020 (Renewed EL 3020) EL 2420 Alluvial and reef gold deposits within the Yandoit Fraser, A.R. 22/11/89 22/10/91 $4,000 ü area. EL 2442 Gold deposits of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158 Burgundy Exploration Pty Ltd 15/08/89 02/05/90 $11,131 ü ü ü or the Mount Piper deposits. EL 2455 Near surface bulk low grade gold deposits at Mount Noble Resources NL 06/06/90 01/02/91 $2,045 ü Doran. EL 2511 Low grade reef gold deposit of greater than 0.5 Mt Campbell, A.F. 14/11/90 19/12/91 $2,092 ü ü ü around Mount Doran Goldfield. EL 2622 see EL 3430 (Renewed EL 3430) EL 2649 see EL 3113 (Renewed EL 3113) EL 2662 see EL 3504 (Renewed EL 3504) EL 2690 see EL 3133 (Renewed EL 3133) EL 3020 Not given in report. Fraser, A.R. 22/11/89 22/11/91 $5,700 ü (Ex EL 2419) EL 3090 Unknown. Barry’s Reef Gold Mines Pty Ltd 30/04/92 30/04/93 ? Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey EL 3113 Reef gold mineralisation similar to the Nagambie Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd 13/03/92 10/12/92 $7,608 ü ü (Ex EL 2649) Hill 158 deposit around Mount Piper. EL 3133 Gold deposits similar to the Nagambie style of Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd 14/02/92 14/02/94 $22,235 ü (Ex EL 2690) mineralisation around Seymour. EL 3266 Hard rock gold deposits hidden under Cainozoic Foboma Pty Ltd 22/12/93 19/07/95 ü cover of the Port Phillip Sunkland in the Wallan area. EL 3379 Alluvial gold within the Tertiary sands, gravels Putuso Pty Ltd 19/03/93 11/08/94 $10,052 ü ü and clays around Ballan. EL 3390 Alluvial gold deposits within deep leads beneath Pyrenees Mining NL 09/10/92 01/02/95 ? ü basalt cover around Guildford. EL 3401 High grade fissure reef hosted gold and stockwork Kinglake Resources Pty Ltd 30/11/93 30/11/96 $47,672 ü ü ü ü quartz gold mineralisation around Maldon. EL 3430 Reef gold deposits along the North Yankee line of Dome Resources NL 15/05/91 06/07/95 $94,799 ü ü ü ü (Ex EL 2622) workings and alluvial gold deposits within shallow Consolidated Victorian Mines NL and deep leads around Blackwood. Continent Resources Pty Ltd EL 3492 Reef gold deposits around the Seymour area. Metex Resources NL 4/2/1994 4/2/1997 $28,724 ü ü EL 3504 Reef gold deposits around Yea. Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd 18/09/91 26/10/94 ? ü ü ü (Ex EL 2662) EL 3514 Bulk tonnage gold deposits around the Strath Metex Resources NL 17/09/93 04/02/97 $42,910 ü ü Creek area. EL 3568 Not stated in report. Friend, B.G. 25/03/94 13/02/95 $4,000 ü EL 3571 Bulk tonnage gold deposits around the Chapman Metex Resources NL 08/04/94 01/07/96 $33,650 ü ü Hill area. EL 3573 Bulk tonnage gold deposits around the Mount Metex Resources NL 22/04/94 07/01/96 $54,343 ü ü William area. EL 3590 Reef gold deposits around the Lauriston area. Booth, A.L. 25/05/94 15/05/96 $9,210 ü ELs 3593 & Shallow alluvial, deep lead and reef gold deposits Brooks, W.P. 22/06/94 13/04/95 $17,600 ü 3594 around the Castlemaine area. Title Principle target Held by Granted Expired Expenditure Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill AUS $ survey EL 3635 A viable hard rock gold deposit that may be of the Golden Triangle Resources NL 26/10/94 26/10/96 $36,211 ü ü ü high grade quartz vein hosted style, low grade Nagambie Hill 158 style or primary gold mineralisation within the Harcourt batholith around Harcourt. EL 3636 Southerly continuations of the mineralised Golden Triangle Resources NL 26/10/94 15/01/97 $32,268 ü ü structures on the Lauriston Goldfield anticline and near surface gold deposits within the Coliban- Campaspe Deep Lead around Kyneton. EL 3637 Gold deposits in high grade quartz vein hosted Golden Triangle Resources NL 21/10/94 26/10/97 $64,198 ü ü ü ü ü systems , low grade bulk tonnage systems (Campbelltown Fault zone) and alluvial deep lead deposits (Guildford Deep Lead) around Newstead. EL 3673 Hard rock gold deposits in the Mount Piper area. Gold Mines of Victoria NL 04/11/94 12/10/95 $13,000 ü EL 3709 Alluvial gold within the deep leads under basalt Bayly, L.D. 26/10/94 15/10/96 $5,580 ü cover and the primary source of the gold in these Eagle Mining Corporation Ltd leads around Blanket Flats, Creswick. EL 3756 Not stated in report. Victorian Gold Resources Pty Ltd 02/11/95 02/11/96 $2,250 ü EL 3757 Not stated in report. Victorian Gold Resources Pty Ltd 02/11/95 18/04/97 $2,250 ü EL 3837 Alluvial gold deposits at Blue Creek, Trentham. Action Mining (Australia) Pty Ltd 27/06/96 27/06/98 $16,060 ü ü EL 3889 Reef gold deposits around Kilmore. Clark, S.A. 13/05/96 13/05/96 $13,900 ü EL 3901 Unknown. Clark, S.A. 13/05/96 13/05/97 ?

EL 3936 Unknown. Sinclair Exploration Pty Ltd 11/07/96 16/05/97 ? 110 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Appendix 2

Summary of companies and exploration targets in MELBOURNE Holder Title Period Exploration target

Action Mining (Australia) Pty Ltd EL 3837 1996 - 1998 Alluvial gold deposits at Blue Creek. Apollo International Minerals NL EL 874 1980 - 1982 Gold-antimony mineralisation in quartz lodes at Belltopper Hill southwest of Malmsbury. Ausminde Pty Ltd EL 1603 1986 - 1988 Gold-antimony mineralisation within quartz vein systems and quartz diorite dykes within the Reedy Creek goldfield and the Clonbinane area. Austcom Pty Ltd EL 1920 1989 - 1990 Not given in report. Australian Anglo American Searches Pty Ltd EL 1292 1983 - 1984 Gold deposits in the northern extension of the Morrisons Deep Lead at Morrisons North and hard rock gold resources around Gordon and Mount Egerton. Barry’s Reef Gold Mines Pty Ltd EL 3090 1992 - 1993 Unknown. Bayly, L.D. EL 3709 1994 - 1996 Alluvial gold within the deep leads under basalt cover and the primary source of the gold in these leads around Blanket Flats, Creswick. BHP Minerals Ltd EL 827 1980 - 1986 Epithermal disseminated gold deposit associated with a quartz sediment breccia pipe at Mount Piper. EL 1520 1985 - 1986 Open cut gold mineralisation (minimum 3 g/t Au) around Mount Robertson. EL 1521 1985 - 1986 Mount Piper style Au-As-Sb mineralisation around Pyalong. Bishop, J.S. EL 519 1975 Reef gold deposits around Daylesford. Booth, A.L. EL 3590 1994 - 1996 Reef gold deposits around the Lauriston area. Brooks, W.P. ELs 3593 & 3594 1994 - 1995 Shallow alluvial, deep lead and reef gold deposits around the Castlemaine area. Burgundy Exploration Pty Ltd EL 1948 1988 - 1990 Open pit gold mineralisation similar to the Nagambie Hill 158 deposit in the Broadford area. EL 2442 1989 - 1990 Gold deposits of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158 or the Mount Piper deposits. Burrows, T.J. & Arden, P.J. EL 2237 1988 - 1989 Gold deposit of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158. Campbell, A.F. EL 2511 1990 - 1991 Low grade reef gold deposit of greater than 0.5 Mt around Mount Doran Goldfield. Capden Pty Ltd EL 933 1981 - 1983 Auriferous quartz veins within Late Silurian-Early Devonian sedimentary rocks and porphyry type tungsten-molybdenum deposits associated with Late Devonian granodiorite intrusions. EL 934 1981 - 1984 Large low grade Aberfoyle type tungsten-molybdenum deposits around Yea. Carpentaria Exploration Company Pty Ltd EL 719 1979 - 1982 Disseminated low grade gold and silver mineralisation associated with carbonaceous pyritic shales and high grade deposits associated with known reef systems around the Daylesford area. EL 1253 1977 - 1988 Gold and associated mineral deposits around Maldon. (Ex EL 618) Holder Title Period Exploration target

Castlemaine Engineering & Mining Company Pty EL 1205 1977 - 1984 Alluvial gold within the Guildford Plateau deep leads and reef gold deposits within the Ltd (Ex EL 625) Eureka-Vineyard line of auriferous reefs. CRAE targeted gold deposits in shallow alluvials, high level gravels and basalt covered deep leads. Centfield Mining Pty Ltd EL 1594 1986 - 1989 Gold deposits within the Muckleford Deep Lead and other shallow leads, high level gravels and Palaeozoic sediments within the Muckleford area. Chewton Gold Associates EL 888 1981 - 1985 Reef gold deposits 4 km east of the Chewton line of workings. Clark, S.A. EL 3889 1996 - 1997 Reef gold deposits around Kilmore. EL 3901 1996 - 1997 Unknown. Clive Willman & Associates EL 1513 1985 - 1989 Reef quartz open cut gold mine in the Muckleford goldfield. Cominco Exploration Pty Ltd EL 491 1973 - 1975 Quartz reef gold deposit (1 Mt @ 10 g/t Au) around Wattle Gully EL 539 1975 - 1976 Auriferous portion of the Daylesford Deep Lead system and/or a bulk mineable reef gold resource within the Daylesford goldfield. EL 540 1975 - 1976 Auriferous portion of the Coliban-Campaspe deep lead system and/or a bulk mineable reef gold resource around Malmsbury. Consolidated Victorian Mines NL EL 3430 1991 - 1995 Reef gold deposits along the North Yankee line of workings and alluvial gold deposits within (Ex EL 2622) shallow and deep leads around Blackwood. Continent Resources Pty Ltd EL 3430 1991 - 1995 Reef gold deposits along the North Yankee line of workings and alluvial gold deposits within (Ex EL 2622) shallow and deep leads around Blackwood. CRA Exploration Pty Ltd EL 622 1978 - 1979 Large low grade gold deposits in the Mount Eaglehawk area. ELs 815 & 816 1981 - 1983 Tertiary brown coal in palaeo swamp environments on the eastern margin of the Otway Basin in the Bacchus Marsh area. EL 872 1980 - 1983 Gold resource within alluvial leads below basalt cover. EL 888 1981 - 1985 Reef gold deposits 4 km east of the Chewton line of workings. EL 954 1982 - 1987 Gold deposits in unworked portions of the Campaspe Lead and its tributaries, shallow gravels and unmined quartz reefs within goldfields around Bullarto. EL 955 1982 - 1984 Alluvial gold in the Campaspe Lead system at Redesdale. Hard rock reef gold was a secondary target. EL 975 1981 - 1983 Economic low grade gold deposit associated with sulphide mineralisation within quartz diorite dykes. EL 977 1981 - 1982 Gold deposit within a possible deep lead under the basalt cover in the Glenmore area. EL 1150 1982 - 1987 Gold deposits in unworked portions of the Campaspe Lead and its tributaries, shallow gravels and unmined quartz reefs within goldfields around Metcalfe. Holder Title Period Exploration target

EL 1205 1977 - 1984 Alluvial gold within the Guildford Plateau deep leads and reef gold deposits within the (Ex EL 625) Eureka-Vineyard line of auriferous reefs. CRAE targeted gold deposits in shallow alluvials, high level gravels and basalt covered deep leads. EL 1214 1979 - 1982 Brown coal in shallow Tertiary palaeo shoreline environments on the eastern margin of the (Ex EL 688) Otway Basin in the Lal Lal area. Culpan, L. & D. & McLean, D.R. EL 1806 1987 - 1989 Alluvial and hard rock gold deposits within the Daylesford area. CVT Pty Ltd EL 1316 1983 - 1987 Volcanogenic Cu-Zn-Ni deposits possibly containing by-product Au and platinum group metals (PGMs) within Cambrian greenstones in the Lancefield area. Dampier Mining Company Ltd EL 723 1979 - 1980 Large tonnage gold deposits mineable by open cut methods including multiple vein systems, stockworks and disseminated bodies within sediments around Castlemaine. Diamin Resources Pty Ltd EL 1253 1977 - 1988 Gold and associated mineral deposits around Maldon. (Ex EL 618) Dome Resources NL EL 3430 1991 - 1995 Reef gold deposits along the North Yankee line of workings and alluvial gold deposits within (Ex EL 2622) shallow and deep leads around Blackwood. Doogalook Mining Pty Ltd EL 195 1970 - 1971 Gold and antimony mineralisation at Yea. Eagle Mining Corporation Ltd EL 3709 1994 - 1996 Alluvial gold within the deep leads under basalt cover and the primary source of the gold in these leads around Blanket Flats, Creswick. Eastern Gold Exploration Pty Ltd EL 1547 1985 - 1989 Alluvial gold at the Guildford Flats and Butchers Gully/Ballarat Hill prospects near Guildford and reef gold deposits around the Wattle Gully Mine area. Eastern Prospectors Pty Ltd EL 54 1966 - 1971 Gold-antimony mineralisation at Clonbinane. Foboma Pty Ltd EL 3266 1993 - 1995 Hard rock gold deposits hidden under Cainozoic cover of the Port Phillip Sunkland in the Wallan area. Fraser Mining & Construction Pty Ltd EL 1948 1988 - 1990 Open pit gold mineralisation similar to the Nagambie Hill 158 deposit in the Broadford area. Fraser, A.R. EL 2067 1989 - 1990 Alluvial and reef gold deposits within the Yandoit area. EL 2420 1989 - 1991 Alluvial and reef gold deposits within the Yandoit area. EL 3020 1989 -1991 Not given in report. (Ex EL 2419) Friend, B.G. EL 3568 1994 - 1995 Not stated in report. Garrat, A. EL 1513 1985 - 1989 Reef quartz open cut gold mine in the Muckleford goldfield. Geological & Ceramic Services Pty Ltd EL 1325 1984 - 1987 Kaolin at the Lal Lal kaolin prospect and low-medium tonnage high grade reef gold deposits in the Loraine and Mount Doran goldfields. Ghana Gold Pty Ltd EL 1480 1985 - 1989 Open cut reef gold mine and/or an alluvial gold mine around Yea and Homewood. Holder Title Period Exploration target

EL 1498 1985 - 1990 Multiple line quartz gold mineralisation in the Abundance Prospect near Marianne. EL 1814 1987 - 1989 Reef gold extensions of old workings at Old Mine Hill on Ti Tree Creek. Gold Mines of Victoria NL EL 3673 1994 - 1995 Hard rock gold deposits in the Mount Piper area. Golden Triangle Resources NL EL 3635 1994 - 1996 A viable hard rock gold deposit that may be of the high grade quartz vein hosted style, low grade Nagambie Hill 158 style or primary gold mineralisation within the Harcourt batholith around Harcourt. EL 3636 1994 - 1997 Southerly continuations of the mineralised structures on the Lauriston Goldfield anticline and near surface gold deposits within the Coliban-Campaspe Deep Lead around Kyneton. EL 3637 1994 - 1997 Gold deposits in high grade quartz vein hosted systems , low grade bulk tonnage systems (Campbelltown Fault zone) and alluvial deep lead deposits (Guildford Deep Lead) around Newstead. Great Fingall Mining Pty Ltd EL 1481 1985 - 1988 Reef gold deposits (20 000t @ 20 g/t Au) around Gordon. IBI Pty Ltd EL 979 1981 - 1983 New and/or previously mined reef gold deposits around Daylesford. Interactive Process Services Pty Ltd EL 1513 1985 - 1989 Reef quartz open cut gold mine in the Muckleford goldfield. Jupiter Mining Pty Ltd EL 1325 1984 - 1987 Kaolin at the Lal Lal kaolin prospect and low-medium tonnage high grade reef gold deposits in the Loraine and Mount Doran goldfields. Kinglake Resources Pty Ltd EL 3401 1993 - 1996 High grade fissure reef hosted gold and stockwork quartz gold mineralisation around Maldon. Kyte, W.J. EL 655 1978 - 1980 Alluvial and reef gold deposits around Malmsbury. Leighton Mining NL EL 425 1972 - 1973 Auriferous deep lead systems under basalt cover at Korweinguboora. Lone Star Exploration NL EL 411 1972 - 1976 Reef gold deposits and Quaternary alluvial deposits around Maldon. Macnee Investments Pty Ltd EL 1205 1977 - 1984 Alluvial gold within the Guildford Plateau deep leads and reef gold deposits within the (Ex EL 625) Eureka-Vineyard line of auriferous reefs. CRAE targeted gold deposits in shallow alluvials, high level gravels and basalt covered deep leads. McLean, D.R. & B.R. EL 1623 1986 - 1989 Reef and alluvial gold deposits within the Yandoit goldfield. Metana Minerals NL EL 2237 1988 - 1989 Gold deposit of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158. Metex Resources NL EL 3492 1994 - 1997 Reef gold deposits around the Seymour area. EL 3514 1993 - 1997 Bulk tonnage gold deposits around the Strath Creek area. EL 3571 1994 - 1996 Bulk tonnage gold deposits around the Chapman Hill area. EL 3573 1994 - 1996 Bulk tonnage gold deposits around the Mount William area. Holder Title Period Exploration target

Miners Rest Hotel-Motel Pty Ltd EL 1594 1986 - 1989 Gold deposits within the Muckleford Deep Lead and other shallow leads, high level gravels and Palaeozoic sediments within the Muckleford area. Motton, M.T. EL 2020 1989 - 1990 Hard rock gold mineralisation associated with reefs and faults including extensions to known workings around Barkstead. Muratio Pty Ltd EL 1481 1985 - 1988 Reef gold deposits (20 000t @ 20 g/t Au) around Gordon. Nationwide Resources Pty Ltd EL 1307 1983 - 1984 Moderately sized ore bodies as quartz reefs in hinge zones of anticlines, repetitions or extensions of auriferous reef systems and/or disseminated low grade deposits in Ordovician shales and greywackes in the Daylesford and Blackwood goldfields. New Holland Mining NL EL 1955 1988 - 1990 Reef gold deposits near Tooborac. New Resources Pty Ltd EL 1547 1985 - 1989 Alluvial gold at the Guildford Flats and Butchers Gully/Ballarat Hill prospects near Guildford and reef gold deposits around the Wattle Gully Mine area. Newmont Australia Ltd EL 1547 1985 - 1989 Alluvial gold at the Guildford Flats and Butchers Gully/Ballarat Hill prospects near Guildford and reef gold deposits around the Wattle Gully Mine area. Noble Resources NL EL 2455 1990 - 1991 Near surface bulk low grade gold deposits at Mount Doran. Norgold Ltd EL 1623 1986 - 1989 Reef and alluvial gold deposits within the Yandoit goldfield. Pacific Coal Pty Ltd (formerly Investigator Coal EL 1214 1979 - 1982 Brown coal in shallow Tertiary palaeo shoreline environments on the eastern margin of the Exploration Pty Ltd) (Ex EL 688) Otway Basin in the Lal Lal area. Perseverance Mining Pty Ltd EL 3113 1992 Reef gold mineralisation similar to the Nagambie Hill 158 deposit around Mount Piper. (Ex EL 2649) EL 3133 1992 - 1994 Gold deposits similar to the Nagambie style of mineralisation around Seymour. (Ex EL 2690) EL 3504 1991 - 1994 Reef gold deposits around Yea. (Ex EL 2662) Pioneer Mines Ltd EL 1253 1977 - 1988 Gold and associated mineral deposits around Maldon. (Ex EL 618) Planet Mining Company Pty Ltd ELs 17 & 22 1965 - 1970 Reef gold deposits at Drummond North and Blackwood. Planet Resources Group NL EL 557 1975 - 1976 Large open cut gold deposits at Newstead and Guildford. EL 577 1976 Large open cut gold deposits within the Kilmore goldfield. Poolette Holdings (Vic) Pty Ltd EL 1593 1986 - 1987 Gold deposits within the extensions of the alluvial deep lead systems at Morrisons. Proctor, J.G. EL 2147 1988 - 1989 Gold deposits within the alluvial deep lead gravels around Redesdale. Putuso Pty Ltd EL 3379 1993 - 1994 Alluvial gold within the Tertiary sands, gravels and clays around Ballan. Holder Title Period Exploration target

Pyrenees Mining NL EL 3390 1992 - 1995 Alluvial gold deposits within deep leads beneath basalt cover around Guildford. Red Rock Mining Ltd EL 1346 1984 - 1988 Gold deposits within the Belltopper-Welcome Leads and quartz reefs around Malmsbury and Lauriston. Rosscraft Minerals Pty Ltd EL 1316 1983 - 1987 Volcanogenic Cu-Zn-Ni deposits possibly containing by-product Au and platinum group metals (PGMs) within Cambrian greenstones in the Lancefield area. Sinclair Exploration Pty Ltd EL 3936 1996 - 1997 Unknown. Sons Of Gwalia NL EL 1955 1988 - 1990 Reef gold deposits near Tooborac. Southern Continental Mining Ltd EL 1346 1984 - 1988 Gold deposits within the Belltopper-Welcome Leads and quartz reefs around Malmsbury and Lauriston. Southern Ventures NL EL 2237 1988 - 1989 Gold deposit of similar style to Nagambie Hill 158. Takoradi Gold (Australia) Pty Ltd EL 1480 1985 - 1989 Open cut reef gold mine and/or an alluvial gold mine around Yea and Homewood. EL 1498 1985 - 1990 Multiple line quartz gold mineralisation in the Abundance Prospect near Marianne. Tallangalook Pty Ltd EL 1480 1985 - 1989 Open cut reef gold mine and/or an alluvial gold mine around Yea and Homewood. EL 2296 1989 - 1991 Gold deposits within reef systems and buried deep leads around Taradale. Tarmeta Pty Ltd EL 1950 1988 - 1990 Unknown. Trevaskis-Rudov Syndicate EL 204 1970 - 1972 Not given in report. Triad Minerals NL EL 1253 1977 - 1988 Gold and associated mineral deposits around Maldon. (Ex EL 618) EL 1513 1985 - 1989 Reef quartz open cut gold mine in the Muckleford goldfield. EL 1523 1985 - 1989 Hard rock gold mineralisation either of open cut low grade style or high grade underground style around Daylesford and Blackwood. EL 1623 1986 - 1989 Reef and alluvial gold deposits within the Yandoit goldfield. Uplands Finance Pty Ltd EL 411 1972 - 1976 Reef gold deposits and Quaternary alluvial deposits around Maldon. EL 1253 1977 - 1988 Gold and associated mineral deposits around Maldon. (Ex EL 618) Victorian Gold Resources Pty Ltd EL 3756 1995 - 1996 Not stated in report. EL 3757 1995 - 1997 Not stated in report. Holder Title Period Exploration target

Wattle Gully Gold Mines NL EL 888 1981 - 1985 Reef gold deposits 4 km east of the Chewton line of workings. EL 1307 1983 - 1984 Moderately sized ore bodies as quartz reefs in hinge zones of anticlines, repetitions or extensions of auriferous reef systems and/or disseminated low grade deposits in Ordovician shales and greywackes in the Daylesford and Blackwood goldfields. Western Mining Corporation Ltd ELs 4 & 5 1965 - 1969 Reef gold deposits around Daylesford and Maldon. EL 130 1969 - 1971 Not given in report. EL 528 1974 - 1978 Sulphide mineralisation associated with quartz reefs around Elaine. EL 1513 1985 - 1989 Reef quartz open cut gold mine in the Muckleford goldfield. ELs 1530 & 1531 1985 - 1988 Major tailings dumps, extensions of known gold mineralisation and new ore shoots within the Mount Egerton area. 118 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Appendix 3

Location of expired exploration licences in MELBOURNE

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EL 4 1 EL 1547 9 EL 5 1 EL 1593 9 EL 17 2 EL 1594 8 EL 22 2 EL 1603 8 EL 54 3 EL 1623 9 EL 130 2 EL 1806 9 EL 195 3 EL 1814 8 EL 204 3 EL 1920 12 EL 411 5 EL 1948 12 EL 425 3 EL 1950 10 EL 491 5 EL 1955 12 EL 519 4 EL 2020 10 EL 528 5 EL 2067 11 EL 539 5 EL 2147 9 EL 540 5 EL 2237 8 EL 557 5 EL 2296 13 EL 577 4 EL 2419 (Renewed EL 3020) see EL 3020 EL 618 (Renewed EL 1253) 6 EL 2420 13 EL 622 4 EL 2442 13 EL 625 (Renewed EL 1205) 6 EL 2455 11 EL 655 6 EL 2511 10 EL 719 6 EL 2622 (Renewed EL 3430) see EL 3430 EL 723 6 EL 2649 (Renewed EL 3113) see EL 3113 EL 815 7 EL 2662 (Renewed EL 3504) see EL 3504 EL 816 6 EL 2690 (Renewed EL 3133) see EL 3133 EL 827 9 EL 3020 (Ex EL 2419) 11 EL 872 6 EL 3090 10 EL 874 7 EL 3113 (Ex EL 2649) 11 EL 888 9 EL 3133 (Ex EL 2690) 10 EL 933 7 EL 3266 14 EL 934 6 EL 3379 12 EL 954 9 EL 3390 15 EL 955 7 EL 3401 15 EL 975 7 EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) 15 EL 977 7 EL 3492 15 EL 979 7 EL 3504 (Ex EL 2662) 15 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 119

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EL 1150 8 EL 3514 14 EL 1205 (Ex EL 625) 7 EL 3568 14 EL 1214 (Ex EL 688) not given EL 3571 14 EL 1253 (Ex EL 618) 7 EL 3573 14 EL 1292 7 EL 3590 15 EL 1307 7 EL 3593 15 EL 1316 8 EL 3594 14 EL 1325 9 EL 3635 15 EL 1346 9 EL 3636 14 EL 1480 9 EL 3637 14 EL 1481 8 EL 3673 15 EL 1498 11 EL 3709 15 EL 1513 9 EL 3756 14 EL 1520 9 EL 3757 15 EL 1521 9 EL 3837 14 EL 1523 8 EL 3889 15 EL 1530 8 EL 3901 15 EL 1531 8 EL 3936 14

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Appendix 4

Summary of geochemical surveys in MELBOURNE

AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Aqua Regia AAS Aqua Regia digestion then Atomic Absorption Spectrometry BCL Bulk Cyanide Leaching COLOR Colorimetry FA Fire Assay ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry MISC Amalgamation, retort and smelt UNK method 6 and method 10 respectively (FOX Lab) XRF X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 4 & 5 Wattle Gully Mine 1967 rock chip n/a 40 Au, Ag, Sb, Bi, Fe, Zn, Cu and Pb ICP Daylesford ? rock chip n/a ? ? ?

EL 17 & 22 Western Area 1967 soil -80# 15 As (8) and Sb (5) COLOR Levan Star reef 1968 soil -80# 58 Cu, Pb, Zn As and Sb (8) COLOR soil -80# 75 As (8) and Sb (5) COLOR rock chip n/a 7 ? ? hammer rock chip n/a 61 Au (0.03) FA Sb (5) COLOR As (8) COLOR channel n/a 30 Au FA grab n/a 3 Au FA North Drummond area 1969 channel n/a 30 Au and Ag FA rock chip n/a 3 Au (0.03) FA Sb (5) and As (8) COLOR Northeast of Levan Star prospect 1969 soil ? 236 As ? Belltoper Hill 1970 soil ? 120 ? ? costean ? ? ? ?

EL 54 Old prospects in tenement 1966 rock chip ? 13 Au, Ag, Sb, Cu, Pb and As ? Christina Mine shaft 1968 rock chip n/a 15 Au and Sb AAS Margaret/Tait Mine shafts 1969 deep soil/bedrock ? 400 ? ? infill Margaret/Tait Mine shafts 1969 deep soil/bedrock ? 350 ? ? survey

EL 130 Across entire tenement 1970 stream sediment -80# 737 Ni (1), Cu (1), Pb (1), Zn (1), Sn (1), Ag AAS (0.1), Co (1), Cr (1), V (10), Mo (1) and Mn (10) Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

? 1970 soil ? 225 ? ? Across entire tenement 1970 rock chip n/a 27 Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn, Co and Ag ? 1971 soil ? 2833 Ni, Cu, CxCu, CxZn, Pb, Zn, Co and Ag ? ? 1971 stream sediment -80# 82 Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn, Mn and Sn ? ? 1971 stream bed ? 4 Cu, Ag, Pb, Zn, Mn and Te ?

EL 195 Old Mans Hope Mine 1970 soil ? 233 Sb ? South of Old Mans Hope Mine 1970 soil ? 90 Sb ? Old Mans Hope Mine 1971 grab n/a ? Au and Sb ? Old Mans Hope Mine and 1971 grab n/a 10 Sb, As and Au ? Welcome Gold Mine

EL 411 Dunns reef, Englishmans Mine 1973 grab n/a 74 Au ? and Union Hill prospect Union Hill prospect 1973 costean ? ? ? ? South part of Union Hill prospect 1973 grab ? 22 Au ? bulk ? 2 Au ? Union Hill prospect 1973 bulk ? 46 Au ? bench ? ? ? ? costean ? 46 Au ? grab ? 2 Au ? grab ? ? ? ? Union Hill North prospect 1973 bulk ? 41 Au ? Hard Hills 1973 auger n/a 48 Au (0.05) AAS Gower Hill prospect 1974 rock chip n/a 26 Au (0.05) AAS channel n/a 5 Au (0.05) AAS Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 411 Chapmans Gully, Hargreaves 1974 rock chip n/a 6 Au (0.05) AAS (Cont’d) reef, Growlers Gully, Chapmans Gully West - west reef and east reef Welshmans and Brasseys line of 1974 auger n/a 98 Au ? reef Maldon State Battery and 1975 auger n/a 93 Au ? Pollards Tailings Stockpile sites

EL 425 Eastern bank of the Werribee 1973 grab ? ? Au panning River

EL 491 Wattle Gully line of reef 1974 soil ? ? Au and As ?

EL 528 Egerton 1976 soil ? 173 Cu (5), Fe (0.1 %), Mn (5), Pb (5) and ? Zn (5) Mt Egerton 1977 soil ? 68 Cu (5), Fe (0.1 %), Mn (5), Pb (5) and ? Zn (5)

EL 557 Newstead Gold prospect 1975 trench n/a 211 Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Au AAS rock chip n/a 25 Cu, Pb and Zn AAS Guildford Gold prospect 1975 costean n/a 57 Cu, Pb and Zn

EL 577 Kilmore Gold prospect 1976 costean n/a 77 Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag (2) and Au (0.02) AAS rock chip ? 24 Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag (2) and Au (0.02) AAS

EL 622 Seymour Road 18 km from Yea 1978 rock chip n/a 8 Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Ag (1) and Au ? Seymour Road 18 km from Yea 1978 rock chip n/a 12 Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Ag and Au ? and 1 km north (0.04) Seymour Road 18 km from Yea 1978 rock chip n/a 3 Au ? 2 km south of road cutting 1978 rock chip n/a 11 Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co (5), Cr (10), Mn, Ag, ? As and Au (0.05) Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 622 Ghin Ghin area 1978 rock chip n/a 1 Au ? (Cont’d) auger soil ? 61 Au (0.05) and As ? Providence Mine 1978 rock chip n/a 12 Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Ag (1) and ? Au (0.04) Homewood Mine and Rices Hill - 1978 rock chip n/a 18 Pb, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ag and Au ? Homewood Rivernook 1979 rock chip n/a 10 Pb, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ag and Au ?

EL 655 Belltopper Hill 1978 rock chip n/a ? Au and As ?

EL 719 Tram Creek and Green Gully 1980 stream sediment -80# 28 Cu (2), Pb (2), Zn (2), Ag (1) and Au ? (0.01) Dykes east and north of Blakeville 1980 auger soil ? 74 Cu (2), Pb (2), Zn (2), Ag (1) and Au ? (0.01) Daylesford, Mt Egerton, 1980 rock chip n/a 59 Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Sb, Pb and Au ? Blackwood and northeast of Ballark Gossanous outcrop at Mt Egerton 1981 rock chip n/a 56 Au (0.1) FA Cu (2), Zn (2), As (2), Ag (1), Sb (2) and AAS Pb (5) rock chip n/a 11 Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Au AAS As and Sb XRF Daylesford and Blakeville 1981 rock chip n/a 2 Au ? Daylesford Goldfield 1981 rock chip n/a 54 Au (0.1) FA Cu (2), Zn (2), As (2), Ag (1), Sb (2) and AAS Pb (5) Commissioners reef, Daylesford 1981 rock chip n/a 28 Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Au AAS and Crowley Creek and a dyke near As and Sb XRF Blakeville Commissioners reef, Daylesford 1981 rock chip n/a 11 Au and As ? Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 719 Parkins line, Gordon 1981 rock chip n/a 6 Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Bi, Pb and Au ? (Cont’d)

EL 723 Mines within tenement. 1980 rock chip & grab n/a 40 Au and As AAS

EL 827 Mt Piper 1981 soil -60# 274 Cu (1), Zn (1), Ag (0.1), Au (0.008) and AAS Pb (1) As (0.005) and Sb (1) XRF rock chip -60# 108 ? ? 1984 soil ? 434 Au (0.005) FA

As (2) AAS stream gravel -4mm 35 (5 kg) Au (0.01 ppb) BCL pan concentrate -4mm 35 Au (0.005) FA As (2) and Sb (2) AAS stream sediment -80# 35 Au (0.005) FA As (2) and Sb (2) AAS

EL 874 Belltopper Hill 1982 rock chip n/a 24 Au FA Sb AAS

EL 888 Chewton-Fryerstown auriferous 1981 stream sediment -80# ? Cu, Pb, Zn (1), As (1), W (5), Mn and AAS belt Au (0.005) Across entire tenement 1981 stream sediment -80# 379 Cu, Pb, Zn (1), As (1), W (5), Mn and AAS Au (0.005) Chewton-Fryerstown auriferous 1981 rock chip n/a 12 Au, Ag, Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, W, Mo, ICP belt K, Na, Mg, Mn, P, Pb, An and Sb Target A and B 1983 soil ? 105 Cu (2), Pb (5), Zn (2), Mg (5) and As AAS (10) Traverse 4 1983 soil and rock chip ? ? ? ? Elphinstone Target 1983 soil ? 231 Cu (2), Pb (5), Zn (2), Mg (5) and As AAS (10) Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 933 Jack and Boundary creeks 1982 stream sediment -80# ? W XRF

EL 934 Areas associated with granitic 1982 stream sediment -180# ? W and Sn XRF intrusions Regional survey 1982 soil -180# ? W and Sn XRF Monkey Gully, Ault Breeac Creek 1982 soil -180# 54 W and Sn XRF and Cameron Road prospects Monkey Gully prospect 1982 soil ? 160 W, Bi and Sn XRF Mo and Cu AAS

EL 954 South of Chewton Goldfield 1985 stream sediment -80# 68 Au (3 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS Humboldt prospect 1985 rock chip n/a 36 Au (0.01) FA soil ? 89 Au (3 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS South of Fryerstown 1986 soil ? 60 Au (3 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS rock n/a 6 Au (3 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS

EL 975 Golden Dyke and Reedy Creek 1982 stream sediment -80# 40 Pb (1), Zn (1), Cu (1), Ni (1), Co (1), Cr AAS prospects (10), Mn (10), Ag (1) and As (1) Sb (4) XRF dump ? 74 Pb (1), Zn, Cu, Ni, Co (1), Mn (10), Ag ? (1), Sb, As, Au (0.04) Golden Dyke prospect 1982 rock chip n/a 32 Au ? channel ? 18 Sb (4), As (2) and Au (0.04) ? soil -80# 145 Sb (4) and As (2) XRF costean ? 113 Au (0.04) ?

EL 1150 North of the Little Hampton 1985 RAB (C-horizon) n/a 175 Au (0.3 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS Goldfield Mudlark Track and Mines Track 1986 costean n/a 137 Au ? workings Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 1205 Eureka Vineyard reef 1979 bulk ? 2 Au MISC (Ex EL 625) Eureka reef prospect 1982 rock chip n/a 5 Au ? South of Castlemaine 1982 stream sediment -80# 123 Cu (1), Pb (1), Zn (1), As (1) and Au AAS (0.005)

EL 1253 Nuggety reef line and several 1979 auger soil -80# 29 Au, As, Pb, Zn and Cu AAS (Ex EL 618) other geophysical anomalies Nuggety reef line 1979 rock chip n/a 1 Au, As, Pb, Zn Cu and Bi AAS Tarrengower Shaft, Nuggety reef 1979 rock chip n/a 33 Au, Hg, As, Bi, W, Sb, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag ? and other lodes Nuggety reef line 1979 auger soil -80# 186 Au (0.04) UNK

Hg (10 ppb) and As (0.5) UNK Nuggety and Cumberland adits 1979 rock chip n/a 3 Au ? Lisles reef 1979 dump n/a 2 Au ? Lisles and Braithwaites reef lines 1979 dump n/a 136 Au (0.04),Cu (5), Pb (10), Zn (5) and Ag ? (0.05) dump n/a 39 Bi (20) ? Nuggety reef area 1979 dump n/a 80 Au (0.04),Cu (5), Pb (10), Zn (5), Ag ? (0.05) and Bi (20) Welcome, Frying Pan, Smiths and 1981 rock chip n/a 16 Au (0.1) FA the Flying Pig reef lines Cu (2), Pb (5), Ag (1), Bi (2), As (2), As AAS (2) and Sb (2) Welcome, Flying Pig and Frying 1981 rock chip n/a 21 Au (0.05) and As ? Pan reef lines Nuggety and Ivy reef lines 1985 rock chip n/a 10 Au (0.1) FA Lisles Gully, North of England 1986 rock chip n/a 43 Au (0.02) AAS Shaft and other areas

EL 1307 Rising Star and Rising Sun reefs ? rock chip ? ? Au ? Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 1316 Northern part of tenement. ? soil -180# 62 Cu (2), Zn (2), Ni (2) and Cr (5) AAS

EL 1325 Mystery reef prospect 1985 rock chip n/a 47 ? ?

EL 1346 May Queen prospect 1986 rock chip ? 30 Au ? Kangaroo and Sunday reefs 1986 HMC bulk ? 24 Au FA

EL 1480 Ghin Ghin reef 1986 rock chip n/a ? Au ? Crystals Bluff 1986 rock chip n/a 3 Au ? 1987 channel n/a 61 Au ? Crystals Bluff, Homewood West 1987 rock chip n/a 17 Au ? extension and Marianne Ring structure Providence Mine workings 1987 channel n/a 8 Au ? 1988 channel n/a 140 Au FA Crystals Bluff 1988 channel n/a 61 Au FA rock chip n/a 11 Au FA Homewood workings 1988 rock chip n/a 135 Au FA rock chip n/a 20 As AAS Sb XRF Ghin Ghin workings 1988 rock chip n/a 37 Au FA rock chip n/a 27 As AAS Sb XRF Quarry Hill and Mt Charlotte 1988 rock chip n/a 40 Au FA workings and road cutting between Box Hill and Rice Hill

EL 1481 Over entire EL 1987 rock chip n/a 23 (12 sampled) Au panned sand and dump ? 36 Au ? ? 1987 auger soil ? 22 (11 sampled) Au panned Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 1481 NW corner of EL 1987 rock chip n/a 7 Au (0.02) AAS (Cont’d) ? 1987 auger soil ? 30 ? ? Over entire EL 1988 rock chip n/a 16 Au (0.01) FA

EL 1498 Triangle group of workings 1985 rock chip n/a 10 Au ? Triangle Road area, the Braes 1987 rock chip n/a 229 Au. As and Sb ? area and the Mt Marianne area. Triangle reef system 1987 soil ? 107 As and Sb AAS South of Triangle reef system 1988 soil (auger) ? 460 As (2) and Sb (4) XRF South of Triangle reef system 1988 soil (auger) ? 50 Au (0.02), Cu (2), Pb (2), Zn (2), Bi (10) AAS (resubmitted) and Ni (2) Abundance prospect 1989 rock chip and n/a 38 Au ? channel

EL 1513 Fentemans reef, Smiths reef and 1986 rock chip n/a 6 Au FA an unnamed reef 50 m west of Smiths reef 1987 soil -10# 399 Au (0.001) and As (5) FA Entire tenement 1987 soil -10# 1171 Au (0.001) and As (5) AAS Muckleford Fault 1987 soil -80# 225 Au (0.001) and As (5) AAS

EL 1520 Anomalies E, F, G, H, I and K 1986 stream sediment -80# 9 Au (0.005) FA As (2) and Sb (2) AAS soil n/a 70 Au (0.005) FA As (2) and Sb (2) AAS rock chip n/a 16 Au (0.005) FA As (2) and Sb (2) AAS Big Ben Mine 1986 channel ? 45 Au (0.005) FA As (2) AAS Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 1520 soil ? 27 Au (0.005) FA (Cont’d) As (2) AAS dump ? 4 As, Sn, Sb, Ba, W, Au, Cu, Zn, Ag, Pb ? and Hg Harrys Dyke 1986 grab ? 8 Au (0.005) FA As (2) AAS soil ? 7 As, Sn, Sb, Ba, W, Au, Cu, Zn, Ag, Pb ? and Hg stream sediment ? 3 As, Sn, Sb, Ba, W, Au, Cu, Zn, Ag, Pb ? and Hg rock chip ? 1 As, Sn, Sb, Ba, W, Au, Cu, Zn, Ag, Pb ? and Hg

EL 1521 Across entire tenement 1985 stream sediment -80# 24 Au (0.005) FA Cu (2), Pb (5), Zn (2), As (2) and Sb (2) AAS soil n/a 12 Au (0.005) FA Cu (2), Pb (5), Zn (2), As (2) and Sb (2) AAS rock chip n/a 5 Au (0.005) FA Cu (2), Pb (5), Zn (2), As (2) and Sb (2) AAS

EL 1523 Wheal Dory reef 1985 dump n/a 2 Au FA channel n/a 2 Au FA 140 m north of Dwyers Track 1985 channel n/a 1 Au FA Sportsmans, Commissioners and 1986 grab n/a 18 Au ? Eureka reefs and the Barkstead - Wombat rock chip n/a 22 Au ? area Sportsmans and Beehive reefs 1988 rock chip n/a ? Au ? Sailors Creek and 1.5 km west of 1989 soil -80# 171 Cu, Pb, Zn (10), As (5) and Au (0.02) ? Barkstead Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 1523 Grey Mare reef 1989 float n/a 6 Cu, Pb, Zn, As and Au (0.01) ? (Cont’d) rock chip n/a 9 Au (0.01) ?

EL 1530 & Mt Egerton 1985 soil -80# 140 Cu (10), Pb (10), Zn (10), Fe, As (5) and AAS 1531 Au (0.02) Mt Egerton tip 1987 channel n/a 30 Au and As (50) ? Northern end of the Mt Egerton 1988 soil -80# 653 Au (1 ppb) and As (5) AAS Goldfield

EL 1547 Butchers Gully prospect 1987 bulk sample ? 18 Au ? Frenchmans reef 1988 rock chip n/a 72 Au ?

EL 1593 Morrisons Deep Lead 1986 bulk ? 3 Au MISC

EL 1594 Back Creek Lead 1987 pan ? ? Au panned & FA

EL 1603 Golden Dyke prospect 1987 costean ? 75 Au FA Sb, As, Fe, Mn and Ag ICP costean ? 18 Au, As and Sb ? soil ? 10 Au (0.01) FA Sb, As (1), Fe, Mn and Ag ICP bulk ? 4 Au ? Golden Dyke Line 1988 grab and channel ? 224 Au FA As and Sb XRF Leviathan Dyke and Tonstall 1988 soil -80# 347 Au (0.01) FA Dyke As (1) AAS rock chip n/a 60 Au FA As AAS Millers Creek Gully 1988 alluvial ? 9 Au ? Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 1603 eluvial ? 82 Au BCL (Cont’d) Blackman Track Traverse, Golden 1989 rock chip n/a 34 Au FA Dyke Consols and Western Consols No. As AAS 1

EL 1623 Belgian, Hamburg, Glamorgan, 1987 rock chip n/a 22 Au and As ? Frenchmans, Golconda and Goldsmiths reefs Criterion Mine, German Gully, 1988 rock chip n/a 16 Au ? Golconda Shaft and Goldsmiths reef various sites across tenement 1989 rock chip and grab n/a 83 Au (0.01) AAS Golconda/Goldsmiths reefs 1990 rock chip n/a 17 Au ?

EL 1806 Liverpool reef 1989 rock chip n/a ? Au ?

EL 1948 unknown 1988 rock chip and n/a 26 (only 7 assayed) Au (20 ppb) AAS channel As (2) and Sb (4) XRF Kurcuruc Creek workings 1989 rock chip and n/a 9 Au AAS channel 800 m east of Kurcuruc Creek 1989 rock chip n/a 10 Au AAS workings east of Glenaroua Road 1989 rock chip n/a 17 Au AAS Kilmore East, and along Sunday 1989 rock chip n/a 8 Au AAS Creek, Kilmore - Broadford and Dry Creek roads

EL 1955 Outcrops across entire tenement 1989 rock chip and n/a 83 (5 kg) Au (0.01) FA mullock As AAS Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 2020 Try Again prospect 1990 soil ? 17 Au (1 ppb) AAS 5 As (20), Cu (2), Pb (5) and Zn (2) AAS Fighting Mac and William Tell 1990 soil ? 14 Au (0.01) AAS prospects various prospects 1990- rock chip n/a 25 Au AAS 1991 dump ? 22 Au AAS Back South and Fighting Mac 1991 soil ? 25 Au (0.01) AAS prospects

EL 2067 unknown 1990 rock chip n/a 22 Au panned

EL 2237 Across entire tenement 1989 stream sediment -4 mm 131 Au (0.05) BCL Re-assay of 131 BCL samples 1989 stream sediment -80# 131 Au (0.001), As (0.001), Sb (0.005), Cu ICP (0.005), Pb (0.005) and Zn (0.005) Metana defined anomalies 1989 rock chip n/a 12 Au, As, Sb, Cu, Pb and Zn ?

EL 2296 Keaths Reward prospect 1992 rock chip n/a 1 Au ?

EL 2511 Mt Doran Mine prospect 1988 grab ? 85 Au FA grab ? 9 Au AAS

EL 3113 Across entire tenement 1992 stream sediment -80# 92 Au (1 ppb) AAS (Ex EL 2649) unknown 1992 rock chip n/a 1 Au ?

EL 3133 Drainage over entire tenement 1992 stream sediment -80# 140 Au (1 ppb) ? (Ex EL 2690) Central south area of tenement 1992 rock chip n/a 10 Au (0.02) ?

EL 3379 unknown 1993 auger ? ? Au panned

EL 3401 Kangaroo, Sandy Creek, 1995 soil ? 88 (0.5 kg) Au (1 ppb) ? Welshmans, Blow and Frenchmans line of reef Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 3430 Yankee Mine tailings dump 1993 bulk ? 10 Au ? (Ex EL 2622) Comet reef 1994 channel ? 58 Au ? bulk ? 3 Au ?

EL 3492 Across entire tenement 1995 stream sediment -2mm 32 Au (0.1) BCL -4mm 32 As Aqua Regia AAS Across entire tenement & 1996 stream sediment -2mm 16 Au (0.1) BCL anomalous sites -4mm 16 As Aqua Regia AAS

EL 3504 Roadside cuttings 1991 rock chip n/a ? ? ? (Ex EL 2662) Across entire tenement 1992 stream sediment -80# 217 Au (1 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS Triangle reefs 1992 soil -80# 370 Au (1 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS

EL 3514 Across entire tenement 1995 stream sediment -2 mm 42 (3 kg) Au (0.1) BCL -80# 42 Au (1 ppb) & As (2 ) AAS Minor gold workings 1995 rock chip n/a 8 (3-4 kg) Au (0.01) AAS As (2) XRF

EL 3571 Across entire tenement 1995 stream sediment -2 mm 55 (3 kg) Au (0.1) BCL -80# 55 Au (1 ppb) & As (2) AAS Minor gold working (AMG 317700 1995 rock chip n/a 7 (3-4 kg) Au (0.01) AAS mE, 5885080 mN) As (2) XRF Across entire tenement 1995 stream sediment -2 mm 19 (3 kg) Au (0.1) BCL -80# 19 Au (1 ppb) & As (2) AAS Minor gold workings 1995 rock chip n/a 3 (3-4 kg) Au (0.01) AAS As (2) XRF Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 3573 Across entire tenement 1995 stream sediment -2 mm 42 (3 kg) Au (0.1) BCL -80# 42 Au (1 ppb) & As (2) AAS SW of tenement 1996 stream sediment -2 mm 20 (3 kg) Au (0.1) BCL -80# 20 Au (1 ppb) & As (2) AAS -4 mm 5 Cu, Pb and Zn AAS Mt William Fault (Anomaly 1) 1996 rock chip n/a 13 (3-4 kg) Au (0.01) & As (2) AAS 9 (3-4 kg) Cu and Sb AAS

EL 3635 Across entire tenement 1996 soil ? 44 Au (0.001) AAS Ag (0.2 ppb), Ni (0.1), Co (0.1), Pb (0.1), XRF Mo (0.1), Sn (0.1), Bi (0.01), Mn (0.1), Zn (0.01), Ga (0.01) and Cu (0.1) rock chip n/a 46 Au AAS As, Ag, Ni, Co, Ba, Sr, Ti, Mn, V, Cr, XRF Zr, Nb, Sc, La, Y, Yb, Be, Li, Mo, Sn, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ga Across western portion of the 1996 stream sediment ? 8 Au (0.1 ppb) BCL tenement ? 26 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS Cemetary Track reef 1996 soil ? 15 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS rock chip n/a 6 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS As AAS Across western portion of the 1996 rock chip n/a 1 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS tenement As AAS n/a 3 Pb & As ICP Fogarty Gap and Elphinstone 1997 soil ? 56 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS areas Cu (5), Pb (5), Zn (5) and As (20) AAS Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 3636 Across entire tenement 1996 soil ? 26 Au (0.1) AAS Ag (0.2 ppb), Ni (0.1), Co (0.1), Pb (0.1), XRF Mo (0.1), Sn (0.1), Bi (0.01), Mn (0.1) and Zn (0.01) rock chip n/a 25 Au AAS As, Ag, Ni, Co, Ba, Sr, Ti, Mn, V, Cr, XRF Zr, Nb, Sc, La, Y, Yb, Be, Li, Mo, Sn, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ga

Southern area of tenement 1996 stream sediment ? 1 Au (0.1 ppb) Aqua Regia AAS ? 4 Au BCL soil ? 10 Au FA & Aqua Regia AAS Premier Mine area 1996 rock chip n/a 6 Au Aqua Regia AAS

EL 3637 Across entire tenement 1996 rock chip ? 13 Au (0.001) AAS As (5) XRF Ag (0.06), Ni (1), Co (1), Ba (10), Sr ICP (50), Ti (3), Mn (3), V (1), Cr (3), Zr (3), Nb (5), Sc (2), Ce (100), La (20), Y (3), Yb (1), Be (1), Li (30), W (20), Mo (0.5), Sn (1), Cu (0.3), Pb (2), Zn (10), Cd (10), Bi (1), Ge (1), Ga (1) and Sb (30) soil ? 19 Au (0.001) AAS Ag (0.06), Ni (1), Pb (2), Mo (0.5), Sn ICP (1), Bi (1), Mn (0.5), Zn (10), Ga (1) and Cu (0.3) stream sediment ? 7 Au BCL stream sediment ? 33 Au (silt-clay fraction) Aqua Regia AAS AMG 236370 mE, 5886900 mN 1996 rock chip n/a 1 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS Lord Byron Mine 1996 soil ? 75 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS soil ? 11 Pb and As ICP Title Area Date Sample Type Mesh size No. Samples Elements Analysed (Detection Assay Method Crush size (sample weight) Limit in ppm unless stated otherwise)

EL 3637 rock chip & dump n/a 22 Au ? (Cont’d) Unknown 1996 rock chip & dump n/a 29 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS Cu (5), Pb (5), Zn (5) and As (20) AAS Northern, Southern and Strathlea 1996 soil ? 606 Au (0.001) Aqua Regia AAS grids soil ? 324 Cu (5), Pb (5), Zn (5) and As (20) AAS MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 153

Appendix 5

Summary of work conducted at each prospect (mines, reefs, leads etc) in MELBOURNE

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Abundance prospect EL 1498 ü ü Admiral Sperry prospect EL 2020 ü Ajax line EL 1307 ü Albion reef EL 1523 ü ü All Nations workings EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Annands Brassey line of workings EL 3401 ü Apollo mine EL 975 ü ü EL 1603 ü Apollo sub-area (Central Zone) EL 1603 ü ü Apollo sub-area (Eastern Zone) EL 1603 ü ü Apollo sub-area (Gladys Zone) EL 1603 ü ü Ault Breeac Creek prospect EL 934 ü Back Creek shallow lead EL 1594 ü ü ü Back South prospect EL 2020 ü Bald Hill EL 3390 ü Ballarat Hill EL 1547 ü Barkstead area EL 1523 ü Beehive reef EL 1523 ü ü ü Belgian reef EL 1623 ü Bells reef EL 1523 ü ü Belltoper Gully EL 1346 ü ü Belltoper Hill mine ELs 17 & 22 ü Big Ben mine EL 1520 ü ü ü Bills Birthday workings EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Black Horse United mine ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Blackman Track traverse EL 1603 ü Blanket Flats EL 3709 ü Blow mine reef EL 3401 ü ü ü Blow reef EL 1513 ü ü ü Blue Creek alluvial goldfield EL 3837 ü ü Blue Gully EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Blue mine EL 3637 ü ü ü Bowyang mine EL 1498 ü Box Hill EL 1480 ü 154 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Braes group of mines EL 1498 ü ü ü Braithwaites reef EL 1253 ü Brasseys reef EL 1253 ü British Extended (North) reef EL 1253 ü ü Broadshaw mine EL 3020 ü Brunswick reef EL 54 ü Butchers Gully EL 1346 ü EL 1547 ü Butchers Hill EL 3390 ü Butchers reef EL 1523 ü ü Byron line EL 3637 ü Cambrian Greenstones at Lancefield EL 1316 ü ü Cameron Rd prospect EL 934 ü Campaspe deep lead EL 954 ü EL 955 ü EL 1150 ü Campbelltown Fault EL 3637 ü ü Cemetary Track reef EL 3635 ü ü Chapman Hill EL 3571 ü Chewton goldfield EL 954 ü Chewton mine EL 888 ü Christina mine EL 54 ü Clonbinane Dyke EL 1603 ü Clunie Syncline EL 3573 ü Codys shaft EL 1481 ü Cogills Hill EL 3709 ü Comet reef EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü ü Commissioners reef EL 719 ü ü EL 1523 ü ü ü Copper mine EL 1481 ü Corbetts shaft EL 1481 ü Corkmans (South) reef EL 1253 ü Countess workings EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Countess-Yankee line EL 719 ü ü Criterion mine EL 1623 ü Crowleys Creek EL 719 ü Cruickshank mine EL 1498 ü Crystals Bluff EL 1480 ü ü Cumberland reef EL 1253 ü ü ü MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 155

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Deer Farm prospect EL 1325 ü Denver goldfield EL 1150 ü Dry Creek Rd EL 1948 ü Dry diggings EL 1523 ü Dunns reef EL 411 ü ü EL 1513 ü ü ü ü EL 2020 ü EL 3401 ü Eaglehawk reef EL 411 ü EL 1253 ü Eganstown mines EL 1307 ü Egerton Consols ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Elphinstone EL 888 ü ü EL 3635 ü Elvan Dyke EL 1253 ü Englishmans mine (The) EL 411 ü Eureka reef EL 1205 ü ü EL 1523 ü ü ü Fentemans reef EL 1513 ü ü ü ü Fighting Mac prospect EL 2020 ü ü ü Flying Pig reef EL 1253 ü ü ü Fogarty Gap EL 3635 ü Forty Foot diggings EL 1623 ü Frenchmans reef EL 1513 ü ü EL 1547 ü ü ü EL 1623 ü EL 3401 ü ü Fryers Creek EL 3514 ü Frying Pan reef EL 1253 ü ü ü Garfield mine EL 888 ü German (South) area EL 1253 ü German Gully EL 1623 ü German reef EL 1253 ü Ghin Ghin alluvial workings EL 1480 ü ü Ghin Ghin goldfield EL 1480 ü Ghin Ghin prospect EL 622 ü Gladys adit EL 1603 ü Glamorgan reef EL 1623 ü Golconda reef EL 1623 ü 156 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Golden Age mine EL 1513 ü Golden Dyke mine EL 975 ü ü ü Golden Dyke prospect EL 1603 ü Goldsmiths reef EL 1623 ü Gordon Gold mine EL 1481 ü ü Goughs reef EL 1253 ü ü Goulburn River Flats EL 1480 ü Gower Hill prospect EL 411 ü ü Grand Junction EL 1253 ü Green Gully EL 719 ü Grey Mare reef EL 1523 ü Guildford Flats prospect EL 1547 ü ü Guildford Gold prospect EL 557 ü Guildford Hill EL 1205 ü Guildford Plateau EL 3390 ü Guildford Plateau deep lead EL 1205 ü Hamburg reef EL 1623 ü Haphazard mine EL 1523 ü Hard Hill prospect EL 411 ü Harrys Dyke EL 1520 ü Hickey shaft ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Homeward Bound shaft EL 1481 ü Homewood EL 1480 ü Homewood Central EL 1480 ü Homewood mine EL 622 ü Homewood reef workings EL 1480 ü ü Humboldt mine EL 954 ü ü Ivy reef EL 1253 ü Junction Hill mines EL 1814 ü Kampfs reef EL 1205 ü Kampfs-Steeles Syncline EL 1205 ü Kangaroo reef EL 1346 ü ü EL 1513 ü ü ü EL 3401 ü ü Keaths Reward prospect EL 2296 ü Kilmore East EL 1948 ü Kilmore Gold prospect EL 577 ü Kilmore Siltstone EL 3573 ü Kilmore-Broadford Rd EL 1948 ü MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 157

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Korweinguboora deep lead EL 425 ü ü Kurcuruc Creek EL 1948 ü EL 3571 ü Kurcuruc workings EL 1948 ü Ladies reef EL 1253 ü ü Lady Blanche line EL 3637 ü ü ü Lal Lal (coal) EL 1214 (Ex EL 688) ü ü ü Lal Lal Kaolin prospect EL 1325 ü ü Levan Star mine ELs 17 & 22 ü Leviathan Dyke EL 1603 ü Lisles Gully EL 1253 ü ü Lisles reef EL 1253 ü ü ü Little Hampton goldfield EL 1150 ü ü Liverpool reef EL 1806 ü Loddon deep lead EL 1205 ü Loddon River EL 1547 ü Lord Byron mine EL 3637 ü ü ü Lord Roberts reef EL 1523 ü ü May Queen reef EL 1346 ü ü Millers Creek Gully EL 1603 ü Mines Track workings EL 1150 ü ü Missing Link Lode EL 874 ü ü Monkey Gully prospect EL 934 ü ü Morrisons deep lead EL 1292 ü EL 1593 ü ü Mt Charlotte EL 1480 ü Mt Doran mine prospect EL 1325 ü EL 2511 ü ü ü Mt Egerton EL 719 ü ü ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Mt Egerton Extension ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Mt Egerton goldfield north ELs 1530 & 1531 ü ü Mt Egerton mine ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Mt Marianne curvilinear EL 1498 ü Mt Piper EL 827 ü ü ü ü EL 1948 ü EL 3113 ü EL 3636 ü Mt Robertson EL 1520 ü ü 158 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Mt William Fault EL 3573 ü Muckleford deep lead EL 1205 ü EL 1594 ü ü Muckleford Fault EL 1513 ü ü Mudlark Track workings EL 1150 ü ü Mullens reef EL 1523 ü Mystery reef EL 1325 ü ü ü Nanny Creek EL 3113 ü New Discovery line of reef ELs 1530 & 1531 ü New Era mine EL 888 ü ü Newstead Gold prospect EL 557 ü North of England reef EL 1253 ü ü North of England shaft EL 1253 ü Nuggety reef EL 1253 ü ü ü ü EL 1594 ü ü Old Mans Hope mine EL 195 ü Old Mine Hill EL 1814 ü EL 3514 ü Panama Lode EL 874 ü ü Parkins reef EL 719 ü EL 1253 ü Pitts shaft EL 1594 ü Premier mine EL 3636 ü ü Providence mine EL 622 ü EL 1480 ü ü ü Quarry Hill EL 1480 ü ü Quarry shaft (Mt Egerton rubbish tip) ELs 1530 & 1531 ü ü Quartz Hill EL 888 ü Queen of the Forest reef EL 1523 ü Queen of the Forest reef EL 2020 ü Ray of Hope shaft EL 1481 ü Red, White & Blue reef EL 1513 ü EL 1513 ü ü ü EL 3401 ü ü Reedy Creek Dyke EL 975 ü Rices Hill EL 622 ü EL 1480 ü Rising Sun reef EL 1307 ü ü ü Rose mine ELs 1530 & 1531 ü MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 159

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Sailors Creek EL 1523 ü Sandy Creek mine EL 3401 ü ü Scotties prospect EL 2020 ü Scotty reef EL 1523 ü Sister Rose mine ELs 1530 & 1531 ü Smiths reef EL 1253 ü ü EL 1513 ü ü ü ü EL 3401 ü Specimen Hill line EL 1307 ü Sportsmans reef EL 1523 ü ü ü Spring Gully EL 1547 ü ü Spring Gully shaft EL 1547 ü Spring Hill EL 1481 ü Steeles Pioneer mine EL 1623 ü Steeles reef EL 1205 ü Stones Gully EL 1806 ü Stony Creek EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Strangeway Hill EL 1205 ü Strath Creek EL 3514 ü Strathlea EL 3637 ü Straughton Vale (coal) EL 1214 (Ex EL 688) ü ü ü Sugarloaf Creek deep lead EL 872 ü Summer Hill EL 1481 ü ü Sunday Creek Rd EL 1948 ü Sunday reef prospect EL 1346 ü ü Sutcliffs Hill EL 3390 ü Table Hill EL 3390 ü Taits shaft EL 54 ü Tarrengower shaft EL 1253 ü Ti Tree Creek EL 3514 ü Ti Tree mines EL 1814 ü Tommy Dodd reef EL 1346 ü ü ü Tonstall Dyke EL 1603 ü Tram Creek EL 719 ü Triangle group of mines EL 1498 ü ü ü Triangle reefs EL 3504 ü Triangle West prospect EL 1498 ü Try Again prospect EL 2020 ü ü ü Union Hill EL 1253 ü 160 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Name Title Lit. Map Geochem Geophys Drill survey

Union Hill Gold prospect EL 411 ü Vineyard reef EL 1205 ü ü Wallace prospect EL 2020 ü Wattle Gully mine EL 491 ü EL 1253 ü ü Welcome Gold mine EL 195 ü Welcome Gully EL 1346 ü ü Welcome mine EL 3514 ü Welcome reef EL 1253 ü ü ü Welshmans reef EL 3401 ü ü Western Cosols No. 1 shaft EL 1603 ü Wheal Dory reef EL 1523 ü ü ü White Hill EL 3390 ü William Tell prospect EL 2020 ü ü Windsor Castle EL 1603 ü Wombat area EL 1523 ü Yankee (North) workings EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Yankee Creek EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Yankee mine EL 3430 (Ex EL 2622) ü Yankee reef EL 719 ü Yankee-Countess line EL 719 ü ü Yea breccia zone EL 1480 ü ü Yellands Block ELs 1530 & 1531 ü MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 161

Appendix 6

EL 411 - Drill hole summary

Hole Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

BH1 60° 010° ? ? 0 3 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 12.2 Dunns reef 6.0 1.5 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 9.0 1.5 m @ 0.65 g/t Au BH2 60° 020° ? ? 3.0 1.5 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 12.2 Dunns reef 9.0 1.5 m @ 3 g/t Au 10.7 1.5 m @ 2.1 g/t Au BH3 60° 030° ? ? 0 1.5 m @ 0.9 g/t Au 33.5 Dunns reef 7.6 1.5 m @ 2.1 g/t Au 12.2 3 m @ 1.6 g/t Au 22.9 3 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 27.4 6.1 m @ 1.6 g/t Au BH4 60° 030° ? ? 1.5 1.5 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 21.3 Dunns reef 10.7 3 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 13.7 1.5 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 18.3 3 m @ 1.56 g/t Au 1 90° n/a 74 361 4.6 1.5 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 6.1 Eaglehawk reef 1A 90° n/a 73 369 0 1.5 m @ 1.87 g/t Au 6.1 Eaglehawk reef 1B 90° n/a 66 383 4.6 1.5 m @ 0.78 g/t Au 18.3 Eaglehawk reef 7.6 4.6 m @ 0.78 g/t Au 2 60° 090° 61 417 21.3 1.5 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 24.4 Eaglehawk reef 3 50° 100° 67 416 10.7 1.5 m @ 0.78 g/t Au 16.8 Eaglehawk reef 13.7 1.5 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 4 47° 250° 109 383 no significant intersections 24.4 Eaglehawk reef 5A 60° 060° 74 252 no significant intersections 6.1 Eaglehawk reef 6A 60° 080° 78 267 no significant intersections 6.1 Eaglehawk reef 7 50° 075° 52 300 no significant intersections 35.1 Eaglehawk reef 8 50° 050° ? ? no significant intersections 39.6 Eaglehawk reef 9 52° 070° ? ? 4.6 1.5 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 41.1 Eaglehawk reef 10 60° 080° 165 105 0 15.2 m @ 1.4 g/t Au including 35.1 Eaglehawk reef 6.1 m @ 2 g/t Au from 7.6 m 19.8 1.5 m @ 1.6 g/t Au 11 60° 080° 160 92 1.5 1.5 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 27.4 Eaglehawk reef 7.6 16.8 m @ 3.4 g/t Au including 7.6 m @ 5.5 g/t Au from 10.7 m and 1.5 m @ 12.3 g/t Au from 24.5 m 12A 60° 095° 181 92 no significant intersections 6.1 Eaglehawk reef 12B 55° 095° 178 91 0 9.1 m @ 1.6 g/t Au 9.1 Eaglehawk reef 13 50° 075° 280 50 0 6.1 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 33.5 Eaglehawk reef 13.7 4.6 m @ 1.92 g/t Au 16.8 10.7 m @ 1.6 g/t Au 14 60° 090° 280 28 0 7.6 m @ 1.9 g/t Au 29.0 Eaglehawk reef 9.1 1.5 m @ 3.1 g/t Au 18.3 4.6 m @ 2.4 g/t Au 24.4 1.5 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 15 60° 092° 55 364 no significant intersections 24.4 Eaglehawk reef 162 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Hole Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

16 50° 074° 88 196 27.4 1.5 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 64.0 Eaglehawk reef 39.6 24.4 m @ 4.3 g/t Au including 6.1 m @ 10.9 g/t Au from 45.7 m and 1.5 m @ 31 g/t Au from 45.7 m 17 90° n/a 93 288 0 21.3 m @ 1.8 g/t Au including 19.8 Eaglehawk reef 9.1 m @ 2.2 g/t Au from 12.2 m 18 90° n/a 131 160 1.5 1.5 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 21.3 Eaglehawk reef 4.6 1.5 m @ 0.93 g/t Au 10.7 9.1 m @ 1.13 g/t Au 19 51° 260° 203 97 4.6 3 m @ 0.85 g/t Au 16.8 Eaglehawk reef 7.6 1.5 m @ 0.62 g/t Au 1N 60° 260° 46 470 1.0 5 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 10.0 Eaglehawk reef 2N 70° 260° 38 470 1.0 7 m @ 3.45 g/t Au 78.0 Eaglehawk reef 15.0 5 m @ 1.26 g/t Au 29.0 1 m @ 0.92 g/t Au 33.0 1 m @ 0.92 g/t Au 35.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 39.0 2 m @ 1.0 g/t Au 42.0 12 m @ 2.51 g/t Au 59.0 1 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 63.0 2 m @ 2.37 g/t Au 66.0 1 m @ 1.84 g/t Au 3N 60° 270° 36 493 1.0 2 m @ 0.69 g/t Au 19.0 Eaglehawk reef 6.0 6 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 14.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 16.0 2 m @ 0.84 g/t Au 4N 70° 274° 25 493 no significant intersections 11.0 Eaglehawk reef 5N 60° 262° 13W 488 no significant intersections 31.0 Eaglehawk reef 6N 60° 267° 20W 531 no significant intersections 36.0 Eaglehawk reef 7N 60° 255° 39 520 10.0 1 m @ 1.22 g/t Au 30.0 Eaglehawk reef 20.0 1 m @ 0.92 g/t Au 8N 60° 257° 27 516 1.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 7.0 Eaglehawk reef 4.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 6.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 9N 70° 250° 21 516 1.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 48.0 Eaglehawk reef 22.0 5 m @ 0.95 g/t Au 28.0 4 m @ 7.54 g/t Au including 2 m @ 13.2 g/t Au from 30 m 34.0 2 m @ 1.53 g/t Au 37.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 43.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 45.0 1 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 10N 90° n/a 29 518 0 4 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 12.0 Eaglehawk reef 11N 60° 075° 18W 508 33.0 8 m @ 4.1 g/t Au including 1 m 66.0 Eaglehawk reef @ 15.9 g/t Au from 36 m 44.0 3 m @ 1.28 g/t Au 51.0 1 m @ 1.84 g/t Au 53.0 2 m @ 2.22 g/t Au 12N 60° 260° 26 560 no significant intersections 40.0 Eaglehawk reef 13N 60° 260° 18 560 30.0 5 m @ 1.71 g/t Au 36.0 Eaglehawk reef 14N 60° 259° 82 570 14.0 1 m @ 0.6 g/t Au 36.0 Eaglehawk reef 30.0 1 m @ 2 g/t Au MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 163

Hole Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total Comments No Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

15N 60° 201° 25 536 0 6 m @ 1.81 g/t Au 38.0 Eaglehawk reef 7.0 2 m @ 1.45 g/t Au 19.0 2 m @ 2.83 g/t Au 36.0 2 m @ 0.7 g/t Au 16N 60° 260° 100 480 7.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 42.0 Eaglehawk reef 9.0 1 m @ 17.3 g/t Au 13.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 21.0 3 m @ 1.73 g/t Au 28.0 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 17N 60° 264° 57 486 6.0 1 m @ 0.77 g/t Au 60.0 Eaglehawk reef 10.0 2 m @ 0.92 g/t Au 21.0 2 m @ 2.0 g/t Au 31.0 1 m @ 1.22 g/t Au 41.0 2 m @ 1.53 g/t Au 18N 60° 265° 10 498 50.0 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 60.0 Eaglehawk reef 54.0 3 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 19N 90° n/a 67 486 7.0 1 m @ 1.53 g/t Au 96.0 Eaglehawk reef 15.0 1 m @ 0.92 g/t Au 32.0 2 m @ 1 g/t Au 45.0 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 91.0 4 m @ 42.3 g/t Au including 1 m @ 120.1 g/t Au from 91 m 20N 60° 250° 5W 620 38.0 3 m @ 1.28 g/t Au 48.0 Eaglehawk reef 45.0 2 m @ 0.69 g/t Au 21N 60° 080° 10 490 no significant intersections 25.0 Eaglehawk reef 22N 60° 085° 25W 577 18.0 4 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 40.0 Eaglehawk reef 36.0 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au UHE1 60° 244° ? ? no significant intersections 42.0 Union Hill Extended UHE2 60° 255° ? ? no significant intersections 42.0 Union Hill Extended UHE3 60° 243° ? ? 3.0 3 m @ 2.4 g/t Au 52.0 Union Hill Extended 8.0 1 m @ 1.84 g/t Au 10.0 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au UHE4 60° 060° ? ? no significant intersections 50.0 Union Hill Extended GH1 60° 062° 38W 230 12.0 1 m @ 2.5 g/t Au 27.0 Gower Hill GH2 60° 257° 45W 230 10.0 1 m @ 0.95 g/t Au 34.0 Gower Hill 13.0 1 m @ 0.95 g/t Au GH3 60° 075° 75W 335 45.0 14 m @ 21.7 g/t Au including 61.0 Gower Hill 5 m @ 33.74 g/t Au from 45 m and 2 m @ 48.9 g/t Au from 53 m GH4 60° 080° 104W 338 12.0 6 m @ 11.48 g/t Au including 52.0 Gower Hill 1 m @ 37 g/t Au from 16 m 23.0 2 m @ 1.9 g/t Au 38.0 3 m @ 1.33 g/t Au GH5 60° 066° 86W 406 4.0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 52.0 Gower Hill 8.0 13 m @ 43.65 g/t Au including 3 m @ 89.3 g/t Au from 19 m 42.0 1 m @ 1.45 g/t Au 48.0 2 m @ 1.18 g/t Au GH6 60° 243° 91W 406 9.0 2 m @ 0.55 g/t Au 52.0 Gower Hill 25.0 1 m @ 5.35 g/t Au 45.0 3 m @ 5.62 g/t Au

Note: Co-ordinates are from the Union Hill prospect grid and the Gower Hill prospect grid. “?” denotes that the co-ordinates were plotted on an uncoordinated sketch map in the company report. 164 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Appendix 7

EL 1253 (Ex EL 618) - Drill hole summary Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

DDH1 55° 275° 239650 5904550 264.7 3.7 m @ 0.7 g/t Au 331.3 Nuggety reef DDH2 65° 273° 239735 5904010 190.0 2 m @ 1.53 g/t Au 299.6 Nuggety reef DDH3 59° 273° 239265 5903970 112.0 2.5 m @ 0.73 g/t Au 200.5 Nuggety reef 119.0 2 m @ 2 g/t Au including 1 m @ 3.02 g/t Au from 119 m DDH4 60° 274° 239305 5904300 98.0 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au 200.2 Nuggety reef DDH5 62° 263° 239751 5904052 181.0 1 m @ 1.02 g/t Au 258.5 Nuggety reef 218.0 2 m @ 24.1 g/t Au including 1 m @ 45.45 g/t Au from 218 m 222.3 0.3 m @ 0.5 g/t Au Nuggety reef DDH6 70° 260° 239739 5903960 no significant intersections 249.5 Nuggety reef DDH7 75° 260° 239160 5903680 no significant intersections 150.8 Nuggety reef DDH8 65° 260° 239020 5904140 no significant intersections 148.8 Nuggety reef DDH9 61° 253° 239704 5904072 169.0 1 m @ 0.52 g/t Au 241.5 Nuggety reef 203.0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 211.0 1 m @ 1.15 g/t Au 215.0 1 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 220.4 0.1 m @ 0.73 g/t Au DDH10 60° 250° 237330 5900990 87.0 1 m @ 6.48 g/t Au 175.0 Lisles reef DDH11 60° 260° 238010 5899000 68.5 1.9 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 226.5 Parkins reef 72.0 2.4 m @ 4.55 g/t Au including 1.3 m @ 7.44 g/t Au from 72.8 m 81.4 0.6 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 154.8 1.2 m @ 17.4 g/t Au 208.7 0.5 m @ 0.87 g/t Au DDH12 60° 260° 238020 5898735 no results given 151.0 Parkins reef DDH13 60° 260° 238045 5898655 no significant intersections 228.0 Parkins reef Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

DDH14 60° 260° 237995 5899025 29.7 1 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 145.2 Parkins reef 35.3 0.4 m @ 1.7 g/t Au 35.9 0.8 m @ 0.85 g/t Au 39.2 0.5 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 40.4 0.7 m @ 0.8 g/t Au 41.5 1.1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 57.0 1 m @ 1.5 g/t Au 60.0 0.8 m @ 2.6 g/t Au 62.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 66.0 0.5 m @ 2.9 g/t Au 131.7 1.3 m @ 1.5 g/t Au DDH15 60° 252° 239485 5900655 96.5 0.7 m @ 0.6 g/t Au 277.5 German reef 266.1 0.3 m @ 3.3 g/t Au DDH16 60° 252° 239500 5900825 277.3 0.1 m @ 5.2 g/t Au 298.0 German reef DDH17 61° 252° 239720 5904200 175.9 0.4 m @ 1.9 g/t Au 301.0 Nuggety reef 209.4 0.6 m @ 0.55 g/t Au 218.0 4 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 222.9 0.5 m @ 2 g/t Au 234.3 0.3 m @ 1 g/t Au DDH18 55° 250° 239680 5904200 no significant intersections 175.0 Nuggety reef DDH19 55° 248° 237200 5896175 24.7 0.8 m @ 30 g/t Ag 99.8 Welcome reef 32.7 4.2 m @ 3.5 g/t Au including 1 m @ 11.5 g/t Au from 32.7 m DDH20 65° 250° 237220 5896250 94.8 1 m @ 0.8 g/t Au 115.0 Welcome reef 103.0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 106.0 2 m @ 1.3 g/t Au DDH21 60° 250° 237240 5896300 106.7 0.3 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 130.5 Welcome reef 108.0 1 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 115.0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 118.0 1 m @ 9.2 g/t Au 120.0 1.9 m @ 0.5 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

DDH22 75° 255° 239450 5901535 215.0 1 m @ 0.55 g/t Au 306.0 Eaglehawk reef 217.0 1 m @ 1.8 g/t Au 220.0 1 m @ 2.3 g/t Au 224.0 1 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 247.0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 295.0 1 m @ 36 g/t Au 297.0 2 m @ 1 g/t Au DDH23 67° 252° 239520 5900450 no significant intersections 230.0 German reef DDH24 70° 256° 239571 5901387 no results given 66.7 Eaglehawk reef DDH25 75° 259° 239550 5901157 no results given 210.6 Eaglehawk reef

Cut-off: 1 g/t Au

UHP45 90° n/a 239371 5902837 1.5 3 m @ 1.65 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill 12.0 1.5 m @ 5.4 g/t Au 15.0 6 m @ 4.53 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 9.4 g/t Au from 16.5 m UHP46 90° n/a 239387 5902835 1.5 6 m @ 2 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill 13.5 4.5 m @ 8.39 g/t Au including 3 m @ 11.95 g/t Au from 13.5 m UHP47 90° n/a 239401 5902835 0 1.5 m @ 2.4 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill 3.0 1.5 m @ 2.9 g/t Au UHP48 90° n/a 239419 5902834 no significant intersections 21.0 Union Hill UHP49 90° n/a 239350 5902838 18.0 3 m @ 3.34 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill UHP50 90° n/a 239372 5902856 7.5 1.5 m @ 2.6 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill 18.0 1.5 m @ 1.03 g/t Au UHP51 90° n/a 239390 5902852 1.5 3 m @ 4.52 g/t Au 5.5 Union Hill UHP52 90° n/a 239403 5902852 4.5 1.5 m @ 1.74 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill 18.0 3 m @ 1.04 g/t Au UHP53 75° 085° 239352 5902854 0 1.5 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill 3.0 1.5 m @ 5.9 g/t Au UHP54 75° 075.5° 239390 5902553 0 15 m @ 1.87 g/t Au 16.5 Union Hill UHP55 72° 059° 239385 5902541 3.0 1.5 m @ 2.9 g/t Au 7.0 Union Hill 6.0 1.5 m @ 1.82 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

UHP56 72° 248° 239349 5902888 0 1.5 m @ 1.16 g/t Au 46.5 Union Hill 3.0 1.5 m @ 1.06 g/t Au 12.0 3 m @ 1.04 g/t Au 19.5 6 m @ 2.78 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 7.4 g/t Au from 21 m 30.0 1.5 m @ 1.21 g/t Au 33.0 3 m @ 1.26 g/t Au 40.5 1.5 m @ 2.1 g/t Au UHP57 90° n/a 239346 5902868 0 4.5 m @ 1.32 g/t Au 19.5 Union Hill 6.0 4.5 m @ 1.22 g/t Au 15.0 1.5 m @ 8 g/t Au UHP58 90° n/a 239333 5902910 no significant intersections 6.0 Union Hill UHP59 90° n/a 239333 5902915 no significant intersections 5.9 Union Hill UHP60 71° 235.5° 239323 5902959 4.5 1.5 m @ 1.06 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill UHP61 70° 251° 239312 5902956 no significant intersections 22.0 Union Hill UHP62 70° 246° 239296 5902951 no significant intersections 21.0 Union Hill UHP63 90° n/a 239336 5902962 4.5 1.5 m @ 4.1 g/t Au 21.0 Union Hill UHP64 60° 085° 239406 5902438 1.5 1.5 m @ 1.57 g/t Au 34.5 Union Hill 21.0 1.5 m @ 1.07 g/t Au UHP65 75° 075° 239416 5902473 0 1.5 m @ 1.14 g/t Au 33.0 Union Hill 4.5 3 m @ 2.81 g/t Au 9.0 6 m @ 6.14 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 17 g/t Au from 10.5 m UHP66 60° 070° 239387 5902513 4.5 4.5 m @ 1.17 g/t Au 36.0 Union Hill 13.5 3 m @ 2.97 g/t Au 27.0 1.5 m @ 1.7 g/t Au UHP67 65° 070° 239373 5902537 3.0 1.5 m @ 3.05 g/t Au 16.5 Union Hill 13.5 1.5 m @ 1.09 g/t Au NBP1 60° 101° 237935 5899064 0 12 m @ 2.33 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 67.3 North British Extended area 8.3 g/t Au from 7.5 m PP1 62.5° 261° 237975 5898640 9.0 1.5 m @ 1.14 g/t Au 18.0 Parkins reef PP2 70° 264° 237985 5898641 no significant intersections 25.0 Parkins reef Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

WP1 90° n/a 237180 5896388 6.0 4.5 m @ 2.45 g/t Au 21.0 Welcome reef 19.5 1.5 m @ 5.8 g/t Au WP2 88° 118° 237188 5896386 0 1.5 m @ 3.9 g/t Au 22.0 Welcome reef 4.5 3 m @ 4.25 g/t Au WP3 69° 118° 237189 5896385 17.0 3 m @ 2.16 g/t Au 33.0 Welcome reef 21.5 7.5 m @ 2.25 g/t Au WP4 90° n/a 237189 5896342 no significant intersections 21.0 Welcome reef WP5 70° 034° 237199 5896328 30.0 4.5 m @ 10.63 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 40.5 Welcome reef 19 g/t Au from 30 m WP6 90° n/a 237198 5896327 3.0 1.5 m @ 2.1 g/t Au 21.0 Welcome reef WP7 60° 080° ? ? 7.5 4.5 m @ 1.54 g/t Au 30.0 Welcome reef 13.5 1.5 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 16.5 1.5 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 24.0 1.5 m @ 1.05 g/t Au WP8 60° 244° ? ? 6.0 1.5 m @ 1.9 g/t Au 33.0 Welcome reef WP9 60° 070° 974 1024 13.0 1 m @ 1.74 g/t Au 15.3 Welcome reef WP10 60° 070° 957 1039 27.0 1 m @ 1.44 g/t Au 42.0 Welcome reef 33.0 1 m @ 2.97 g/t Au 35.0 1 m @ 251.6 g/t Au WP11 75° 070° 971 1051 3.0 1 m @ 2.2 g/t Au 25.0 Welcome reef 9.0 2 m @ 17.45 g/t Au including 1 m @ 32.29 g/t Au from 9 m 13.0 4 m @ 3.09 g/t Au WP12 60° 070° 948 1084 7.0 3 m @ 1.95 g/t Au 39.0 Welcome reef 11.0 1 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 21.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 25.0 1 m @ 1.53 g/t Au 27.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 29.0 3 m @ 1.59 g/t Au WP13 60° 070° 956 1089 2.0 1 m @ 1.53 g/t Au 35.0 Welcome reef 6.0 1 m @ 1.32 g/t Au 14.0 1 m @ 1.04 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

WP14 60° 070° 944 1130 3.0 6 m @ 8.75 g/t Au including 1 m @ 36.0 Welcome reef 26.63 g/t Au from 4 m 10.0 2 m @ 2.47 g/t Au 36.0 Welcome reef 13.0 4 m @ 6.43 g/t Au 18.0 1 m @ 7.41 g/t Au WP15 60° 070° 941 958 19.0 1 m @ 2.75 g/t Au 30.0 Welcome reef WP16 60° 070° 974 992 26.0 3 m @ 3.65 g/t Au 38.0 Welcome reef WP17 60° 068° 959 997 49.0 1 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 65.0 Welcome reef 51.0 3 m @ 2.35 g/t Au 55.0 1 m @ 1.41 g/t Au WP18 65° 071° 948 1017 45.0 5 m @ 3.69 g/t Au including 1 m @ 67.0 Welcome reef 8.88 g/t Au from 48 m 55.0 1 m @ 1.65 g/t Au 61.0 5 m @ 2.62 g/t Au including 1 m @ 6.73 g/t Au from 65 m WP22 60° 064° 963 1044 2.0 1 m @ 1.25 g/t Au 36.0 Welcome reef 8.0 1 m @ 1.47 g/t Au 22.0 1 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 26.0 3 m @ 16.69 g/t Au including 1 m @ 35.2 g/t Au from 26 m WP23 60° 075° 940 1036 36.0 1 m @ 1.74 g/t Au 67.0 Welcome reef 44.0 2 m @ 1.4 g/t Au WP24 60° 073° 926 1077 28.0 1 m @ 1.32 g/t Au 60.0 Welcome reef 39.0 2 m @ 1.61 g/t Au 47.0 1 m @ 1.29 g/t Au 58.0 2 m @ 2.98 g/t Au WP25 60° 071° 914 1119 3.0 1 m @ 1.07 g/t Au 54.0 Welcome reef 33.0 2 m @ 5.6 g/t Au 44.0 2 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 50.0 4 m @ 2.8 g/t Au WP26 60° 047° 940 1110 5.0 2 m @ 2.62 g/t Au 34.0 Welcome reef 9.0 1 m @ 1.25 g/t Au 13.0 1 m @ 1.41 g/t Au 22.0 1 m @ 2.82 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

WP27 55° 071° 917 1180 32.0 1 m @ 2.98 g/t Au 55.0 Welcome reef 35.0 1 m @ 1.16 g/t Au 42.0 3 m @ 2.87 g/t Au WP28 60° 073° 919 1152 32.0 2 m @ 3.61 g/t Au 56.0 Welcome reef 36.0 1 m @ 1.02 g/t Au 41.0 3 m @ 1.76 g/t Au WP29 60° 068° 2038 5130 34.0 6 m @ 2.62 g/t Au including 1 m @ 50.0 Welcome reef 6.6 g/t Au from 36 m WP30 60° 071.5° 2052 5132 12.0 1 m @ 2.65 g/t Au 29.0 Welcome reef 14.0 5 m @ 1.8 g/t Au including 1 m @ 3.45g/t Au from 15 m WP31 60° 067.5° 2038 5189 25.0 2 m @ 1.98 g/t Au 50.4 Welcome reef 30.0 1 m @ 1.19 g/t Au 32.0 1 m @ 1.14 g/t Au 39.0 3 m @ 1.77 g/t Au 43.0 2 m @ 2.03 g/t Au WP32 67° 070° 2056 5190 5.0 1 m @ 1.55 g/t Au 34.0 Welcome reef 8.0 1 m @ 3.33 g/t Au 17.0 1 m @ 4.45 g/t Au WP33 64° 065° 2048 5229 11.0 3 m @ 3.04 g/t Au 44.0 Welcome reef 22.0 1 m @ 1.44 g/t Au 27.0 2 m @ 1.86 g/t Au 36.0 4 m @ 2.7 g/t Au including 1 m @ 5.5 g/t Au from 37 m WP34 72° 068° 2065 5232 14.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 24.0 Welcome reef 16.0 1 m @ 1.11 g/t Au WP35 65° 066.5° 2073 5307 7.0 2 m @ 5.31 g/t Au 29.0 Welcome reef 13.0 1 m @ 1.46 g/t Au 15.0 1 m @ 1 g/t Au 23.0 4 m @ 2.11 g/t Au WP36 60° 067° 2074 5338 25.0 1 m @ 6 g/t Au 33.0 Welcome reef WP37 90° n/a 2056 5144 2.0 1 m @ 1.06 g/t Au 34.0 Welcome reef 16.0 2 m @ 2.03 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

WP38 90° n/a 2062 5169 1.0 3 m @ 1.25 g/t Au 33.0 Welcome reef 5.0 1 m @ 1.91 g/t Au 8.0 2 m @ 20.03 g/t Au 12.0 1 m @ 1.84 g/t Au 17.0 7 m @ 2.69 g/t Au including 1 m @ 6.7 g/t Au from 19 m 28.0 1 m @ 1.3 g/t Au WP39 90° n/a 2060 5210 2.0 1 m @ 1.64 g/t Au 48.0 Welcome reef 19.0 1 m @ 2.35 g/t Au 47.0 1 m @ 1.06 g/t Au WP40 90° n/a 2064 5252 6.0 1 m @ 1.26 g/t Au 48.0 Welcome reef 8.0 1 m @ 1.23 g/t Au 13.0 2 m @ 1.17 g/t Au 28.0 1 m @ 1.03 g/t Au 32.0 1 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 35.0 1 m @ 1.44 g/t Au WP41 90° n/a 2078 5299 16.0 1 m @ 1.15 g/t Au 38.0 Welcome reef 19.0 1 m @ 2.67 g/t Au 23.0 2 m @ 2.07 g/t Au WP42 90° n/a 2056 5146 3.0 1 m @ 1.09 g/t Au 27.8 Welcome reef 16.0 1 m @ 4.42 g/t Au WP43 60° 074° 2053 5074 8.0 1 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 15.0 Welcome reef WP44 60° 069° 2053 5095 2.0 1 m @ 1.4 g/t Au 18.0 Welcome reef 7.0 1 m @ 2.23 g/t Au 9.0 1 m @ 2.31 g/t Au WP45 60° 069° 2042 5095 21.0 3 m @ 1.66 g/t Au 35.0 Welcome reef 27.0 1 m @ 1.65 g/t Au 32.0 1 m @ 1.42 g/t Au WP46 60° 072° 2053 5113 1.0 1 m @ 4.5 g/t Au 24.0 Welcome reef 7.0 1 m @ 2.83 g/t Au 9.0 8 m @ 1.95 g/t Au including 1 m @ 5.19 g/t Au from 13 m WP47 60° 069° 2068 5280 8.0 1 m @ 1.25 g/t Au 27.0 Welcome reef 10.0 1 m @ 1 g/t Au 13.0 2 m @ 3.33 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

WP48 55° 070° 2077 5310 3.0 1 m @ 1.8 g/t Au 26.0 Welcome reef 5.0 1 m @ 2.45 g/t Au 8.0 2 m @ 2 g/t Au 14.0 4 m @ 3.44 g/t Au including 1 m @ 9.2 g/t Au from 16 m WP49 60° 069° 2084 5340 13.0 3 m @ 1.26 g/t Au 20.0 Welcome reef WP50 60° 074° 2087 5401 17.0 6 m @ 2.49 g/t Au including 1 m @ 33.0 Welcome reef 5.8 g/t Au from 22 m WP51 60° 075° 2094 5477 5.0 2 m @ 3.39 g/t Au 30.0 Welcome reef 12.0 1 m @ 1.44 g/t Au 14.0 2 m @ 2.94 g/t Au FPP1 75° 256° 238593 5898790 no significant intersections 28.5 Flying Pig reef NP1 79° 233° 239540 5904220 1.5 1.5 m @ 3 g/t Au 28.5 Nuggety reef 6.0 1.5 m @ 6 g/t Au 12.0 3 m @ 3.5 g/t Au 16.5 12 m @ 7.88 g/t Au including 3 m @ 16 g/t Au from 22.5 m NP2 79° 243° 239532 5904218 3.0 13.5 m @ 8.89 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 39.0 Nuggety reef 27 g/t Au from 3 m 18.0 15 m @ 11.7 g/t Au including 1.5 m @ 31 g/t Au from 21 m 34.5 4.5 m @ 9 g/t Au GP1 60° 065° 237170 5896886 0 1.5 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 36.0 Goughs reef GP2 60° 091° 237173 5896975 19.5 1.5 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 34.5 Goughs reef 25.5 1.5 m @ 2.2 g/t Au GP3 60° 264° 237208 5897098 10.5 1.5 m @ 1.9 g/t Au 27.0 Goughs reef GP4 65° 058° 237152 5896883 6.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 30.0 Goughs reef GP5 60° 090° 237158 5896979 26.0 2 m @ 2.3 g/t Au 30.0 Goughs reef GP6 60° 078° 237176 5897097 1.0 1 m @ 1.13 g/t Au 24.0 Goughs reef 6.0 1 m @ 1.16 g/t Au 12.0 1 m @ 1.25 g/t Au 17.0 1 m @ 1.04 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

GP7 60° 074° 237150 5896932 18.0 1 m @ 1.1 g/t Au 30.0 Goughs reef 24.0 4 m @ 1.79 g/t Au 29.0 1 m @ 1.56 g/t Au GP8 60° 074° 237167 5896934 35.0 1 m @ 1.29 g/t Au 42.0 Goughs reef 37.0 2 m @ 1.84 g/t Au GP9 60° 084° 237151 5897042 no significant intersections 30.0 Goughs reef GP10 60° 084° 237183 5897032 15.0 1 m @ 2.11 g/t Au 30.0 Goughs reef GP11 60° 076° 2080 5529 9.0 1 m @ 1.68 g/t Au 33.0 Goughs reef 16.0 2 m @ 1.13 g/t Au 28.0 1 m @ 1.04 g/t Au GP12 60° 072° 2100 5574 11.0 1 m @ 1.78 g/t Au 33.0 Goughs reef 18.0 1 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 20.0 1 m @ 1.41 g/t Au 24.0 1 m @ 2.03 g/t Au GP13 60° 073° 2108 5626 5.0 1 m @ 2.12 g/t Au 33.0 Goughs reef 15.0 1 m @ 1.28 g/t Au 18.0 4 m @ 3.76 g/t Au 27.0 2 m @ 1.85 g/t Au GP14 61° 076° ? ? 20.0 1 m @ 4.24 g/t Au 30.0 Goughs reef 23.0 2 m @ 3.79 g/t Au 28.0 1 m @ 5.66 g/t Au NEP1 60° 241° ? ? 3.0 1.5 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 27.0 North of England reef NEP2 59° 283° ? ? 9.0 6 m @ 1.48 g/t Au 36.0 North of England reef NEP5 59° 260° ? ? no significant intersections 32.0 North of England reef NEP6 55° 258° ? ? 26.0 1 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 33.0 North of England reef NEP7 60° 254° ? ? 22.0 1 m @ 1.63 g/t Au 33.0 North of England reef NEP8 60° 074° ? ? no significant intersections 40.0 North of England reef NEP9 60° 248° ? ? 29.0 2 m @ 3.6 g/t Au 30.2 North of England reef CP1 60° 252° 991 1027 no significant intersections 37.0 Cumberland reef CP2 60° 256° 969 1054 no significant intersections 33.0 Cumberland reef Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

CP3 61° 260° 962 1094 15.0 1 m @ 2.01 g/t Au 27.0 Cumberland reef 17.0 1 m @ 5.2 g/t Au LP5 60° 263° ? ? no significant intersections 43.0 Ladies reef LP6 60° 251° ? ? 26.0 1 m @ 2.77 g/t Au 37.0 Ladies reef LP7 60° 258° ? ? 4.0 1 m @ 3.17 g/t Au 30.7 Ladies reef LP8 60° 260° ? ? no significant intersections 35.0 Ladies reef NBP1 60° 101° 237935 5899064 0 8 m @ 2.33 g/t Au including 1 m @ 67.3 North British Extended reef 8.3 g/t Au from 7.5 m NBP2 55° 090° 933 1098 no significant intersections 43.0 North British Extended reef NBP3 60° 082° 937 1075 no significant intersections 43.0 North British Extended reef NBP4 ? 260° 1019 967 no results given in report ? North British Extended reef NBP5 ? 260° 996 967 no results given in report ? North British Extended reef NBP6 54° 268° ? ? no significant intersections 51.0 North British Extended reef NBP7 55° 268° ? ? 0.8 1.2 m @ 1.19 g/t Au 51.0 North British Extended reef NBP8 55° 265° ? ? 13.0 1 m @ 1.38 g/t Au 48.0 North British Extended reef 18.0 2 m @ 1.35 g/t Au 21.0 1 m @ 1.06 g/t Au 30.0 1 m @ 1.51 g/t Au 32.0 1 m @ 3.62 g/t Au 40.0 2 m @ 1.47 g/t Au FRP1 61° 080° 1927 4804 no significant intersections 47.0 Frying Pan reef FRP2 60° 078° 1920 4756 6.0 1 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 33.0 Frying Pan reef FRP3 60° 075° 1930 4781 8.0 4 m @ 4.46 g/t Au 20.0 Frying Pan reef FRP4 60° 051° 1914 4948 17.0 1 m @ 2.7 g/t Au 33.0 Frying Pan reef FRP5 60° 075° 1882 4798 15.0 1 m @ 2.75 g/t Au 24.0 Frying Pan reef 17.0 2 m @ 2.12 g/t Au FRP6 60° 072° 1878 4775 9.0 2 m @ 2.25 g/t Au 33.0 Frying Pan reef 13.0 2 m @ 2.76 g/t Au 20.0 2 m @ 1.61 g/t Au 23.0 1 m @ 1.23 g/t Au Hole No Hole Hole Local Local AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North East (m) North (m) Cut-offs: 1.0 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, depth (m) (m) (m) 0.2% Zn, and 0.1% Cu (m)

FRP7 60° 075° 1874 4732 10.0 1 m @ 5.8 g/t Au 33.0 Frying Pan reef FRP8 60° 080° 1887 4827 16.0 1 m @ 2.74 g/t Au 29.0 Frying Pan reef 19.0 1 m @ 1.03 g/t Au FRP9 60° 076° 1917 4707 16.0 1 m @ 1.06 g/t Au 30.0 Frying Pan reef 18.0 1 m @ 1.22 g/t Au FRP10 61° 048° 1915 4919 no significant intersections 30.0 Frying Pan reef SCP1 60° 081° 989 1001 2.0 1 m @ 1.86 g/t Au 42.0 South Corkmans reef SCP2 60° 080° 1004 915 no significant intersections 35.0 South Corkmans reef SCP3 60° 072° 1018 836 no significant intersections 35.0 South Corkmans reef SCP4 57° 068° 981 911 no significant intersections 30.0 South Corkmans reef SCP5 57° 065° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 South Corkmans reef BP1 60° 080° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Brasseys reef BP2 60° 075° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Brasseys reef BP3 60° 078° ? ? 7.0 1 m @ 1.09 g/t Au 36.0 Brasseys reef 10.0 1 m @ 1 g/t Au BP4 60° 252° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Brasseys reef BP5 61° 075° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Brasseys reef BP6 60° 255° ? ? no significant intersections 33.0 Brasseys reef LG1 90° n/a ? ? no significant intersections 27.0 Lisles Gully LG2 60° 270° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Lisles Gully LG3 60° 260° ? ? no significant intersections 33.0 Lisles Gully LG4 60° 075° ? ? no significant intersections 30.0 Lisles Gully

Note: “?” denotes that the co-ordinates were plotted on an uncoordinated sketch map in the company report and could not be AMG located with any degree of accuracy. The cut-off grade for gold increased to 1 g/t Au in the Union Hill and nearby areas due to the generally higher grade gold tenor in the region. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 177

Appendix 8

EL 1513 - Drill hole summary

Hole No Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

MUKC1 60° 057° 242453 5901392 2 1 m @ 3.86 g/t Au 51 Fentemans MUKC2 60° 057° 242478 5901398 no significant intersections 51 Fentemans MUKC3 60° 057° 242505 5901290 no significant intersections 60 Fentemans MUKC4 60° 057° 242538 5901299 no significant intersections 51 Fentemans MUKC5 60° 052° 242592 5901220 no significant intersections 51 Fentemans MUKC6 60° 057° 242481 5901282 no significant intersections 51 Fentemans MUKC7 60° 057° 242525 5901190 no significant intersections 82 Fentemans MUKC8 50° 052° 242499 5901163 no significant intersections 80 Fentemans MUKC9 50° 057° 242477 5901235 no significant intersections 81 Fentemans MUKC10 60° 081° 242528 5899268 2 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au 51 Smiths 29 1 m @ 0.97 g/t Au MUKC11 60° 081° 242489 5899238 no significant intersections 51 Smiths MUKC12 60° 081° 242488 5899190 no significant intersections 52 Smiths MUKC13 60° 072° 242504 5899095 no significant intersections 43 Smiths MUKC14 60° 087° 242670 5895734 no significant intersections 61 Dunns MUKC15 60° 060° 242689 5895747 no significant intersections 40 Dunns MUKC16 60° 057° 242713 5895752 no significant intersections 70 Dunns MUKC17 60° 057° 242690 5895666 41 1 m @ 0.54 g/t Au 52 Dunns MUKC18 60° 057° 242722 5895685 13 1 m @ 0.7 g/t Au 63 Dunns MUKC19 60° 057° 242735 5895698 no significant intersections 66 Dunns MUKC20 60° 057° 242762 5895704 no significant intersections 56 Dunns MUKC21 60° 057° 242745 5895615 no significant intersections 52 Dunns MUKC22 60° 057° 242735 5895660 no significant intersections 70 Dunns MUKC23 60° 040° 242780 5895623 no significant intersections 61 Dunns MUKC24 60° 040° 242805 5895594 no significant intersections 55 Dunns MUKC25 60° 040° 242782 5895582 no significant intersections 61 Dunns MUKC26 60° 040° 242749 5895579 no significant intersections 55 Dunns MUKC27 60° 273° 242702 5894362 16 1 m @ 1.13 g/t Au 45 Red, White and 37 3 m @ 1.7 g/t Au Blue 43 2 m @ 8.37 g/t Au including 1 m @ 12.7 g/t Au from 44 m MUKC28 60° 073° 242665 5894375 30 1 m @ 4.74 g/t Au 36 Red, White and Blue MUKC29 70° 273° 242712 5894440 0 1 m @ 5.5 g/t Au 52 Red, White and 8 1 m @ 1.19 g/t Au Blue 13 1 m @ 0.7 g/t Au 34 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au 38 1 m @ 1.79 g/t Au 47 1 m @ 1.03 g/t Au MUKC30 60° 097° 242671 5894452 0 2 m @ 0.83 g/t Au 45 Red, White and Blue 178 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Hole No Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

MUKC31 70° 093° 242693 5894278 8 1 m @ 0.79 g/t Au 55 Red, White and 39 1 m @ 0.75 g/t Au Blue 49 1 m @ 9.7 g/t Au MUKC32 60° 093° 242654 5894285 no significant intersections 51 Red, White and Blue MUKC33 50° 078° 242255 5892108 no significant intersections 49 The Blow MUKC34 60° 081° 242245 5892132 no significant intersections 52 The Blow MUKC35 60° 081° 242235 5892158 no significant intersections 54 The Blow MUKC36 60° 081° 242265 5892171 32 1 m @ 9.3 g/t Au 36 The Blow 34 1 m @ 0.99 g/t Au MUKC37 70° 081° 242298 5892179 no significant intersections 58 The Blow MUKC38 90° n/a 242312 5892134 no significant intersections 55 The Blow MUKC39 90° n/a 242295 5892106 32 1 m @ 0.63 g/t Au 52 The Blow MUKC40 50° 037° 242222 5892018 no significant intersections 51 The Blow MUKC41 50° 016° 242218 5892015 no significant intersections 51 The Blow MUKC42 60° 272° 242715 5894408 55 1 m @ 0.81 g/t Au 118 Red, White and 73 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au Blue 76 1 m @ 0.83 g/t Au 82 1 m @ 0.69 g/t Au 85 1 m @ 2.44 g/t Au MUKC43 60° 096° 242632 5894385 no significant intersections 112 Red, White and Blue MUKC44 60° 092° 242637 5894460 no significant intersections 112 Red, White and Blue FT1 52° 062° ? ? no significant intersections 26 Fentemans FT2 45° 050° ? ? no significant intersections 20 Fentemans FT3 42° 062° ? ? no significant intersections 27 Fentemans FT4 48° 054° ? ? no significant intersections 26 Fentemans FT5 52° 054° ? ? no significant intersections 21 Fentemans FT6 90° n/a ? ? no significant intersections 27 Fentemans SM1 50° 056° 242508 5899269 19 1 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 25 Smiths SM2 45° 077° 242515 5899292 no significant intersections 25 Smiths SM3 49.5° 102.5° 242504 5899138 7 2 m @ 0.85 g/t Au 12 Smiths SM4 47° 068° 242522 5899061 no significant intersections 25 Smiths SM5 49° 046° 242561 5898981 no significant intersections 25 Smiths SM6 45° 069° 242563 5898937 no significant intersections 25 Smiths SM7 60° 106° 242496 5899229 no significant intersections 39 Smiths SM8 60° 053° 242498 5899152 no significant intersections 42 Smiths WL1 56° 079° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Smiths North WL2 48° 062° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Smiths North WL3 49° 050° ? ? 5 1 m @ 0.53 g/t Au 25 Smiths North WL4 48° 078° ? ? 4 1 m @ 0.48 g/t Au 25 Smiths North WL5 51° 080° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Smiths North RWB1 56° 259° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Red, White and Blue MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 179

Hole No Hole Hole AMG AMG From Significant intersections Total Prospect Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au depth (m) (m) (m)

RWB2 47° 263° ? ? 11 2 m @ 8.53 g/t Au including 29 Red, White and 1 m @ 14.4 m from 12 m Blue RWB3 51° 090° ? ? 1 1 m @ 0.57 g/t Au 15 Red, White and Blue RWB4 55° 096° ? ? 7 1 m @ 0.67 g/t Au 16 Red, White and Blue RWB5 68° 286° ? ? 0 1 m @ 0.55 g/t Au 25 Red, White and 5 1 m @ 1.87 g/t Au Blue 12 1 m @ 0.72 g/t Au RWB6 60° 260° ? ? no significant intersections 31 Red, White and Blue RWB7 50° 083° ? ? 0 1 m @ 1.32 g/t Au 31 Red, White and 2 4 m @ 0.9 g/t Au including Blue 1 m @ 1.84 g/t Au from 2 m 14 1 m @ 0.57 g/t Au 19 1 m @ 0.73 g/t Au 28 1 m @ 1.31 g/t Au RWB8 60° 280° 242697 5894337 35 1 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 45 Red, White and 37 1 m @ 1.09 g/t Au Blue RWB9 60° 283° 242693 5894239 no significant intersections 30 Red, White and Blue RWB10 60° 102° 242667 5894246 no significant intersections 33 Red, White and Blue RWB11 60° 105° 242675 5894216 no significant intersections 30 Red, White and Blue RWB12 60° 093° 242677 5894188 no significant intersections 36 Red, White and Blue BL1 53° 074° ? ? 2 2 m @ 2.69 g/t Au 25 The Blow 14 1 m @ 1.26 g/t Au BL2 55° 063° ? ? no significant intersections 25 The Blow BL3 55° 046° ? ? 0 1 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 25 The Blow BL4 59° 072° 242257 5892142 no significant intersections 38 The Blow BL5 60° 076° 242266 5892218 no significant intersections 30 The Blow FR1 47° 082° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Frenchmans FR2 45° 086° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Frenchmans FR3 45° 094° ? ? no significant intersections 25 Frenchmans

Note: “?” denotes that the co-ordinates were plotted on an uncoordinated sketch map in the company report. 180 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Appendix 9

EL 1530 and 1531 - Drill hole summary

Hole No Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total prospect Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au and depth (m) (m) 0.1 % Cu (m)

MTEC1 60° 090° 244603 5830949 no significant intersections 96.0 Mount Egerton MTEC2 60° 090° 244593 5830667 no significant intersections 106.0 Mount Egerton MTEC3 60° 090° 244630 5830649 no significant intersections 99.0 Mount Egerton MTEC4 60° 090° 244353 5830816 1.0 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au 140.0 Mount Egerton 126.0 1 m @ 0.52 g/t Au 131.0 1 m @ 0.51 g/t Au 138.0 1 m @ 0.65 g/t Au MTEC5 60° 090° 244167 5830345 no significant intersections 111.0 Mount Egerton MTEC6 60° 090° 244136 5830371 no significant intersections 99.0 Mount Egerton MTEC7 60° 090° 244462 5830776 no significant intersections 99.0 Mount Egerton MTEC8 60° 090° 244485 5830757 59.0 1 m @ 0.53 g/t Au 99.0 Mount Egerton 64.0 4 m @ 2.27 g/t Au including 1 m @ 6.41 g/t Au from 64 m 70.0 1 m @ 0.68 g/t Au 78.0 2 m @ 0.79 g/t Au 81.0 2 m @ 0.56 g/t Au MTEC9 60° 090° 244401 5830750 no significant intersections 123.0 Mount Egerton MTEC10 60° 090° 244087 5830374 no significant intersections 99.0 Mount Egerton MTEC11 60° 090° 244211 5830335 65.0 2 m @ 1.68 g/t Au including 98.0 Mount Egerton 1 m @ 2.81 g/t Au from 66 m MTEC12 60° 090° 244216 5830279 no significant intersections 99.0 Mount Egerton MTEC13 60° 090° 244017 5830353 29.0 1 m @ 0.79 g/t Au 99.0 Mount Egerton 70.0 3 m @ 1.83 g/t Au MTEC14 60° 268° 244646 5830994 0 10 m @ 0.5 g/t Au 100.0 Quarry Block MTEC15 75° 092° 244636 5831013 63.0 1 m @ 7.3 g/t Au 149.0 Quarry Block 111.0 1 m @ 2.4 g/t Au MTEC16 75° 091° 244580 5830980 46.0 1 m @ 1.3 g/t Au 119.0 Quarry Block MTEC17 75° 091° 244603 5830949 2.0 1 m @ 1 g/t Au 152.0 Quarry Block 6.0 4 m @ 2 g/t Au 14.0 1 m @ 2 g/t Au 17.0 2 m @ 2.5 g/t Au 77.0 1 m @ 21.5 g/t Au MTEC18 75° 091° 244625 5830917 0 3 m @ 2.1 g/t Au 177.0 Quarry Block 7.0 3 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 13.0 2 m @ 1.4 g/t Au MTEC19 70° 092° 244514 5830930 14.0 3 m @ 1.6 g/t Au 152.0 Quarry Block MTEC20 70° 092° 244533 5830888 10.0 1 m @ 1.9 g/t Au 134.0 Quarry Block 76.0 1 m @ 5 g/t Au 87.0 2 m @ 1.2 g/t Au 112.0 1 m @ 1.5 g/t Au 126.0 2 m @ 1.3 g/t Au MTEC21 60° 090° 244211 5830517 53.0 4 m @ 1.8 g/t Au 113.0 Quarry Block MTEC22 60° 090° 244261 5830501 no significant intersections 122.0 Quarry Block MTEC23 60° 090° 245162 5831487 no significant intersections 152.0 Quarry Block MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 181

Hole No Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total prospect Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au and depth (m) (m) 0.1 % Cu (m)

MTEC24 60° 099° 244402 5830235 no significant intersections 70.0 Mount Egerton MTEC25 60° 079.5° 244761 5831865 no significant intersections 70.0 Mount Egerton MTEC26 75° 090° 244806 5831998 no significant intersections 80.0 Mount Egerton MTEC27 60° 090° 244806 5831998 no significant intersections 80.0 Mount Egerton MTEC28 80° 259° 244849 5832078 no significant intersections 80.0 Mount Egerton MTEC29 60° 259° 244848 5832078 no significant intersections 80.0 Mount Egerton MTEC30 60° 082° 244921 5832311 no significant intersections 70.0 Mount Egerton MTEC31 60° 077.5° 244906 5832313 60.0 10 m @ 3.24 g/t Au 85.0 Mount Egerton including 1 m @ 10.6 g/t Au from 62 m 72.0 1 m @ 0.63 g/t Au 75.0 1 m @ 0.56 g/t Au MTEC32 60° 079° 244862 5832397 3.0 3 m @ 1.12 g/t Au 168.0 Mount Egerton 134.0 1 m @ 0.59 g/t Au MTEC33 60° 078° 244901 5832396 109.0 1 m @ 0.59 g/t Au 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC34 60° 076° 244888 5832258 68.0 9 m @ 2.1 g/t Au including 1 102.0 m @ 4.61 g/t Au from 74 m 78.0 1 m @ 2.28 g/t Au 84.0 1 m @ 0.65 g/t Au 100.0 1 m @ 0.6 g/t Au MTEC35 60° 074° 244845 5832255 no significant intersections 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC36 60° 079° 244741 5831865 no significant intersections 103.0 Mount Egerton MTEC37 60° 079° 244714 5831866 no significant intersections 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC38 75° 089° 244430 5830876 2.0 2 m @ 0.52 g/t Au 96.0 Mount Egerton 15.0 1 m @ 0.68 g/t Au 22.0 2 m @ 0.99 g/t Au 26.0 1 m @ 0.68 g/t Au MTEC39 75° 091° 244468 5830869 8.0 6 m @ 1.77 g/t Au 96.0 Mount Egerton 27.0 2 m @ 1.75 g/t Au MTEC40 60° 090° 244388 5830238 no significant intersections 120.0 Mount Egerton MTEC41 60° 091° 244354 5830239 no significant intersections 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC42 60° 091° 244394 5830314 no significant intersections 30.0 Mount Egerton MTEC43 60° 090° 244352 5830315 no significant intersections 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC44 60° 090° 244388 5830272 25.0 3 m @ 1.74 g/t Au 42.0 Mount Egerton MTEC45 60° 090° 244361 5830277 76.0 1 m @ 3.63 g/t Au 146.0 Mount Egerton MTEC46 60° 258° 244919 5832173 7.0 1 m @ 3.6 g/t Au 56.0 Mount Egerton 12.0 1 m @ 1.01 g/t Au MTEC47 80° 258° 244920 5832173 no significant intersections 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC48 70° 078° 244888 5832258 109.0 1 m @ 3.38 g/t Au 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC49 62° 078° 244896 5832312 80.0 2 m @ 2.3 g/t Au 138.0 Mount Egerton 122.0 2 m @ 1.44 g/t Au MTEC50 73° 078° 244895 5832312 107.0 1 m @ 3.11 g/t Au 156.0 Mount Egerton MTEC51 60° 090° 244685 5831635 0 2 m @ 3.31 g/t Au 150.0 Mount Egerton MTEC52 75° 090.5° 244496 5830860 no significant intersections 42.0 Mount Egerton MTEC53 75° 090° 244476 5830865 1.0 1 m @ 1.43 g/t Au 42.0 Mount Egerton 6.0 11 m @ 1.92 g/t Au including 2 m @ 4.31 g/t Au from 8 m 182 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH

Hole No Hole Hole Local Local From Significant intersections Total prospect Dip Azimuth East North (m) Cut-offs: 0.5 g/t Au and depth (m) (m) 0.1 % Cu (m)

MTEC54 75° 090° 244460 5830870 0 4 m @ 1.04 g/t Au 18.0 Mount Egerton 6.0 8 m @ 1.48 g/t Au including 1 m @ 5.2 g/t Au from 10 m 17.0 1 m @ 1.06 g/t Au MTEC55 70° 089.5° 244430 5830876 34.0 1 m @ 4.16 g/t Au 92.0 Mount Egerton 55.0 1 m @ 1.75 g/t Au 62.0 1 m @ 36 g/t Au MTEC56 69° 090° 244416 5830888 no significant intersections 82.0 Mount Egerton MTEC57 75° 090° 244460 5830869 0 8 m @ 1.29 g/t Au 50.0 Mount Egerton 21.0 3 m @ 1.12 g/t Au 34.0 4 m @ 26 g/t Au including 1 m @ 100 g/t Au from 36 m MTED58 60° 086° 244784 5832260 235.8 0.15 m @ 1.21 g/t Au 370.1 Yellands Block 300.9 1.1 m @ 0.14 % Cu 318.9 0.1 m @ 1.07 g/t Au and 1.32 % Cu 261.0 3 m @ 1.18 g/t Au MTED59 60° 081° 244804 5832396 no samples taken 124.2 Yellands Block (abandoned) MTED60 60° 081° 244806 5832397 no samples taken 92.4 Yellands Block (abandoned) MTED61 55° 082° 244808 5832398 no significant intersections 358.5 Yellands Block

Note: All locations are from the plans and drill hole sections in company reports. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY – CASTLEMAINE, WOODEND, YEA, BACCHUS MARSH 183

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