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Normandy NFM Limited NORTH FLINDERS EXPLORATION SECOND ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE HIGHLAND ROCKS PROJECT FOR THE 2000 FIELD SEASON Exploration Licences covered by this report:- EL 8970 McLeod EL 8971 Rameriz EL 9559 Highlander EL 9562 Icebox EL 9563 Lowlander 1:250,000 SHEET REFERENCE:THE GRANITES SF52-03 HIGHLAND ROCKS SF52-07 MT THEO SF52-08 1:100,000 SHEET REFERENCE:WICKHAM 4855 HIGHLAND 4955 MCDIARMID 5055 THEO 5155 DISTRIBUTION: G NT DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY G NORMANDY NFM LIMITED The contents of this report remain the property of Normandy NFM Limited and may not be published in whole or in part nor used in a company prospectus without the written consent of the Company. A ZDZIARSKI MAY 2001 NORMANDY RN: 28005 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 2. LOCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS, SURVEY CONTROL & ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE.......................................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 LOCATION .................................................................................................................................. 1 2.2 INFRASTRUCTURE....................................................................................................................... 1 2.3 ACCESS ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2.4 SURVEY CONTROL...................................................................................................................... 2 2.5 ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE ........................................................................................................ 2 3. PREVIOUS EXPLORATION ......................................................................................................... 2 4. EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 2 5. GEOLOGY .................................................................................................................................... 3 6. METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................................... 4 6.1 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS ............................................................................................................. 4 6.2 GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES/SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................... 4 7. EL8970 – MCLEOD ...................................................................................................................... 6 7.1 LAG SAMPLING ........................................................................................................................... 7 7.2 CRC SAMPLING ......................................................................................................................... 7 7.3 SOIL SAMPLING .......................................................................................................................... 8 7.4 VACUUM DRILLING...................................................................................................................... 8 7.5 RAB DRILLING ........................................................................................................................... 8 8. EL8971 - RAMERIZ..................................................................................................................... 10 8.1 GROUND MAGNETICS SURVEY .................................................................................................. 11 8.2 LAG SAMPLING ......................................................................................................................... 11 8.3 CRC SAMPLING ....................................................................................................................... 12 8.4 VACUUM DRILLING.................................................................................................................... 12 Annual Report For The Highland Rocks Project, May 2001 RN:28005 Normandy NFM Limited 9. EL9559 - HIGHLANDER ............................................................................................................. 13 9.1 GROUND MAGNETICS SURVEY .................................................................................................. 14 9.2 LAG SAMPLING ......................................................................................................................... 14 9.3 CRC SAMPLING ....................................................................................................................... 15 9.4 SOIL SAMPLING ........................................................................................................................ 15 9.5 VACUUM DRILLING.................................................................................................................... 16 9.6 RAB DRILLING ......................................................................................................................... 17 10. EL9562 – ICEBOX..................................................................................................................... 18 10.1 GROUND MAGNETICS SURVEY................................................................................................. 19 10.2 LAG SAMPLING ....................................................................................................................... 19 10.3 CRC SAMPLING...................................................................................................................... 19 10.4 VACUUM DRILLING .................................................................................................................. 20 10.5 AIRCORE DRILLING ................................................................................................................. 21 11. EL9563 - LOWLANDER ............................................................................................................ 22 11.1 LAG SAMPLING ....................................................................................................................... 23 11.2 CRC SAMPLING...................................................................................................................... 23 12. REFERENCE LIST / ANNUAL REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................... 24 Annual Report For The Highland Rocks Project, May 2001 RN:28005 Normandy NFM Limited LIST OF FIGURES Scale Figure 1 Normandy NFM Tenements (Tanami Region, NT) Showing Location of 1:1,000 000 Highland Rocks Project Figure 7.1 EL8970 – Sample & Drillhole Locality Plan 1:40 000 Figure 7.2 EL8970 – The Minch Prospect Soil Sample Locality Plan 1:15 000 Figure 7.3 EL8970 – Targe Prospect Soil Sample Locality Plan 1:10 000 Figures 8.1a & b EL8971 – Sample, Drillhole & Ground Magnetics Traverse Locality 1:50 000 Plans Figures 9.1a & EL9559 – Lag Sample & RAB Drillhole Locality Plans 1:100 000 9.1b Figures 9.2a & EL9559 – CRC Sample & Vacuum Drillhole Locality Plans 1:100 000 9.2b Figures 9.3 EL9559 – Mankeeper Prospect Sample Locality Plan 1:20 000 Figure 10.1 EL9562 – Sample, Drillhole & Ground Magnetics Traverse Locality 1:100 000 Plan Figure 11.1 EL9563 - Sample Locality Plan 1:25,000 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1 Digital Data for Samples & Drillholes Appendix 2 Geophysical Survey Data Appendix 3 Petrological Sample Descriptions Annual Report For The Highland Rocks Project, May 2001 RN:28005 Normandy NFM Limited SUMMARY This report describes the exploration activity and results obtained from the Highland Rocks Project Area during the second year of tenure to 28 April 2001. The tenements that comprise The Highland Rocks Project are situated approximately 500km northwest of Alice Springs in the Granites-Tanami region of the Northern Territory. They comprise 5 exploration licences: EL8970, EL8971, EL9559, EL9562 & EL9563. The work program was dominated by systematic regional surface sampling and vacuum drilling over areas of subcrop and shallow cover across EL’s 8970, 8971, 9559 & 9562. Small follow-on prospect-scale programs were also initiated over EL’s 8970 & 9559, mainly involving soil sampling and limited RAB drilling. Initial reconnaissance lag and rockchipping was also begun over EL9563. A summary of exploration work carried out on the Highland Rocks Project exploration licences for the 2000 field season is presented in the table overleaf. Annual Report For The Highland Rocks Project, May 2001 RN:28005 Normandy NFM Limited 1 1. INTRODUCTION This report summarises the work carried out by Normandy NFM Limited (NFM) on the 5 exploration licences tabled below, during the period 29/4/00 to 28/4/01. The exploration licences covered by this report are shaded in green on Figure 1. These exploration licences were combined into a single Project Area by agreement with officers of the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy (NTDME) in May 1999. Table 1 - Highland Rocks Project Exploration Licence Statistics TENEMENT DATE OF NUMBER OF BLOCKS Number Name Grant Expiry Current* EL8970 McLEOD 29/04/99 28/04/05 102 EL8971 RAMERIZ 29/04/99 28/04/05 74 EL9559 HIGHLANDER 29/04/99 28/04/05 304 EL9562 ICEBOX 29/04/99 28/04/05 218 EL9563 LOWLANDER 29/04/99 28/04/05 8 TOTAL 706 * as at April 2001 2. LOCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS, SURVEY CONTROL & ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE 2.1 Location The tenements that