VIMP Report 11

Mineral exploration history of the 1:250 000 sheet

J. Caluzzi

November 1995 Bibliographic reference: CALUZZI, .J., 1995. Mineral exploration history of the Tallangatta 1:250 000 sheet. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 11. Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals

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Acknowledgments The author wishes to acknowledge G. Ellis for formatting the document and R. Buckley for editing the document. She also wishes to thank D. Faul for assistance in formatting the Exploration Licence diagrams and L. Allwood for assistance with and provision of information from the GEDIS database. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 1

Contents

Abstract 2 1 Introduction 3 2 History of exploration 5 Gold 5 Base metals 5 Tin 5 Other minerals 5 3 Exploration programmes 6 References 76 Appendix 1 98 Location of expired Exploration Licences TALLANGATTA 1:250 000 Mapsheet Appendix 2 108 Summary of exploration targets within the Tallangatta 1:250 000 Mapsheet. Appendix 3 118 Exploration Licence Summary - Tallangatta 1:250 000 mapsheet Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum (VIMP) report series 126

List of figures

1 Mineral localities, Tallangatta 1:250 000 sheet 4

List of Tables

1 Drilling results EL 690 34 2 Peak results from drilling Mount Morgan prospect EL 690 34 3 Geochemical sampling results EL's 750, 873 37 4 Peak results from drilling Bethanga prospect EL 1058 43 5 Results of drilling EL 1208 44 6 Drilling summary, North Mammoth prospect 48 7 Drilling summary, Wilga & Currawong prospects EL's 1233, 1234, 1236, 1237 51 8 Geochemical sampling results EL 1546 59 9 Drilling summary Granite Flat prospect EL 1546 59 10 Peak mullock sampling results Mount Elliot Goldfield EL 1974 64 2 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Abstract

This report provides a summary of mineral exploration undertaken within the TALLANGATTA 1:250 000 mapsheet area since the exploration licence (EL) reporting system was introduced in 1965. The summary includes details of exploration targets, programmes, results and expenditure, obtained from expired exploration licences in TALLANGATTA. Tables and maps within the appendices provide a further synthesis of the exploration history of TALLANGATTA , with programmes listed both numerically, by Exploration Licence number, and alphabetically, by name of the exploration company.

Historically, exploration within TALLANGATTA has largely focussed on the search for gold, with considerable interest also in base metal (copper/lead/zinc) mineralisation. The discovery of the Wilga Cu-Pb-Zn deposit at Benambra has maintained interest in base metal mineralisation in this part of the Lachlan Fold Belt, although modern exploration still predominantly targets gold mineralisation. Modern exploration has also targeted tin, tungsten, molybdenum mineralisation, with minor interest in locating the primary host for diamonds. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 3

1 Introduction

Since the introduction of the Exploration Licensing (EL) system in 1965, approximately 160 licences have been granted within the TALLANGATTA 1:250 000 map sheet area and their locations are presented in Appendix 1. This report summarises information available from expired exploration licences. Appendices 2 and 3 provide a tabulated summary of the exploration programmes. A complete outline of the available work programmes conducted over the EL's within TALLANGATTA is presented in Chapter 3. A description of the geology, mineralisation and prospectivity of TALLANGATTA is presented in Oppy et al. (1995) and a brief appraisal of the airborne geophysical data collected over TALLANGATTA as part of the VIMP programme is presented in Simons (1995). A locality diagram showing the major localities referred to in the body of the report is presented in Figure 1.

The appropriate reference(s) are given for each EL and are listed in the Reference section in alphabetical order.

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for 63,164 t of copper concentrate, containing 2 History of exploration 13,613 t of copper, and 11,596 t of zinc concentrate, containing 5,947 t of zinc. Denehurst currently owns the mining lease Gold (ML 1865) over the area.

TALLANGATTA has a long history of gold WMC/BP have also undertaken exploration exploration and mining, dating back to the programmes targeting stockwork/breccia base 1850's when gold was extracted from major metal mineralisation in the Mitta Mitta and goldfields including the Harrietville, Sassafras areas. Other large exploration Bright/Wandiligong/Freeburgh, Mt. Wills and programmes include Essex Minerals (EL 611), Bethanga Goldfields. Modern day exploration Marathon/Pan (EL 1223), CRAE has continued the search for gold. In the late (EL 690) and A.Webb (EL's 651, 1058), which 1970's-1980's, BHP Minerals completed have targeted limestone-hosted primary exploration programmes in the Bright and stratiform mineralisation as well as Germantown areas (EL's 722, 858, 1208), mineralisation associated with porphyries and targeting large stockwork or disseminated gold breccias. deposits as well as alluvial gold in the Ovens and Buckland Rivers, whilst Australian Anglo- Tin American Prospecting (EL's 752, 1339) targeted alluvial gold in gravels of the Primary tin was first first mined at Walwa in flats. More recently, companies including 1882 and remains a target of modern Bendigo Gold (EL 3163), Nickelseekers exploration programmes in TALLANGATTA . (EL 1553), Poseidon (EL 3244) and CRA The more significant of these have been Exploration (EL's 2131, 2132, 2143, 2146) have undertaken by Australian Anglo-American undertaken exploration programmes in the Mt. Prospecting (EL's 656,752,1232, 1339), Golden Wills, Glen Wills, Mt. Unicorn, and Eagle Mining (EL's 623, 1248) and Northern Wyeebo areas. Their targets have included Mining (EL's 1145, 1151). These programmes both disseminated gold in granite-associated have targeted alluvial tin in the Mitta Mitta gold enriched haloes, and gold in hydrothermal River flats and at , and granite- vein systems. associated tin in the Mitta Mitta and Walwa areas. Base metals Other minerals TALLANGATTA has undergone significant base metal exploration leading up to and Modern exploration in TALLANGATTA has encouraged by the discovery of the Wilga and also targeted molybdenum mineralisation, with Currawong base metal deposits at Benambra by Australian Anglo-American (EL 695) and Western Mining/BP (EL's 432, 456, 570, 641) in Seltrust Mining (EL's 1207, 1227) exploring for 1978. The Wilga deposit was defined by follow- molybdenum-bearing quartz veins in granites up drilling on a bulls-eye TEM anomaly (Bingo Munjie) and porphyry-molybdenum recognised in 1978. This TEM survey was systems at Benambra. Tungsten mineralisation expanded following further geochemical has often been targeted alongside tin, but to a sampling and resulted in the delineation of two lesser extent. Exploration for diamonds within closely spaced anomalies at Currawong. volcanic breccia pipes at Jimmy Creek, Between 1976-1982, WMC/BP undertook Koetong, has been undertaken by Bruce extensive geochemical surveys, geophysical Resources (EL's 3189, 3190, 3264). surveys and diamond drilling to further define prospective areas for future work. Drilling at Wilga and Currawong outlined a resource of 3.03 million tonnes at 2.7% Cu, 0.5%Pb and 6.2% Zn at Wilga and 8.8 million tonnes at 1.9% Cu, 0.7% Pb and 4.0% Zn at Currawong. These two deposits and additional prospects were sold to Macquarie Resources in 1988 (Allen and Barr, 1990). Extraction of the Wilga deposit began in September 1992. In the 12 months ending June 1995, 254,900 t of ore were mined 6 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

3 Exploration programmes lines, generally spaced 650 m apart for a total of 45 km. The numerous I.P. anomalies identified were investigated in more detail by surveys The exploration programmes undertaken utilizing mostly an electrode length of 65 m. An within TALLANGATTA are summarised below, additional 40 line km were surveyed, ordered by the Exploration Licence (EL) identifying low to medium anomalies in the number. The locations of these expired area of the old Bethanga Goldfield. A exploration licences are presented in preliminary ground magnetometer survey was Appendix 1. The complete original exploration conducted over known lodes and I.P. anomalies, information submitted as part of the licence but did not reveal any associated significant requirements are available from the magnetic anomalies. Department's Expired Exploration Reports File. Geochemistry - A total of 1565 residual soil EL 1 VAM LIMITED samples were collected as a follow up to the geophysical surveys. These were sieved to -80# Period Held: 1966 - 1967 and analysed for Cu, As and Au by AAS. No Area: Eskdale, Tallandoon significant Cu values were revealed, but many anomalous arsenic values occurred throughout Target: Exploration for base metal the grid area. A peak assay result of 110 ppb mineralisation within shear zones, with interest Au was returned from the soil sampling also in tin mineralisation associated with programme. granitoid dykes. Drilling - Three geophysical anomalies were Work Carried Out: tested by 4 diamond drill holes for a total length Mapping - The exploration programme involved of 650 m. Minor traces of gold mineralisation reconnaissance mapping along with detailed were found in all holes, with the best mapping to describe mineral occurrences within intersections of 30 ppm Au over 16 cm and 10 intruded and sheared metasediments. ppm Au over 5 cm encountered in DDH4.

Drilling - A large diameter (80 cm) hole was Reason for relinquishment: drilled with a Calweld drill to a depth of 6 m. No reason given. The drilling programme was then suspended, however, due to drilling difficulties. References: Mines Exploration Pty Ltd (1968). Geochemistry - Drill hole samples (0.15 and 0.027 m3) were taken from depths of 5.5 m and EL 11, 43 CONWEST (AUSTRALIA) 6 m respectively, but failed to show significant mineralisation. Only a few ounces of N.L. concentrate were collected from these samples, each showing only "a few colours" of gold. Period Held: 1965 - 1967 Area: Gibbo River. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Target: Exploration for porphyry copper and gold in the vicinity of the Mammoth Copper References - Vam Ltd (1968). Lode.

EL 2 MINES EXPLORATION P/L Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme included a topographic survey and reconnaissance Period Held: 1966 - 1968 geological mapping to delineate the intrusives Area: Bethanga. and folded metasediments. The main mineralised belt was observed on the eastern Target: Exploration for copper-gold lodes in edge of a quartz porphyry dyke system and was the Bethanga area. associated with zones of brecciation. Mineralisation was also observed within dykes, Work carried out: with higher concentrations observed near the Geophysics - The exploration programme margins of larger dykes. commenced with an orientation I.P. survey, with the initial geophysical grid comprising 16 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 7

Geophysics - A magnetic survey flown over the Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was northern line of the mineralised area did not conducted throughout the licence area. The reveal any anomalies. An I.P. survey from line high level deep lead gravels were examined and 104 N to line 52 N did, however, indicate an found to be of appreciable thicknesses in some anomaly that varied in character along strike. places. Gold was found disseminated through the gravels in trace amounts only . Geochemistry - Initial rock float and rock chip sampling (23 samples total) across the survey Geochemistry - Stream sediment samples were area revealed some anomalous values, with collected and analysed for Au. Results of this assays returning peak values of: sampling are not reported.

Cu 300 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Zn 300 ppm Mineralisation found was not of economic Pb 2700 ppm significance. Ag 50 ppm References - Planet Mining Co. Pty Ltd, 1969. This sampling was followed by extensive soil sampling (281 in total), with samples collected EL 16 PLANET MINING every 16 m along the geophysical survey lines. COMPANY PTY LTD These samples were dried and sieved to -80# and analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn by AAS, with Period Held: 1965 - 1969 peak values of 160 ppm Cu, 550 ppm Zn and Area: Wandiligong. 550 ppm Pb. Anomalous concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn were found to roughly correlate with Target: Exploration for reef gold I.P. anomalies. mineralisation.

Drilling - Three diamond drill holes, totalling Work Carried Out: 330 m, were drilled on the soil anomalies. Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping and Assays were very low, with peak grades sampling (see below) was undertaken of old returned from DDH GS1 drilled on the workings. This was followed by more detailed Mammoth Copper Lode to a depth of 179 m. mapping at the Peabody and the Victoria These peak values are outlined below: mines, east of Wandiligong.

Depth range (m) Intersection Geochemistry - Rock chip samples collected during both reconnaissance and follow-up work 49.7 - 50.7 1 m at 1.3 % Cu; 57.6 ppm Ag were generally disappointing, returning low Au assays. Peak results of this sampling are 87.0 - 88.3 1.3 m at 0.52% Cu; 0.04% Pb; outlined below: 0.01% Zn and 41.2 ppm Ag Peabody Mine 117 ppm Au and 5 ppm Au Reason for relinquishment: Myrtle Mine 19 ppm Au No reason given. Costeaning and bulk sampling was also References - Conwest (Australia) N.L. (1965, undertaken at the Prince Of Wales mine, but 1966). returned only low Au assay values. Further details of work undertaken are not clearly EL 15 PLANET MINING reported. COMPANY PTY LTD Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic Period Held: 1965 - 1969 significance. Area: Harrietville. References - Planet Mining Co. Pty Ltd (1969). Target: Exploration for primary gold mineralisation as well as "high level" deep leads underlying basalt.

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EL 20 C.S. MCAULIFFE, Work Carried Out: SURVEYORS SYNDICATE Mapping - Exploration involved mapping of a number of acid, mostly feldspathic dykes and Period Held: 1965 - 1968 sills intruding metasediments in the Walwa Area: Surveyors Creek. area. These intrusions were described as frequently large and irregular in size and Target: Exploration for alluvial tin deposits. shape.

Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - Rock samples from intrusive Mapping - The exploration programme involved bodies in Walwa appeared to carry fine reconnaissance mapping to outline the geology disseminated tin of approximate grades of 4% of previously mined tin deposits. This mapping Sn. Follow up investigations are not detailed in constrained the mineralisation to the contact the report. aureole between Ordovician metasediments and the Hermit Granite. The mapping outlined a Reason for relinquishment: principal tin-bearing horizon within a No reason given. conglomerate immediately overlying decomposed granite. The conglomerate References - Vam Ltd (1968). outcrops in an older terrace, flanking the flats near Camp Creek. An examination of old test EL 68 AUSTRALIAN holes for tin near Camp Creek did not reveal GEOPHYSICAL PTY LTD any mineralisation. Period Held: 1966 - 1968 Geochemistry - A number of surface alluvial Area: Mt. Cobberas, Bowen Mountains. samples were collected from old workings and test holes from along Camp and Tin Creeks Target: Exploration for base metal and tested for cassiterite content. The results mineralisation. ranged from 2966 - 4152 g/m3. Work Carried Out: Reason for relinquishment: Mapping - The exploration programme No reason was given. included extensive reconnaissance mapping to delineate the regional geology, which included References - McAuliffe, et al. (1968). Ordovician metasediments, the Silurian Cowombat Group, Devonian volcanics, EL 43 CONWEST (AUSTRALIA) limestones and intrusives and Tertiary and N.L. Recent alluvium and colluvium.

Period Held: 1965 - 1967 Geochemistry - A total of 2212 stream sediment Area: Gibbo River. samples (-80#) were collected over an area of approximately 1000 sq. km. These defined Target: Exploration for porphyry copper and anomalous base metal occurrences within the gold in the vicinity of the Mammoth Copper Limestone Creek area. A total of 1049 follow- Lode. up soil samples were taken in the Limestone Creek area. Soil samples were taken at 33 m Work Carried Out: See EL 11 spacings and at depths of 40 cm on compass lines over 2 grid areas, a North Grid (16 line km) and a South Grid (13.5 line km). Six soil EL 55 VAM LIMITED sample lines were set out over the Blue Hill area, with low order anomalies noted on the Period Held: 1966 - 1968 following lines: Area: Walwa.

Target: Exploration for tin-bearing dykes and sills to the south-west of Walwa township. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 9

The anomalous values of 1180 ppm for both Pb LINE Cu (ppm) Pb (ppm) Zn (ppm) and Zn were returned in a sample from Creek, but were not supported by B0 5 - 110 10 - 350 20 - 200 high values in the rest of the area. Soil samples collected in the vicinity of the "Mine Hut" at B30 5 - 30 5 - 3340 20 - 125 Pine Mountain Creek did not reveal any B50 50 - 120 20 - 500 20 - 190 anomalies. Rock specimens collected showed no significant mineralisation. Approximately 50 B70 10 - 170 15 - 300 35 - 175 rock chip, soil and stream sediment samples B80 5 - 80 15- 280 15 - 125 were collected in total.

B100 15 - 220 15 - 2200 35 - 950 Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic The high order Pb/Zn anomaly recognised on significance. line B100 appeared associated with a zone of brecciated quartzite containing numerous References - Balfe & Morrison, (1968). quartz veins and much gossanous material. Quartz veins and limonite after pyrite were also EL 79 NORTH BROKEN HILL LTD recognised on line B50. Period Held: 1968 - 1969 Geophysics - A total of 33 line km in the Area: . Limestone Creek area were surveyed by I.P. and 180 magnetometer stations read to follow Target: Exploration for alluvial gold and up anomalous Zn in stream sediments. These mineral sands in gravels and sands of the surveys failed to recognise any anomalies. valley.

Reason for relinquishment: Work Carried Out: Mineralisation found was not of economic Mapping - The exploration programme involved significance. aerial photo interpretation and mapping of gravel occurrences in the river banks. References - Australian Geophysical Pty Ltd (1967). Geochemistry - A total of 77 continuous flight auger holes were drilled across the river to a EL 76 CARNBRAE PTY LTD maximum depth of 30 m. This revealed an average grade of 0.015 g/m3 Au. Panning of Period Held: 1967 - 1968 gravel deposits continued during the auger drill Area: Cudgewa. programme. This reconnaissance work led to the siting of 4 Kato drill hole localities. Target: Exploration for fluorite, silver, gold or Processing of concentrated spoil from the Kato base metal mineralisation associated with holes gave an average grade of the gravels of granite-metasediment contact zones. 0.014 g/m3. Titanium occurrences ranged from 0.12-13.4 %, whilst tin ranged from <0.001-0.85 Work Carried Out: %,with peak values in Sample No. 2. Mapping- The exploration programme included reconnaissance mapping of the area, which Reason for relinquishment: included detailing previous mining and Mineralisation found was not of economic remnants of old workings. significance.

Geochemistry - Stream sediments and soil References - North Broken Hill Prospecting samples were collected and dried and sieved to - Pty Ltd (1969). 80#. These were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn and Ag by AAS, with stream sediment values EL 84, 120 DART RIVER MINING ranging: PTY LTD

Cu 10-54 ppm Period Held: EL 84: 1968 - 1971 Pb 14-1180 ppm EL 120: 1970 - 1971 Zn 9-1180 ppm Area: Burrungabugge. Ag <1 ppm 10 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Target: Exploration for sediment-hosted, base EL 92 GIPPSLAND MINERALS metal mineralisation within the Dart River N.L. mining field. Period Held: 1968 - 1972 Work Carried Out: Area: Mt. Deddick and Accommodation Creek. Mapping - The exploration programme involved geological mapping including Target: Exploration for base metal descriptions of previous workings. Geological mineralisation in the Mt. Deddick silver-lead and topographical base maps were compiled, field. with follow up field work to check the accuracy of shaft locations and extensions of known Work Carried Out: mineralisation. Mapping - The exploration programme involved mapping of the known areas of Geochemistry - Rock samples were collected mineralisation and old workings. This mapping from the Dart River area and assayed for Au, described Ordovician metasediments intruded Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn. The following results were by Lower Devonian intrusives, with subsequent obtained: extrusion of the Devonian Volcanics. Glengarry Miscellaneous Mine (dump) Geochemistry - Initial reconnaissance stream sediment sampling was undertaken on all Au 124 ppm trace tributaries of the Snowy River and chip sampling was carried out on the Turnback Ag 121 ppm trace Fault Zone. A total of 72 stream sediment Cu 0.08% 1.25% samples were collected, dried and sieved to - 80#. This sampling returned values of Pb 0.3% 3.1% Zn 1.0% 6.7% Cu 8-35 ppm Pb 38-214 ppm Zn 87-202 ppm No follow-up work is reported. Anomalous values at the mouth of Little River, Reason for relinquishment: where 24 stream sediment samples were No reason given. collected, prompted further, more systematic sampling of the area. References - Hamilton & Hamilton (1971). A previously unworked 'copper shear' near the EL 88 MR. W. A. VICKERY Snowy River was tested by pit sampling and orientation soil sampling. An elongated Period Held: 1969 - 1970 anomaly over and paralleling the shear was Area: Upper Murray region, Benambra. indicated, with peak values of 14.5% Pb, 3.7 % Zn, 321 ppm Ag and 17.8 ppm Pt. Target: The exploration target was not defined. Chip samples of brecciated black shales were taken on the fault zone along the McKillop Work Carried Out: Bridge- Wulgulmerang Road. These returned Mapping - Initial reconnaissance exploration highs of 100 ppm Cu, 200 ppm Zn and 300 ppm involved the location of previously worked Pb. shafts. It was the intention of licence holder to undertake more detailed mapping and Other anomalous areas included creeks near exploration within the licence area. Details of Mt. Bulla Bulla, Suggan Buggan River, Buchan this work are not reported. Creek, Minchin Creek, Little River and Royals Creek. Subsequent ridge and spur soil Reason for relinquishment: sampling (136 in total, -80#) and stream No reason given. sediment samples (69 in total, -80#) in the area indicated anomalous References - Vickery (1969). Cu, Zn, Mo and Bi in the central portion of the MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 11 area. Peak results of this stream sediment EL 112 GRACE ORE AND MINING sampling are summarised below: CO.

Cu 320 ppm Period Held: 1969 - 1970 Zn 480 ppm Area: Mitta Mitta. Mo 41 ppm Bi 24 ppm Target: Exploration for alluvial gold in high level terraces and alluvial flats. Reason for relinquishment: Anomalies were not considered of economic Work Carried Out: significance. Mapping - The exploration programme involved a reconnaissance survey of the licence References - Gippsland Minerals N.L (1972). area to delineate possible areas of gold and tin bearing alluvium. Local knowledge regarding EL 109 KENNECOTT former mining and prospecting activities and EXPLORATION (AUSTRALIA) PTY depths of wells complemented this preliminary LTD work.

Period Held: 1968 - 1969 Geochemistry - Prospecting of the area included Area: Yackandandah. panning of surface and near surface alluvials and gravels and visually estimating their gold Target: Exploration for copper, lead and gold. content and likely prospectivity.

Work Carried Out: Drilling - Three auger holes were drilled in the Mapping - A geological map of the licence area licence area, with the following returns: was compiled using existing geological maps, photogeological interpretation, reconnaissance Hole Grade (g/m3) Depth of traverses and petrological examinations. intersection Geochemistry - A reconnaissance stream 1 0.08 - 0.17 0 - 6 m sediment sampling programme was undertaken throughout the licence area, with a total of 454 0.17 - 0.34 6 - 12 m samples collected. All Au determinations were 2 0.009 0 - 5 m below the detection limit of 3 ppm. Results for Cu, Pb and Ag were: 0.25 - 0.47 4 - 10 m 3 < 0.08 0 - 21 m Cu6 - 80 ppm Pb8 - 50 ppm Ag<0.1 - 0.8 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic Two weakly anomalous areas, one in the significance. vicinity of the old Everton mine and the other west of Yackandandah, underwent follow up References - Grace Ore & Mining Co. (1970). investigations which were not successful. EL 113 OIL AND MINERALS Reason for relinquishment: QUEST N.L. Reconnaissance work did not reveal any mineralisation of economic significance and the Period Held: 1969 - 1971 licence area was abandoned and the lease Area: Walwa district. withdrawn. Target: Exploration for tin and wolfram References - Kennecott Explorations mineralisation associated with the Koetong (Australia) Pty Ltd (1968). Granite aureole.

Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme involved reconnaissance mapping of the licence area. 12 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Grab samples were collected to establish likely Reason for relinquishment: zones of mineralisation. Mineralisation found was not of economic significance. Drilling - A total of 29 bore holes drilled and pit channels dug around the old alluvial References - CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (1971). workings, with bore hole depths ranging from 3 to 10 m. EL 120 DART RIVER MINING PTY LTD Geochemistry - Eighty two concentrate samples were collected from the boreholes and assayed Period Held: EL 84: 1968 - 1971 for Sn and W, with Sn in the heavy mineral EL 120: 1970 - 1971 concentrate ranging from 1.1 to 74%. Area: Burrungabugge.

Reason for relinquishment: Target: Exploration for sediment-hosted, base Mineralisation found was not of economic metal mineralisation within the Dart River significance. mining field.

References - Oil & Minerals Quest N.L. Work Carried Out: See EL 84. (1970). EL 122 GIPPSLAND MINERALS EL 114 CRA EXPLORATION PTY N.L. LTD Period Held: 1969 - 1971 Period Held: 1968 - 1971 Area: North-east of Mount Beauty. Area: Native Dog Flat, Benambra. Target: Exploration for polymetallic Target: Exploration for high grade base metal mineralisation. (principally copper) mineralisation in Silurian limestone lenses. Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme involved Work Carried Out: reconnaissance mapping of the licence area, Mapping - The exploration programme involved aided by a literature search of previously reconnaissance geological mapping over the worked prospects in the area. Cowombat Plain and Limestone Creek areas. Geophysics - Anomalies detected by ground Geochemistry - Soil sampling (samples dried scintillometer surveys were followed up by field and sieved to -80#) was carried out over investigations, but these did not identify limestone outcrops in the Cowombat Plain and significant targets. Details of these geophysical Native Dog Creek areas. Rock, soil (maximum surveys are not reported. auger depth 5 m) and stream sampling were also carried out over Native Dog Flat. Apart Reason for relinquishment: from already known mineral occurrences in the Preliminary investigations did not indicate Limestone Creek area, no further potential for economic mineralisation. mineralisation was revealed. One stream sediment sample returned 1.53 ppm Au but References - Gippsland Minerals N.L (1971). follow up sampling in the vicinity of this anomaly failed to indicate any significant mineralisation. EL 126 GIPPSLAND MINERALS N.L. An anomalous area of radioactivity on the porphyry between Native Dog Flat and Period Held: 1969 - 1971 Benambra prompted further sampling for Area: Glen Wills. uranium, but was not successful. Target: Exploration for tin within intrusive Geophysics - An airborne radiometric survey dykes. conducted over the licence area did not indicate any significant anomalies. Details of this survey are not reported. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 13

Work Carried Out: EL 149 DART RIVER MINING PTY Mapping - The exploration programme included LTD preliminary geological mapping to detail the surface geology and previous workings. Period Held: 1971 - 1972 Area: North-east of Glen Wills. Geochemistry - The licence area underwent reconnaissance geochemical sampling. Target: Exploration target not reported. However, the results of this sampling are not detailed in the EL reports. Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme involved Reason for relinquishment: geological mapping, with a focus on the initial Preliminary investigations did not indicate target areas. No other information regarding potential for economic mineralisation. follow up investigations is reported.

References - Gippsland Minerals N.L. (1971). Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. EL 138 PLACER PROSPECTING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD References - Dart River Mining Pty Ltd (1972). Period Held: 1970 - 1970 Area: , Bucheen Creek. EL 154 COOPERS CREEK MINING AND EXPLORATION N.L. Target: Exploration for polymetallic mineralisation. Period Held: 1969 - 1974 Area: Gibbo River. Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme included Target: Exploration for copper, silver, gold, a brief geological reconnaissance, which lead and zinc within the Mammoth Lode. indicated no obvious mineral occurrences. Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - A reconnaissance stream Mapping - The exploration programme involved sediment survey resulted in seven areas mapping of the southern part of a dyke system outlined for follow-up geochemical sampling to south of Turnback Creek. test for low-order anomalism. This survey did not reveal any significant mineralisation, with Geochemistry - A total of 35 stream sediment the following results: samples (-80#) were taken for orientation purposes from selected areas, followed by 160 Cu 1 - 90 ppm samples for the general sampling programme. Sn 0 - 3 ppm These samples were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn Pb 10 - 101 ppm and Ni and indicated that any extension of the W 0 - 30 ppm dyke system north of the Gibbo River was not Zn 16 - 120 ppm likely to contain significant mineralisation. Ag 0.2 - 1.3 ppm Mineralisation was also not thought to continue south of Turnback Creek. Reason for relinquishment: Preliminary investigations did not reveal any A ridge and spur sampling programme was significant mineralisation. conducted, with a total of 451 samples (423 soil samples, 28 rock samples) collected along the References - Malouf (1970). north and south banks of Donovan Creek and in the Porphyry Zone area, south of Turnback Creek. These samples assayed:

Cu 9 - 149 ppm Pb 37 - 1370 ppm Zn 30 - 880 ppm Ni 11 - 170 ppm 14 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Anomalous zones indicated from soil sampling EL 155 GIPPSLAND MINERALS underwent subsequent costeaning and rock chip N.L. sampling. The results of this costeaning and sampling revealed two zones of interest along Period Held: 1970 - 1972 the south bank of Donovan's Creek and one in Area: Mt. Murphy. the main dyke area at "John's Find". Anomalous results from this costeaning are Target: Exploration for further mineralisation outlined below: around the Mt. Murphy wolfram deposit, in the metamorphic aureole surrounding the granite Costean 1 (Donovan's Creek) A chip sample intrusion. collected over the length of the costean showed distinctly anomalous Pb, W, As Work Carried Out: and Ag values. This sample was also Mapping - The exploration programme included high in Cr. Geochemical data for this underground mapping of known mineralisation sampling is not provided in the EL to detail styles of mineral deposits. reports. Underground development - Driving was Costean 2 (Donovan's Creek) Outlined a continued along the reef in the Number 3 adit 3 cm gossanous quartz vein and a 60 cm for a total of 33 m before being discontinued. wide gossan. A sample from the quartz Work was also commenced to clean out and re- vein gave values in excess of 1% Pb and timber the No. 4 adit in order to stope ore to As, 18.6 ppm Ag and 0.1% Sn. surface. The entrance of the No. 6 adit was also cleared, with the intention of re-timbering it. Costean 6 ("John's Find") Pyrite However, these underground operations were predominates, forming up to 10% of the suspended in favour of a detailed surface and rock, with rare galena, chalcopyrite and underground drilling programme. sphalerite. Mineralisation is strongest on the third bench. Fourteen follow-up rock Drilling - Underground diamond drilling from chip samples collected from this costean the main adit level reached a depth of 131 m. gave peak values of 213 ppm Cu, 8000 Drilling at the No. 3 adit level reached a depth ppm Pb and 900 ppm Zn. of at least 66 m. Further drilling was then prevented by snow and inclement weather. Rock chip samples collected from the main Results of this drilling are not reported. breccia zone in the area were assayed for gold and returned 1.5 and 7 ppm Au. Samples from Reason for relinquishment: the east-west and north-west ridges to the No reason given. south gave 0.75 and 4.2 ppm Au respectively. References - Gippsland Minerals N.L (1970). Geophysics - Trial ground magnetometer traverses using 16 m stations were carried out in the areas of costeans 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13 and 14. EL 156 GIPPSLAND MINERALS Magnetometer readings were featureless, N.L. except over the shear zone noted in costean 6, where the readings were 300 gammas higher Period Held: 1970 - 1972 than elsewhere. Area: Buchan River.

Reason for relinquishment: Target: Exploration for porphyry copper Mineralisation found was not of economic mineralisation. significance. Work Carried Out: References - Krajnc (1971); Cozens (1972a, Geochemistry - An initial stream sediment 1972b). sampling programme was undertaken with no significant mineralisation indicated. Interest was then directed towards the prospectivity of the Bindi Limestone as a source of industrial calcium carbonate.

Mapping - Preliminary geological mapping was undertaken to determine the extent of the Bindi MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 15

Limestone. A total of 22 rock chip samples EL 278 MINEFIELDS were taken of the limestone to broadly EXPLORATION N.L. determine its CaCO3 component. Allowing for the higher silica content of surface samples due Period Held: 1970 - 1971 to the weathering of the Ca and Mg, the Area: Bethanga. analyses suggested that some of the limestone samples were of high grade. Target: Exploration target not defined.

Reason for relinquishment: Work Carried Out: No reason given. Mapping - A literature review was conducted in the licence area, with the intention of References - Gippsland Minerals N.L (1970). subsequent reconnaissance mapping. However, details of this work are not reported. EL 184 AFFILIATED MINERAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Reason for relinquishment: CO. P/L No reason given.

Period Held: 1970 - 1973 References - Minefields Exploration N.L. Area: Between and Tallangatta (1971).

Target: Exploration for base metals and tin EL 287 J. GUNTON (AUSTRALIA) mineralisation in the vicinity of previous gold PTY LTD workings. Period Held: 1971 - 1972 Work Carried Out: Area: Mitta Mitta. Mapping - The exploration programme involved reconnaissance mapping and surveys of Target: Exploration for tin, tantalum, previous mine sites. A base map at 1:50 000 niobium, yttrium and iridium and molybdenum. scale was compiled. Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - Stream sediment samples were Mapping - The exploration programme involved collected throughout the licence area. Random mapping the licence area samples were assayed with the following anomalous results: Geochemistry - Rock chip sampling of roadside cuttings or nearby gullies was undertaken. The Sample No. 4 5 7A 7B samples were analysed for rare earth elements, but the results were disappointing. Cu (ppm) 30 300 100 10 Reason for relinquishment: Pb (ppm) 300 5 250 500 No reason given, but it is assumed that mineralisation found was not of economic Zn (ppm) 700 1000 300 <50 significance. Sn (ppm) 100 100 250 20 References - Smith (1971). The licence holders did not undertake any follow up investigations based on the EL 315 AFFILIATED MINERAL preliminary geochemical results. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO. P/L Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Period Held: 1970 - 1973 Area: Walwa. References - Bellgrove (1973). Target: Exploration for tin mineralisation. 16 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Work Carried Out: EL 372 TANGANYIKA HOLDINGS Mapping - The exploration programme included LIMITED detailed mapping of the licence area. Particular attention was paid to sampling and assaying Period Held: 1971 - 1974 tin-bearing rocks and detrital material. Area : Dart River, between Sassafras Gap and Nariel. Geochemistry - All known occurrences of tin were examined in detail. Tin mineralisation Target: Exploration for Cu, Pb. Zn and As was identified within intrusives and associated mineralisation. soil and colluvium. Initial assays indicated sub- economic tin concentration, with grades of Work Carried Out: cassiterite varying from 39 g/cub yd to 681 Mapping - The exploration programme involved g/cub yd of concentrate containing 70% Sn. reconnaissance mapping of the licence area.

Reason for relinquishment: Geochemistry - A soil sampling programme was No reason given. conducted over the Alpine, Dart River, Glengarry, Mermaid and Mascotte prospects. References - Bellgrove & Fordon-Bellgrove Samples were collected every 33 m over 330 m (1973). lines in a grid pattern. Samples were taken by auger from the "C" horizon of the soil profile EL 316 AFFILIATED MINERAL and were screened, with the -20# fraction RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT submitted for analysis. A total of 1292 samples CO. P/L were collected. Results of the assays from the Alpine prospect are detailed below: Period Held: 1970 - 1972 Area: Granya. Cu 16 - 575 ppm Zn 25 - 183 ppm Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation in Pb 21 - 187 ppm the area of the Mount Firebrace Reef. As 5 - 250 ppm

Work Carried Out: Details of follow-up investigations are not Mapping - The exploration programme involved provided in the report. reconnaissance mapping of the licence area, with emphasis on the shear zones. Reason for relinquishment: Company was occupied with exploration on Geophysics - An IP survey was conducted over other licence areas and discouraging approximately 6.5 line km, with a total of 54 geochemical results dissuaded further interest stations established. High frequency effects in the Dart River area. were observed over the entire length of the main shear zone. References - Tanganyika Holdings Pty Ltd (1974). Geochemistry - Stream sediment sampling was conducted over the licence area and rock chip EL 406 CRA EXPLORATION P/L samples were collected from old mine workings. (EX EL 114 ) Results of this sampling are not reported. Period Held: 1972 - 1973 Reason for relinquishment: Area: Mt. Cobberas. No reason given. Target: Exploration for uranium. References - Fordon-Bellgrove (1971, 1972). Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - The exploration programme involved follow-up investigations of a uranium anomaly first detected during reconnaissance stream sediment sampling in EL 114. In this initial sampling, uranium concentrations detected ranged from 8 - 40 ppm. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 17

Follow up investigations involved visual and base metal deposit in Silurian volcanics in radiometric (scintillometer) sampling of stream N.S.W. float. Soil samples were collected 0.3 m below the surface on the spurs and ridges descending Work Carried Out: Refer to EL 1233 for full into 3 creeks draining west from Mt. Cobberas description of work programme. into Bullies Creek. A total of 23 stream sediment and 32 soil samples were collected. EL 434 WESTERN MINING Results of this sampling are summarised below: CORPORATION LTD & BP stream sediment 2 - 48 ppm U av. 2 ppm U MINING DEVELOPMENT soil samples 1 - 4 ppm U av. 7 ppm U AUSTRALIA P/L.

In general, assays from streams draining from Period Held: 1972 - 1982 volcanics were higher than those from streams Area: Bethanga. draining from sediments. Target: Exploration for massive sulphide Reason for relinquishment: mineralisation within the Bethanga gneisses Results did not warrant further work. and schists, as well as possible repetitions of References - CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (1972). the Bethanga gold-bearing veins.

EL 408 LONDON & Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme involved MINING COMPANY LIMITED reconnaissance mapping of the Bethanga area as well as a review of drill logs of Mines Period Held: 1972 - 1974 Exploration P/L (MEL 2) from Martin Shaft Area: Surveyor's Creek, south-east of near Bethanga. Corryong. Geochemistry - Reconnaissance stream Target: Exploration for granite-associated tin sediment sampling was conducted over the mineralisation. licence area, with an average density of 1 sample per 24 sq. km. These samples were Work Carried Out: A preliminary survey of dried and sieved and the -80# fraction analysed the tin prospect was undertaken and for Cu, Zn and As. Follow-up stream sediment recommendations for exploration were made. It sampling (-80#) was conducted at an average was the intention of this company to undertake density of 1 sample per 4.3 sq. km. The -80# detailed mapping and to follow up encouraging fraction was analysed, with the highlights from results with geochemical sampling. Results of this sampling outlined below: this exploration are not reported. GA-102985 208 ppm As 395 ppm Cu Reason for relinquishment: GA-105446 210 ppm Zn No reason given. GA-395523 147 ppm Hg

References - London & Melbourne Mining These follow-up results prompted more detailed Company Ltd (1974). stream sediment sampling. A total of 1,040 samples were collected, dried and the -80# EL 432 (RENEWED AS EL 1233) fraction analysed for Cu, Zn, Ag, Mo, Pb, Hg WESTERN MINING and cold-extractable Cu, Zn and As. Sampling CORPORATION LIMITED & B.P. was undertaken at an average density of 1 MINING DEVELOPMENT sample per 0.6 sq. km. This sampling indicated several Cu, cold-extractable As and AUSTRALIA P/L Hg anomalies, most of which were the result of contamination from the old mine workings near Period Held: 1972 - 1982 (EL 1233: 1982 - Bethanga and Gundowring North. A high 1988) result for cold-extractable (Cx) Cu of 17.5 ppm Area: Benambra was not confirmed in duplicate samples.

Target - Exploration for volcanic-hosted, base Six soil traverses on the licence area were metal mineralisation similar to the Woodlawn designed to test the geochemical response of the Bethanga vein system. The soil samples were 18 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

sieved and dried to -80#. Peak results of this for Mn, Cu, Zn and Mo with the following soil sampling are outlined below: results:

Cx. As 500 ppm ppm Mt. Bulla Bulla Buchan Creek Cu 200 ppm Cx. Cu 19 ppm Sb 3 ppm Mn 130 - 2100 850 - 1300 Ag 3 ppm Cu 16 - 100 24 - 32 Pb 100 ppm Zn 170 ppm Zn 46 - 460 104 - 160 Cx. Zn 15 ppm Mo 1 - 20 1

Reason for relinquishment: No anomalies warranting further examination A total of 39 rock chip samples were collected were identified. from the Mt. Bulla Bulla, Racecourse Creek, Buchan Creek and Little River areas. These References - Western Mining Corporation Ltd were assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo and Mn with & BP Mining Development Australia Pty Ltd the following results: (1973). ppm Mt. Bulla Racecourse Buchan Little EL 456 (RENEWED AS EL 1234) Bulla Creek Creek River

WESTERN MINING Cu 14 - 36 6 -22 12 - 220 6 - 240 CORPORATION LIMITED & B.P. Pb 18 - 32 26 - 400 16 - 38 12 - 80 MINING DEVELOPMENT Zn 44 - 240 14 - 112 40 - 110 18 - 320 AUSTRALIA P/L Mn 36- 540 32 - 370 140 - 1400 48 - 2900 Period Held: 1972 - 1982 (EL 1234: 1982 - Mo 2 - 6 2 - 6 1 - 11 1 - 31 1988) Area: Benambra Reason for relinquishment: Geochemical results did not indicate potential Target - Exploration for volcanic-hosted, base for porphyry or base metal mineralisation in metal mineralisation similar to the Woodlawn the licence area. base metal deposit in Silurian volcanics in N.S.W. References - Dampier Mining Co. Ltd (1974). Work Carried Out: Refer to EL 1234 for full description of work programme. EL 472 JENNINGS MINING PTY LTD EL 471 DAMPIER MINING CO. LIMITED Period Held: 1973 - 1974 Area: Wombat Creek. Period Held: 1973 - 1974 Target: Exploration for volcano-sedimentary, Area: Gelantipy. stratiform base metal mineralisation within the Wombat Creek Group. Target: Exploration for porphyry copper or molybdenum mineralisation. Work Carried Out: Mapping - The licence area underwent Work Carried Out: reconnaissance mapping, with the collection of Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was rock samples for detailed petrographic undertaken as part of the exploration descriptions. programme. Geochemistry - Eight rock samples were taken Geochemistry - A total of 80 stream sediment of the limestones in the Wombat Creek Group (sieved to -80#) and bank samples were and analysed for Ag, As, Co, Cu, Mn, Pb and collected from streams in the Mt. Bulla Bulla Zn. Maximum assays obtained were as follows: and Buchan Creek areas. These were assayed Cu 4,300 ppm MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 19

Ag 200 ppm described by CRAE during their tenure of EL Pb 3,900 ppm 114 at Native Dog Flat, Benambra. The stream Co 25 ppm sediment samples returned anomalous results, Zn 1,400 ppm with peak values (in separate samples) of 1500 As 220 ppm ppm Zn, 620 ppm Pb, 140 ppm Cu, 200 ppm Co Mn 2.3% and 100 ppm As. One rock sample returned 1900 ppm Zn. These high assay results were obtained from samples sourced from minor veins and shears Phase 1 Exploration within the limestone. A total of 223 shallow soil samples were taken over an area of 1 ha and the -80# fraction Reason for relinquishment: analysed for Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn. A further 93 Preliminary investigations did not indicate samples were taken of humic soils in tributaries potential for significant mineralisation. of Stoney and Limestone Creeks, with the -80# References - Jennings Mining Pty Ltd & fraction analysed for Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn. Research & Exploration Management Pty Ltd Thirty-two samples of active sediment were also (1974). collected in Limestone Creek and its major tributaries, with their -80# fraction analysed for EL 473 JENNINGS MINING PTY Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn, CxCu and CxZn. Heavy LTD mineral fractions were determined on these samples and this fraction assayed for As, Au, Period Held: 1973 - 1977 Cu, Pb and Zn. Area: Limestone Creek. Of the 223 shallow soil samples, the peak Target: Exploration for volcano-sedimentary results (in different samples) were: base metal mineralisation within the Cowombat Formation. Cu 45ppm Pb 5,800ppm Work Carried Out: Zn 3,850ppm Mapping - Orientation Programme These results indicated an anomaly of 400 m Preliminary exploration involved geological and strike length and 200 m width. Further topographic mapping of the licence area. sampling in this area involved 127 hand auger samples, on 10 and 20 m spacings which were Phase 1 Exploration assayed for Cu, Pb and Zn. Results from this Preliminary investigations prompted more assaying included peak values of: detailed mapping at a scale of 1:1000 covering an area approximately 0.12 sq.km which Cu 80 ppm included a zone of known mineralisation Pb 4,100 ppm ("gossan zone") in the Limestone Creek valley. Zn 12,000 ppm Reconnaissance mapping was undertaken along the valleys of Limestone and Stony Creeks. In addition to this hand augering, 12 pits were sunk into the shallow soil anomaly and 41 Phase 3 Exploration channel samples collected, returning peak The soil anomaly identified during Phase 2 of values of : the exploration programme underwent follow- up investigations, involving detailed geological Cu 60 ppm mapping (scale of 1:2000) and rock chip and soil Pb 9,000 ppm sampling in both the Southern Mineralised Zn 13,000 ppm zone and the Stony Creek zone. Of the 93 valley soils, the peak results (in Geochemistry - different samples) were: Orientation Programme A total of 20 rock samples and 30 stream Pb 145ppm sediment samples were initially collected and Zn 275ppm assayed for Ag, As, Co, Cu, Mn, Pb and Zn. In CxZn 160ppm particular, the stream sediment samples were Cu 140ppm collected to confirm anomalies previously CxCu 107ppm 20 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Fourteen samples were identified for follow-up Cu4 - 160 ppm analysis in Phase 2 of the exploration Pb16 - 190 ppm programme. Zn18 - 150 ppm

Phase 2 Exploration A low-level anomaly in the Stoney Creek zone, As part of Phase 2 of the exploration paralleling in part the fold axes in a marble, programme, a regional sampling programme appeared to be structurally controlled. was undertaken, involving the collection of 100 samples (79 humic valley soils, 11 valley wall Final stage Exploration soils and 10 heavy mineral concentrates of Shallow soil sampling of the B-horizon was active stream sediments). The -80# fraction undertaken at an average depth of 50 cm at an was analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn. Analyses were interval along traverses of 50 m along the also conducted of 13 rock samples and 258 hand Western Ridge Volcanics. A total of 224 auger samples, taken at 10-20 m intervals on samples were sieved to -80# and analysed for cross lines over selected anomalies. Results of Cu, Pb and Zn. This sampling revealed some these analyses are outlined below: modest anomalies, particularly with Cu (peaking at 250 ppm). Cu peaks were often supported by Zn and occasional Pb, both of the Sample type Cu (ppm) Pb (ppm) Zn (ppm) latter elements at lower multiples of soil/stream 5 - 90 10 - 230 45 - 375 background than Cu.

rock 5 - 70 5 - 110 25 - 205 A total of 103 rock chip samples were also hand auger 15 - 135 30 -13000 85 - 12000 collected, of which 28 were analysed for Ag, Cu, costean 60 9000 13000 Pb, Zn, Co, Mn, Ni and Cr. These rock chip samples did not reveal anomalous mineralisation. Three chip samples were also Phase 3 Exploration analysed for Au, Pt and Pd. All of these yielded (i) Southern zone between 12-14 ppb Au, with one sample Twenty rock chip samples and 179 C-horizon yielding 20 ppb Pt. samples were collected. These were sieved to - 80# and analysed for a range of elements and Two drainage geochemical anomalies, "Anomaly returned the following peak values: B" and "Anomaly F" (outlined from earlier exploration) underwent additional follow-up rock soil work. In the area of Anomaly B, 12 soil chip(ppm) (ppm) samples were analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn and 3 rock chip samples were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Cu 48 190 Ag, Co, Mn, Ni and Cr. A distinct soil anomaly was recorded with a peak sample of 46 ppm Cu, Pb 140 2900 400 ppm Pb and 3,500 ppm Zn. One of the Zn 1700 1200 three rock samples returned peak results of 8 ppm Cu, 235 ppm Pb and 5,100 ppm Zn. These Ag 4 anomalies appeared associated with fault Mn 7000 breccia along the faulted contact between the Cowombat Formation and the Snowy River Volcanics, and was not of economic significance. (ii) Stoney Creek zone Thirteen rock chip samples were analysed for In the area of Anomaly F, 31 soil samples were Cu, Ni, Co, Pb, Zn, Ag, Bi, Cd and Sr. None of analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn and 9 rock chip these samples had basemetal values samples were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Co, substantially above background. In the Stoney Mn, Ni and Cr. These samples however proved Creek zone, 265 A-horizon soil samples were this zone to be of little interest, with a low level collected and sieved to -80# and assayed for Cu, of base metal anomalism. The previous Pb and Zn. This analysis did not indicate any anomalous stream sediment Zn values of 330 particularly anomalous zones. Background ppm and 375 ppm was not confirmed with values for Cu, Pb and Zn over outcropping follow-up sampling. marble were noted as being significantly higher than values over other rock types. The results Geophysics - of this sampling were as follow: MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 21

Phase 1 Exploration Comalco; Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co and chromite were An EM ground and scintillometer survey was analysed by acid extraction and AAS and W conducted over the licence area to check for was analysed by fusion, acid extraction and gross magnetic response associated with colourimetric techniques. A total of 207 water possible mineralisation. Both these surveys samples were also collected and analysed for F. showed little response to either variation in Results of the stream sediment and water rock type or to potential mineralisation. sampling are detailed below:

Phase 3 Exploration water samples F 0-10 ppm A ground magnetics survey was conducted over stream sediment F 100-900 one of the prospects in the Limestone Creek samples (ppm) Pb 10-470 valley. A weak anomaly was found to occur Cu 5-60 approximately coincident with a previously Zn 5-250 defined soil geochemical anomaly. Further W 5-6700 surveys (IP and ground magnetometer) were Ni 15-85 then conducted over the two zones of interest, Co 5-30 but failed to reveal satisfactory responses Cr2O3 25-85 coincident with zones of geochemical anomaly. Only 1 anomaly was found, which showed A vertical field ground magnetometer survey anomalous F measurements, along with was conducted, with a reading interval along anomalous Cu, Pb and Zn. Ground traverses traverses of 20 m. This survey was useful in and repeated sampling failed to indicate any clearly indicating faults flanking the Cowombat significant mineralisation. Formation. No consistent relationship was found between the ground magnetic anomalies Reason for relinquishment: and soil geochemical anomalies. Mineralisation found was not of economic significance. Reason for relinquishment: Although mineralisation was observed within References - Comalco Ltd (1974a). Mineralised Zone 1 of the Cowombat Formation, it was concluded that the likelihood EL 484 WESTERN MINING of discovering an economically viable base CORPORATION metal sulphide deposit was negligible. Period Held: 1973 - 1974 References - Evans (1974a, 1974b, 1976,1977); Area: Harrietville. O'Shea (1977); Smith (1976); Meyer (1973); Hall (1977). Target: Exploration for reef gold in the Upper Ovens River Valley, with minor interest in base EL 477 COMALCO LIMITED metal mineralisation.

Period Held: 1973 - 1974 Work Carried Out: Area: Walwa-Burrowye-Koetong area. Geochemistry - A total of 173 stream sediment samples were collected across the licence area, Target: Exploration for vein-type fluorspar with varying degrees of density, depending on mineralisation, similar to the Pine Mountain the access to the catchment. The average deposit as well as replacement-type fluorspar density of sampling was 1 sample per 2.6 sq. deposits in limestone, close to the granite km. These samples were dried and the -80# contact. fraction analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Mo, Sn and Hg as well as cold extractable (Cx) Cu, Zn Work Carried Out: and As. Results of this stream sediment Geochemistry - A total of 207 stream sediment sampling are: samples were collected (dried and sieved to - 80#), of which 207 were sampled for fluorine, 204 for copper, lead and zinc, 189 for tungsten and 57 for nickel, cobalt and chromite.

In the streams sediment samples, F was analysed by a fusion technique developed by 22 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Cu 10 - 110 ppm Work Carried Out: CxCu 0.5 - 2.0 ppm Geochemistry - A total of 283 drainage samples Pb 15 - 150 ppm were collected, dried, sieved to -80# and Hg 55 - >5,000 ppb analysed for fluorine by the specific ion Zn 40 - 220 ppm electrode method at Comalco Limited. This CxZn 9 - 44 ppm sampling returned F values ranging up to 1.37 Ag 1 - 14.5 ppm ppm F, with a mean value of 0.2 ppm F. Mo not detected As 13 - 12,600 ppm A soil sampling programme was also CxAs 2 - 1,320 ppm undertaken, with 118 samples collected (dried, - 80#) and analysed for F and 117 of these were The strongest As anomalies were detected in also analysed for Pb. This sampling returned old gold mining areas where contamination is the following results: likely. These also had some coincident Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Hg response. No strong virginal F (soil) 50-250 ppm av. 140 ppm anomalies for As were detected by the stream Pb (soil) 0-450 ppm av. 185 ppm sediment survey. Three short soil traverses conducted across a Reason for relinquishment: prominent photo-lineament failed to disclose No anomalies warranting further examination any strong CxAs anomalies, with values were identified. ranging 1.5-21 ppm CxAs. References - Comalco Ltd (1974b). A total of 212 rock samples were collected, most at 20 m intervals and bulked into bags EL 532 GEOSEARCH PTY LTD representing a distance of 100 m. Quartz veins AND PIERRA INVESTMENTS PTY were sampled independently of the systematic sampling. These rock samples were analysed LTD for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and As, with only 25% of them analysed for Au. Au values ranged up to Period Held: 1974 - 1976 0.3 ppm although follow-up investigations Area: Dart River. failed to locate further Au anomalies. Results of this rock sampling are: Target: Exploration to follow up soil anomalies previously outlined by Tanganyika Holdings Cu 10 - 80 ppm (EL 372), in the search for gold mineralisation. Zn 30 - 170 ppm Ag 0.5 - 2.0 ppm Work Carried Out: As 2 - 208 ppm Mapping - The exploration programme involved Pb 20 - 60 ppm reconnaissance mapping to compile a base map covering the Dart River area. A plan of the Reason for relinquishment: Dart River Mine was produced at a scale of 1 Mineralisation found was not of economic inch : 40 feet, showing surface and significance. underground workings and sample locations and grades. The Alpine (or Alpine Star or References - Western Mining Corporation Ltd Mountain View ) mine area was also surveyed (1974). and mapped. Geochemistry - Six bulk channel or EL 507 COMALCO LIMITED underground samples were taken from the Dart River Mine, varying in weight from 0.43 to 17 Period Held: 1973 - 1974 kg. These samples were sieved to -10# and Area: Walwa-Corryong. assayed for gold. Results of this assaying are not reported. A further 14 channel samples Target: Exploration for vein-type fluorspar were also collected from the Alpine Mine area similar to the Pine Mountain deposit, and results from 6 of these samples were associated with granites and/or granite- reported: sediment contacts.

Sample Au (ppm)Location of mineralisation MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 23

1 1.43 N. face of drive, lower adit soil sampling. A total of 65 soil samples (43 soil traverses) were collected at 30 m intervals in 2 1.88 N. face of upper adit one anomalous catchment area in the Mitta 3 2.66 Central cross-cut, upper adit Mitta valley. Thirteen rock samples were also 4 35.12 N. face of drive, lower adit collected. This sampling was followed up by a further 11 reconnaissance soil traverses, with 5 17.56 S. face of Polmear's open stope samples collected every 30 m and dried and 6 0.65 Central cross-cut, upper adit sieved to -80#. Results of the preliminary sampling are outlined below, with peak values Geophysics - A magnetometer survey was run given for rock chip samples: over part of Line J of Tanganyika Holdings Limited's Alpine Grid, in the Hillcrest area. stream sed rock chip soil (ppm) The F line was also inspected, but the source of (ppm) (ppm) the soil anomaly was not apparent. A magnetometer survey was also run over Cu 5 - 270 630 10 - 640 Tanganyika's Dart Grid Line D which traverses the prominent soil anomaly in the Cornstalk Pb 5 - 265 1130 30 - 1290 area. Relative magnetic intensity along the Zn 10 - 1030 600 20 - 380 Dart Grid averaged ~1150 gammas, whilst that along the Alpine Grid had a lower average CxCu 0 - 5.4 n/a n/a around 1000 gammas, with a peak magnetic CxPb 0.5 - 5.5 n/a n/a intensity of 1500 gammas along the margin of the granodiorite. CxZn 0.7 - 370 n/a n/a As 2 - 104 170 2 - 53 Reason for relinquishment: No reason was given. Au n/a 0.15 n/a Ag n/a 11 n/a References - Geosearch Pty Ltd & Pierra Investments Pty Ltd (1976). Following this initial work, detailed soil EL 565 & 640 WESTERN MINING sampling was undertaken, and 7 grids CORPORATION LTD AND BP established, namely Whistler, Toke Gibbo, Conglomerate, Skink, Leprechaun, Eustace Gap MINING DEVELOPMENT and Silvertop. These were soil sampled on a AUSTRALIA, PTY LTD 100 m by 10 m pattern. Geochemical sampling continued in the half year from 1979 - 1980, Period Held: 1976 - 1982 with 126 rock and 151 grid soil samples Area: Mitta Mitta. collected. Results of this sampling are detailed below: Target: Exploration for base metal mineralisation. rock chip soil (ppm) (ppm) Work Carried Out: Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was undertaken over the licence area. Cu 2500 0 - 220 Pb 8100 20 - 860 Geochemistry - Preliminary investigations involved the collection of 237 stream sediment Zn 1160 30 - 570 samples, which were dried and sieved to -80# Ag 710 n/a and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, As and cold extractable (Cx) Cu, Pb and Zn. This sampling Au 2.2 n/a was followed up with the collection of a further As 18280 n/a 483 stream sediment samples and 67 rock samples. A further 1199 reconnaissance stream sediment This initial sampling led to the delineation of samples (dried and sieved to -80#) were anomalous zones, which underwent further collected from the eastern portions of the stream sediment sampling ( 817 in total) and licences, in the Silvertop, Whistler, Eustace Gap, Thilluna and Pipe grids and 194 rock 24 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

samples. Range of values returned from soil samples (2364 reconnaissance and 3409 grid Period Held: 1976 - 1982 (EL 1236: 1982 - samples, dried and sieved to -80#) and peak 1988) values from 194 rock chip samples are: Area: Benambra

Target - Exploration for volcanic-hosted, base Mitta Mitta Silvertop - reconnaissance - rock chip rock chip and grid soil metal mineralisation similar to the Woodlawn (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) base metal deposit in Silurian volcanics in N.S.W. Cu 1880 665 10 - 510 Work Carried Out: Refer to EL 1233 for full Pb 8500 7600 30 - 1060 description of work programme. Zn 1860 1210 30 - 560 Ag 230 3 n/a EL 611 ESSEX MINERALS COMPANY Au 3.4 0.65 n/a As 88990 13180 3 - 900 Period Held: 1977 - 1982 Area: Wombat Creek, Benambra.

Geophysics - Testing of grids with 100 m loop Target: Exploration for a primary stratiform T.E.M. was commenced with 150 loops being base metal deposit within Silurian limestones. completed. Grids tested include Skink, Conglomerate and Whistler. By 1981 a total of Work Carried Out: 22 line km were completed, comprising the Mapping - The exploration programme Silvertop, Toke Gibbo and Whistler grids, with involved limited reconnaissance mapping to 335 loops completed. Some of the grids were confine the zone of possible mineralisation. also tested with a magnetometer, with 64.35 Follow up work included flying approximately line km completed. 60 sq. km. of the licence with colour photography at a scale of 1:10 000. Drilling - Two diamond drill holes were completed at the Conglomerate prospect to Geochemistry - A total of 255 stream sediment depths of 140.2 m and 235.6 m respectively. samples were collected (dried and sieved to - Maximum results were returned from drill hole 80#) and analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn, with the 2, with a peak intersection of 1 m at: following results:

Cu - 365ppm Cu 4 - 100 ppm Pb - 9500 ppm Pb 20 - 380 ppm Zn - 1700 ppm, at a depth of 45 - 46 m. Zn 28 - 440 ppm

Reason for relinquishment: Eleven anomalies were detected through this Refer to ELs 1238 and 1239. In 1982, ELs 565 sampling. and 640 were renewed as ELs 1238 and 1239 respectively. As a standard check, several Emission Spectroscopy scans were run on mineralised References - Buck (1982a); Chenoweth rock samples (in-situ and float). Some of these (1979a); Thompson (1980a, 1980b,1981a, 1981b) indicated anomalous values in Sn in several Western Mining Corporation Ltd (1976a, 1976b, areas, including the Mammoth Copper Lode 1976c, 1977a, 1977b, 1977c, 1977d, 1978a, gossans with up to 0.2% Sn and gossan float at 1978b, 1978c); Western Mining Corporation Ltd Donovan's Creek 3 km to the north-west, which & BP Mining Development Australia Pty Ltd assayed 0.3% Sn. (1978a, 1979a). Further regional stream sediment sampling EL 570 (RENEWED AS EL 1236) was undertaken and indicated a Mo anomaly of WESTERN MINING 40 ppm in stream sediments in the southern CORPORATION LIMITED AND portion of the Mammoth Copper Lode Dyke, B.P. MINING DEVELOPMENT where Coopers Creek Mining and Exploration (EL 154) had previously obtained up to 700 ppm AUSTRALIA P/L MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 25

Mo and 1,000 ppm Sn. Results of this stream Cu 10 - 1100 ppm sediment sampling were as follows: Zn 10 - 850 ppm Pb 15 - 110 ppm Cu 15 - 1,700 ppm Sn 20 - 260 ppm Zn 30 - 2,000 ppm Pb 30 - 6,300 ppm Peaks in the mineralisation were intersected at Sn < 20 - 2,570 ppm a depth of 17 to 19 m.

Geophysics - An EM survey was commenced Anomalous results from the gossan analyses over the Gibbo River/Wombat Creek/Morass were not confirmed by this drilling. A second Creek grid, but was soon abandoned due to diamond drill hole was drilled further south of technical difficulties with laying out the figure DDH M1. Results of this drilling are not 8 configurations. A weak anomaly was reported. An additional five diamond drill holes recorded in the area of the baseline on 44+00 were also drilled, 1 on the Wombat Hole skarn (local coordinate) and it was intended to follow zone and 4 on the Mammoth Complex. The core this anomaly up with further work. from DDH 4 (maximum depth 271.4 m) contained anomalous, fine molybdenite in the A magnetometer survey was also conducted metasediments in the lower portion of the hole. over the entire Morass Creek/Gibbo The section between 185 m and 271.4 m River/Wombat Creek grid and indicated a contained anomalous Mo with a maximum of strong anomaly along the base line of Morass 600 ppm Mo over 3 m. The drilling indicated Creek grid, correlating closely with the contact that the best potential for mineralisation in the of the metasomatized magnesian limestone and licence area was for a porphyry molybdenite the overlying tuffaceous siltstone. An anomaly deposit of the "Hood" or "Climax" model in the was also detected in the Ralston's Lode area Mammoth Complex. The other drill hole failed along Wombat Creek, which required follow-up to locate significant mineralisation. work. Two deep auger drill holes were drilled to Induced polarization surveys were conducted depths of 7 m and 9 m respectively to test an over the areas of the Wombat Creek Hole airborne EM anomaly to the south-east of the (Morass Creek) and the South Mammoth Wombat Hole mineralisation. Both of these breccia zone. Lines over the projected zone of holes hit massive dark clay and were stopped mineralisation were run at 50 and 100 m there. A fence of 5 holes averaging 2-3 m in intervals. Results of the IP survey were depth were then drilled across the generally disappointing, except for some southernmost anomaly on the Benambra-Gibbo negative frequency effects on the western Road. All of these bottomed in weathered portion of the Morass Creek area. quartzite, with little evidence of mineralisation through the soil section. Over the southern portion of the Mammoth Lode, a pronounced resistivity low and weak Reason for relinquishment: EM anomaly suggested continuation of sulphide Management responsibility of the project was mineralisation into the brecciated zone (at least assumed by Marathon Petroleum Australia in 100 m thick). 1983 and took over the exploration programme under EL 1223. Three lines of EM surveys (50 m intervals) were also completed over Lee's Paddock, southeast of References - Brady (1979, 1980); Cuffley the Wombat Hole Show but failed to detect any (1979, 1980, 1982); Fraser & Dvorak (1981); anomalies. Two DIGHEM surveys were also Penny (1977); Urquhart & Dvorak (1982); carried out in 1980-1981. Walker (1981a, 1981b).

Drilling - A shallow diamond drill hole (DDH M1) was drilled to a depth of 33 m to test the extension of a surface gossan near the Mammoth Copper lode. No significant base metal nor tin mineralisation was encountered (max Sn 200 - 260 ppm over a distance of 3.5 m). Results from this drilling are: 26 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

EL 621 ESSEX MINERALS -32+80# Sn 5 - 345 ppm W 10 ppm COMPANY -9+32# Sn 5 - 175 ppm W 10 ppm

Period Held: 1978 - 1979 Results of this survey were disappointing, so Area: Mount Tallebung-Glen Wills Tin another survey was conducted whereby only Province, Eskdale. panned concentrates were analysed for Sn and W, with the following results: Target: Exploration for tin-bearing greisen cusps associated with granitic intrusions. Sn 110 - 7900 ppm W 10 - 70 ppm

Work Carried Out: A total of 16 soil samples was collected in the Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping recognised Redbank Creek area, every 25 m at depths of a pegmatite dyke swarm within the licence area 150 - 250 mm. These samples were dried and and this prompted further exploration to sieved through -80#, -32+80# and -9+32# and evaluate potential for associated tin analysed for Sn and W, with the following mineralisation. This mapping also described results: schists and phyllites in the licence area. -80# Sn 5 - 595 ppm W 10 ppm Geochemistry - A suite of granitic rocks was -32+80# Sn 10 - 495 ppm W 10 - 30 ppm sampled and analysed by XRF for tin levels. -9+32# Sn 15 - 615 ppm W 10 - 20 ppm These rocks returned values ranging from 1- 348 ppm Sn, with most values averaging 11 Mt. Alwa, Bounce and Walwa prospects: ppm Sn. The high value of 348 ppm Sn was not Areas of anomalous Sn values were found at the thought to indicate a trace content, but rather Mt. Alwa Mine, to the south of the mine and at an unseen "bleb of cassiterite". Although these other localities, suggesting near surface results were encouraging, the company was not mineralisation. confident of locating tin-bearing greisen cusps on these initial returns. Panned concentrates from the Mt. Alwa and Bounce prospects returned maximum assay Reason for relinquishment: values of 0.21% Sn and 70 ppm Ta. Composite Anomalies found were not considered worthy of samples collected from the aplites and follow up work. pegmatites in Walwa Creek assayed 50 ppm Sn, 10 ppm Ta and 40 ppm Sn and <10 ppm Ta References - Essex Minerals Company (1979). respectively. Twenty-five rock chip samples were collected EL 623 GOLDEN EAGLE MINING from the Walwa South area and assayed for Sn PTY LTD and Ta, with peak values of 29100 ppm Sn and 610 ppm Ta from greisen samples. Period Held: 1978 - 1983 Area: Walwa. McHarg prospect: Costeaning was undertaken at the McHarg Target: Exploration for further Sn, W and Ta scheelite prospect to depths of 0.5-1.0 m. mineralisation within the Walwa Tin Field. Myolinite veins displaying fluorescence were sampled and these samples were analysed for Work Carried Out: Au, Ag, Sn, Mo, Ta, Co and WO3, with the Mapping - The exploration programme involved following results: both regional mapping and detailed mapping in the vicinity of the Walwa Tin Field. WO3 430 - 8500 ppm Sn 0 - 40 ppm Geochemistry - Orientation stream sediment Ag < 5ppm and soil sampling programmes were followed by Au <0.215 ppm implementation of appropriate regional and local sampling programmes. A total of 27 Limited soil augering conducted at what orientation stream sediment samples was appears to be a westerly extension of the collected and sieved through -9 +32#, -32 +80# McHarg prospect at One Tree Hill returned and -80#. Assay results for Sn and W were: poor assay results of 100 ppm W and 0.23 % Sn (maximum) in panned concentrates. -80# Sn 5 - 60 ppm W 10 ppm MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 27

Work Carried Out: Geophysics - A trial magnetic survey was Mapping - Geological mapping was undertaken conducted on several traverses along Red Bank in conjunction with geochemical sampling to Creek, with readings taken every 12.5 - 25 m. check the published geology and locate any Several peaks were recorded on the creek alteration zones. Tungsten as scheelite was bottom traverse, but these flattened out identified in narrow quartz veins in the Log approaching the ridge tops and were thought to Bridge Creek area. be due to "noise". A trial seismic survey was also conducted over Geochemistry - Stream sediment and soil (ridge several lines traversing the Mt. Alwa prospect and spur) sampling was carried out over the and indicated sills at depth. licence area. The samples were dried and sieved to -70# and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn, Drilling - Three diamond drill holes were W, Ta and Mo. The initial stream sediment drilled at the McHarg scheelite prospect. sampling programme sampled a total of 176 Samples from the drill core were analysed for samples, at a density of approximately 1 sample WO3 , with the following peak results: per sq. km. Results from this sampling indicated the following range of results: DDH1 1.28 % WO3 at 16 m depth. DDH2 1.73 % WO3 at 96 m depth Cu No anomalous values DDH3 2.7 % WO3 at 51 m depth. W 1.5 - < 7.5 ppm Pb 15 - > 60 ppm Mapping indicated scheelite mineralisation Ta No anomalous values over a vertical height of ~200 m, cropping out Zn 45 - > 150 ppm between heights of 290 and 490 m. Mo 0.5 - 5 ppm Sn 3 - > 24 ppm In the Mt. Alwa area, a total of 29 percussion holes were completed, with an aggregate Follow up sampling in Log Creek and Rawes metreage of 2221 m. This drilling indicated Creek more than doubled the average density of approximately 8.64 million tonnes of aplite - sampling in the catchment. A total of 138 soil pegmatite, with an average grade of 0.16 % Sn (ridge and spur) samples were collected to and 50 ppm Ta2O5. Two diamond drill holes follow up possible anomalies indicated in the were also completed at the Mt. Alwa prospect stream sediment sampling data. This sampling and sampling of this drilling returned did not confirm any anomalies and no trace of "interesting grades". Details of further work primary scheelite mineralisation was detected. are not reported. Thirty-eight panned concentrates were also Reason for relinquishment: collected in the licence area and returned the Mineralisation found was not of economic best value of 200 ppm Sn at Log Bridge Creek. significance. Reason for relinquishment: References - Golden Eagle Mining Pty Ltd Anomalies encountered were not considered of (1985). economic significance.

EL 624 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- References - Farrell (1980); Keane (1980a); AMERICAN PROSPECTING Orr (1980a, 1981a, 1981b, 1981c, 1981d); Polkinkhorne & Browne (1979) . PROPRIETARY LIMITED

Period Held: 1978 - 1982 EL 640 WESTERN MINING Area: Koetong-Golden Eagle area. CORPORATION LTD AND BP MINING DEVELOPMENT Target: Exploration for tin, tungsten and AUSTRALIA, PTY LTD molybdenum. Period Held: 1976 - 1982 Area: Mitta Mitta.

Target: Exploration for base metal mineralisation. Work Carried Out: See EL 565. 28 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

EL 641 (RENEWED AS EL 1237) Geochemistry - WESTERN MINING (i) Preliminary exploration A total of 441 samples were collected from the CORPORATION LIMITED AND licence area, including 66 pan concentrates, 124 B.P. MINING DEVELOPMENT unconcentrated stream sediment samples, 187 AUSTRALIA P/L soil samples and 64 rock samples. All soil samples were collected below the A-horizon. Period Held: 1978 - 1983 (EL 1237: 1983 - Two soil grids were established at Cudgewa and 1988) Watchingorra, initially for orientation surveys. Area: Benambra Results of all this sampling are detailed below:

Target - Exploration for volcanic-hosted, base Sample Value metal mineralisation similar to the Woodlawn type (ppm) base metal deposit in Silurian volcanics in N.S.W. Cu Pb Zn Sn W

Work Carried Out: Refer to EL 1233 for full stream sed. 5 - 25 0 -35 10 - 120 0 - 1200 0 - 40 description of work programme. pan. conc. 0.01 - 2438 0.01 - 4.77 soil 0 - 60 0 - 15 EL 651 A.C.P. WEBB AND rock chip 7 - 35 MISTRAL MINES N.L. The Sn and W content from panned Period Held: 1979 - 1987 concentrates indicated alluvial concentration of Area: Bethanga. cassiterite in the valleys of possible economic potential. Target: Exploration for lead-zinc lode mineralisation. (ii) Follow up work During follow up investigations, 1238 stream Work Carried Out: See EL 1058 sediment samples (-80#), and 60 pan concentrate (panned to 500 - 1000 gm) samples EL 653 (RENEWED AS EL 1229) were collected from drainage from the AUSTRALIAN ANGLO-AMERICAN Watchingorra Granite. Results of Sn and W PROSPECTING P/L analyses of the pan concentrates are summarised below: Period Held: 1978 - 1984 Area: Koetong. AREA Value (ppm)

Target: Exploration for tin mineralisation Sn (ppm) W (ppm) associated with granite intrusives. Watchingorra Ck - W. trib 9 - 19 Watchingorra Ck - E. trib. 730 31.5 Work Carried Out: Watchingorra Ck 40 - 130 Mapping - Wyeebo 25 - 35 5 - 5.5 (i) Preliminary exploration Southwest of Wyeebo 30 10.5 Detailed geological mapping was carried out Watchingorra Ck - N. h/waters 4.66 Rogers Ck - h/waters 15 80 over 3 grids in the licence area - Bullhead Grid, Mt. Cudgewa 140 - 200 11.5 Cudgewa Grid and the Watchingorra Grid. Reedy Ck 8.5 - 14 Aerial photos were used to interpret prominent Lucky Hit Ck - h/waters 93 structural features. Stream beds were mapped Lightfoot - Walker Ck 116 Ben Lomond area 1200 40 in the later stages of exploration. Ropers area 480 8.0 Newmans Ck 85 11.5 (ii) Follow up work Regional surveying and mapping along Rogers Creek was undertaken to follow-up geochemical A further 1324 stream sediment samples soil anomalies in the area. Gridding, surveying (sieved to -80#) were collected to test the Sn and and mapping was also completed on Rogers W response in the Watchingorra Grid, with the Creek. following results: MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 29

Cu 5 - 20 ppm Limited auger sampling (sieved to -20#) Zn 10 - 120 ppm undertaken at Reedy Creek confirmed the Sn- W 0 - 40 ppm W-Mo anomaly and indicated only a minor Pb 0 - 30 ppm influence of soil creep. The surface anomaly at Sn 0 - 1200 ppm Reedy Creek was described as approximately 250 m wide over a strike length of almost 2 km. Channel, ridge and spur and stream sediment This exploration was followed by a total of 10 samples were collected from previously defined percussion diamond drill holes, totalling 650 m. anomalous areas. Seventeen channel samples These holes (BSP 1-10) were drilled on were collected from Lightfoot Creek, 15 stream Beetoomba Spur and samples collected at 1 or sediment samples from Cudgewa Creek, 107 10 m intervals. Apart from drill hole BS4 ridge and spur samples from Reedy Creek, 32 which intersected quartz veining within a 30 m ridge and spur samples from Lucky Hit Creek, secondary muscovite zone, the drilling largely 47 ridge and spur samples from Newman's intersected unaltered sediments. A further 2 Creek and 156 granitic rock samples were also diamond drill holes (BSD1, BSD2) were drilled collected to highlight mineralising granites. All at Reedy Creek and samples analysed for Mo, ridge and spur (soil) samples were dried and W and Sn, with the following range of results: sieved to -80# and analysed for Sn, W, Sb, Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Ta and Au. BSD1 BSD2 (ppm) (ppm) Further ridge and spur sampling was completed in the Reedy Creek, Rogers Creek, Watchingorra Creek, Newmans Creek and Mo 5 - 150 5 - 100 Lucky Hit Creek areas.At Rogers Creek, this W 5 - 1100 5 - 1200 follow-up work confirmed a multi-element anomaly. A grid was subsequently drawn at Sn 5 - 180 5 - 190 Rogers Creek and a reconnaissance A and C horizon sampling programme completed. See Further details of diamond drilling results are "Exploration Programme under renewed EL not reported. Limited auger drilling along 1229". Watchingorra Creek indicated a slight enhancement in Sn and W, especially in the Drilling - bleached alluvials. (i) Preliminary exploration Two diamond drill holes, WDH1 and WDH2, Exploration Programme under renewed were drilled to examine the W anomaly in soils EL 1229 on the Watchingorra Grid. These boreholes were drilled to depths of 199.5 m and 244.65 m EL 653 was re-applied for in 1982 and granted respectively. Cores from both boreholes were as EL 1229. This renewed licence continued chip sampled and analysed for Sn and W, sequentially from EL 653. revealing scheelite values typically less than 0.1 %. Peak values of 1000 ppm W occurred at Geochemistry - C-horizon soil samples were 120-124 m depth and 35 ppm Sn between 124- collected from augering on the Rogers Creek 128 m depth in WDH 1. grid. These samples were sieved to -80# and analysed for Sn, W and Mo. This prospect was (ii) Follow up work subsequently abandoned, as exploration for Auger drilling was undertaken at Cudgewa mineralisation associated with the Koetong Creek, with 18 holes drilled through to the C- Granite was discontinued due to disappointing horizon. These holes were logged and panned geochemical results. The Reedy Creek prospect concentrates analysed. Results of this drilling was also abandoned. Rock chips were collected are not reported. from the Watchingorra grid. More attention was then directed towards exploring for alluvial Three holes were also drilled through the gold in the Mitta Mitta valley. alluvials of the Mitta Mitta valley. None of these three holes intersected bedrock, with a Drilling - Two lines of auger holes were drilled peak value of 140 mg/m3 Au returned in one across the valley of Watchingorra Creek to hole. determine the source of the previously found Sn anomaly. Samples, collected at 1 m intervals, indicated that the Sn anomaly was associated 30 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

with weathered bedrock. The exploration grid was extended to the west to further test this stream pan soil soil (ridge rock anomaly. A line of 8 percussion drill holes was sed. conc. (grid) and spur) chip laid out across the valley close to the southern (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) boundary of the licence. These holes were drilled to depths of 15 - 16 m and sampled at Sn 0 - 35 0.01 - 25 0 - 40 3 - 80 2000 1 m intervals. Results from the retreatment of W 0 - 15 0 - 24.9 0 - 20 0.5 - 25 60 the slimes gave an average grade of 24.46 Cu n/a n/a n/a 1 - 45 185 mg/m3 Au. Pb n/a n/a n/a 1 - 50 65 Geophysics - A ground magnetometer survey Zn n/a n/a n/a 1 - 115 140 was conducted over the Watchingorra grid. Ta n/a n/a n/a <10 - 15 60

Reason for relinquishment: Mo n/a n/a n/a 0.5 - 2 8.5 No anomalies warranting further examination Au n/a n/a n/a n/a 8 were identified. Soil sampling indicated two weak Sn anomalies References - Farrell (1980); Keane (1979a, in the Bullhead Creek Grid and a W anomaly 1980b); Orr (1979a, 1980b, 1981e, 1981f, 1981g, in the Watchingorra Grid. Channel sampling 1981h); Orr & Farrell (1980); Thynne (1978, along the road cutting over an adit from the 1982); Washausen (1982a). Bullhead Creek mineral occurrence outlined 3 m at 0.6% Sn. EL 656 (RENEWED AS EL 1232) AUSTRALIAN ANGLO-AMERICAN Drilling - One RC air drill hole was completed PROSPECTING P/L along the Yabba road and samples collected every 3 m and analysed for Au, Sn and Ta. This Period Held: 1978 - 1984 (renewed as EL hole reached a final depth of 31 m in weathered 1232: 1982 - 1984) granite. The hole failed to locate more than Area: Eskdale. traces of cassiterite in quartz veins. No further work was undertaken at this prospect. Target: Exploration for alluvial tin deposits and tin and tungsten lodes associated with Two fences of drill holes were also completed in granite intrusives. the search for alluvial gold. One line of 6 drill holes totalled 203 m of drilling in the Mitta Work Carried Out: Mitta Valley and another line of of 6 holes in Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was Faireyknowe Valley accrued 73m. Samples completed throughout the licence area. from this drilling were analysed for Au, Sn and Detailed geological mapping was undertaken at W, with the best result in drill hole MC5 (Mitta Bullhead Creek to follow up geochemical Mitta Valley), where 99 mg Au was returned anomalies. between 11 and 14 m depth. Only trace amount of Sn and W were detected. Geochemistry - More than 300 samples were collected within the licence area, including 113 Reason for relinquishment: stream sediment samples, 27 panned Mineralisation intersected was not considered concentrate samples, 127 soil samples (46 ridge significant enough to warrant further and spur, 81 grid soil samples) and 27 channel investigations. samples. An orientation soil grid was laid out over the Bullhead Creek mineral occurrence References - Farrell (1980); Keane and samples collected every 50 m and analysed (1979a,1980c); Orr (1979b, 1979c, 1980c, 1981i, for Sn and W. This initial sampling indicated 1981j, 1981k, 1982a, 1982b); Thynne (1978). an anomalous granite contact zone, returning 80 ppm Sn. This was followed up with further ridge and spur soil and rock chip sampling in the Bullhead Creek catchment anomalous zone. Samples were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ta, Sn, W and As. Overall results of sampling, are summarised below, with peak values given for rock chips: MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 31

EL 668 ASARCO (AUSTRALIA) Sample Cu Pb Zn (ppm) PTY LTD type (ppm) (ppm)

Period Held: 1978 - 1979 stream sed. 5 - 35 0 - 700 25 - 1800 Area: Mt. Bulla Bulla. soil 1 - 14 0 - 615 5 - 120 Target: Exploration for base metal rock chip 1 - 6 0 - 5 5 - 22 mineralisation associated with the Snowy River Volcanics. This regional sampling (248 stream sediment Work Carried Out: samples, 7 soil samples and 5 rock samples), Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was together with an assessment of results of undertaken in the area of Mt. Bulla Bulla and previous geochemical sampling, outlined three the Snowy River to check for signs of sulphide anomalous areas for follow-up work. These mineralisation. No evidence for such areas were known as Moscow Creek/Cowombat mineralisation was found. Flats, Rhymer Creek/Ballantyne Hills and Second Emu Flat. Reason for relinquishment: Previously reported mineralisation was not Follow-up investigations in these areas was confirmed during preliminary investigations carried out by left and right stream bank and the company did not pursue the exploration sampling. A total of 397 samples were collected programme. (dried and sieved to -80#) and analysed for total Cu, Pb, Zn and cold-extractable Cu, Pb and Zn. References - Asarco (Australia) Pty Ltd The Moscow Creek/ Cowombat Flats anomaly (1979). was recognised as originating from minor ferruginous, siliceous cavities within EL 674 (RENEWED AS EL 1231) metaquartzite of the Cowombat Group adjacent to a quartz-feldspar-porphyry plug, covered in AUSTRALIAN ANGLO-AMERICAN part by the Snowy River Volcanics. This LIMITED prospect was subsequently abandoned.

Period Held: 1978 - 1983 (EL 1231: 1982 - (ii) Follow up work 1983) A total of 463 rock chip samples were collected Area: Suggan Buggan. at 50 m intervals on lines approximately 100 m apart on the Rhymer Creek/Ballantyne Hills Target: Exploration for polymetallic prospect. These samples were analysed for Cu, mineralisation in the Suggan Buggan area. Pb, Zn, Mo, Sn, W, As and Au. The results of this work indicated an anomalous horizon at Work Carried Out: the contact between a nappe-like granite and Mapping - As part of follow-up investigations, an underlying biotite-hornblende granodiorite detailed geological mapping, aided by aerial intrusion. The anomalous horizon comprised a photo interpretation, was carried out at the stockwork of gossanous veins of 5 cm maximum remaining Rhymer Creek/Ballantyne Hills and width. This prospect was also abandoned. Second Emu Flat prospects. Initial geochemical data indicated anomalous Geochemistry - Pb (2050 and 2350 ppm) and Zn (928 and 950 (i) Initial exploration ppm) at the Second Emu Flat prospect. Follow- Initial work within the EL included a regional up geochemical sampling (332 soil samples, 64 stream sediment sampling programme to stream sediment samples both dried and sieved outline possible areas of interest. Sampling to -80#; 157 rock chip samples) was carried out was conducted at a density of 1 sample per sq. at this prospect to test the Pb/Zn anomaly. km. and samples were dried and sieved to -80# Results of the soil and stream sediment and analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn, with selected sampling are summarised below: samples analysed for As, W and Sn. Results of initial sampling were: 32 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

which 29 were analysed for Cu, Pb and Zn, with stream sed soil (ppm) the following anomalous results: (ppm) Eight Mile Gossan East Cu 1900 ppm Cu 5 - 25 11- 56 Eight Mile Gossan West Cu 2250 & 2750 ppm Pb 20 - 170 21 - 678 Benambra Gossan Cu 500 ppm Zn 335 ppm Zn 30 - 125 18 - 557 CxCu 5 - 15 n/a Geophysics - A Dighem II EM/resistivity/magnetic airborne survey was CxPb 20 - 165 n/a conducted over two survey areas, one over the CxZn 10 - 70 n/a valley of Morass Creek and one covering the north-western corner of the licence area. Approximately 400 line kms of flying were Extensive hydrothermal alteration was completed, with a 150 m line-spacing, an revealed, but the source of the anomaly average airspeed of 100 km/h and an EM bird remained unclear. Geophysical investigation height of 35 m. On completion of this survey, was subsequently undertaken in an effort to 11 discrete anomalies were defined, of which 8 deduce the source and nature of the anomaly. were chosen for follow-up investigations using a SIROTEM ground EM survey. Of these 8 Geophysics - A SIROTEM survey was conducted anomalies, 3 yielded clear discrete SIROTEM over 5 lines in the Second Emu Flat area using anomalies thought to be derived from bedrock 100 m coincident loops. This survey indicated sources. a weak conductor. The anomaly was inferred to be associated with faulting thought to Drilling - Four percussion drill holes (15 cm accompany the final stage of ignimbrite diameter) were completed to test the Au intrusion and simultaneous caldera collapse. potential of the larger alluvial flats, with 2 This prospect was also abandoned. holes drilled in the Morass Swamp east of Benambra and 2 in the Omeo Valley. In total, Reason for relinquishment: 71.80 m were drilled. Samples were cut at Mineralisation found was not significant 1.5 m intervals and panned to recover the enough to warrant further investigation. heavy mineral fraction, with the following results: References - Australian Anglo American Ltd (1978); Keane (1979b); Orr (1979d, 1980d, Ilmenite 77 % heavy fraction 1980e, 1981l, 1981m, 1981n, 1982c); Washausen Monazite 5% (1981, 1982b); Wilding (1980). Xenotime trace Haematite 2 % EL 675 (RENEWED AS EL 1252) Rutile 2 % CULTUS PACIFIC N.L. Others 2 % Garnet 2 % Period Held: 1978 - 1983 (EL 1252 : 1982 - Zircon 9 % 1983) Area: Benambra. No significant concentrations of Au were found from the percussion holes. Bore Hole 4 Target: Exploration for Wilga-type volcanic- revealed 3 - 8 gold colours from 5 - 8 m depth. hosted, massive sulphide mineralisation as well as alluvial gold. In order to investigate EM anomalies, 7 diamond drill holes (BDD1-7) were drilled to a Work Carried Out: cumulative length of 605.4 m. The strongest Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was EM anomalies (Anomalies 1 and 4) were shown conducted in the licence area, with focussed to be caused by faulted slates and siltstones interest on the "Eight Mile Gossan" and the which in places are graphitic. The causes of "Benambra Gossan". EM anomalies in the other holes were not satisfactorily explained. Holes BDD1 and Geochemistry - Reconnaissance sampling BDD2 were located on a DIGHEM anomaly involved the collection of 63 rock samples, of north of Benambra. Holes BDD5 and BDD7 indicated prospective intermediate to acid MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 33

volcanogenic rocks in the southern portion of Three rock chip samples collected in the vicinity the graben and were recommended for further of the Hopeful Mine showed tin values in the work. Samples were collected from BDD1, range 900 to 1150 ppm. Twenty-seven rock BDD2, BDD5 and BDD7 and assayed for base samples were also collected from pegmatite metals and Au, with the following results, dykes and assayed for Sn, Ta and U, by XRF quoted in ppm: analysis, with the following results:

BDD1 BDD2 BDD5 BDD7 Sn 10 - 640 ppm Ta <10 - 150 ppm Cu 55 - 175 65 - 180 5 - 15 9 - 950 U <4 - 26 ppm

Pb 20 - 35 20 - 35 5 5 - 40 Reason for relinquishment: Zn 20 - 40 <30 10 - 40 50 - 135 Mineralisation found was not considered Au 0.008 - 0.175 0.84 0.008 - 0.033 0.008 - 0.108 significant enough to warrant further Ag <0.5 < 0.5 0.5 - 5 < 0.5 investigation. Sn <3 <3 4 - 7 3 - 10

Co 20 - 30 20 - 25 10 - 20 40- 65 References - Kirk (1980). EL 690 CRA EXPLORATION P/L Reason for relinquishment: Cultus Pacific failed to find a joint venture Period Held: 1979 - 1981 partner for EL 1252 and so the licence was Area: Mt. Morgan, Thowgla. relinquished. Target: Exploration for polymetallic References - Cheong (1981); Cultus Pacific mineralisation associated with porphyry N.L. (1979, 1980a, 1980b, 1981a, 1981b, 1983); intrusions. Fraser (1980); Geoex Pty Ltd (1981); Gifford (1982); McLaren (1981); Minex Services (1979). Work Carried Out: Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was EL 689 ABERFOYLE conducted over the licence area, with a EXPLORATION P/L particular focus on the Mt. Morgan porphyry and its contact zone. Period Held: 1979 - 1980 Area: Mount Wills. Geochemistry - Reconnaissance spot rock chip sampling of gossanous veins in the porphyry Target: Exploration for tin mineralisation contact zone at Mt. Morgan was conducted, within tin-bearing dykes. with the following peak results:

Work Carried Out: Sn 1250 ppm Mapping - Reconnaissance geological mapping Cu 300 ppm was undertaken in the licence area in order to W 70 ppm locate exploration targets. As 875 ppm Pb 600 ppm Geochemistry - A total of 200 stream sediment Bi 310 ppm (-80#)samples were collected in a north-south belt though the centre of the licence area and Surface chip sampling was conducted in the were analysed (XRF) for Sn and Ta, with the gossanous zone (55 samples in gossan, out of a following results: total of 80 samples collected), with the following peak results: Sn <4 - 1550 ppm Ta <10 - 25 ppm Cu 1250 ppm Ag 120 ppm The stream sediment survey indicated that Sn Pb 1600 ppm mineralisation was confined to the zone of Mo 133 ppm pegmatite dykes. Massive granitic bodies were Zn 310 ppm not found to contain significant cassiterite. Au 0.40 ppm Bi 1400 ppm 34 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Table 1 Drilling results EL 690

Hole Cu (ppm) Pb (ppm) Zn (ppm) Bi (ppm) Ag (ppm) Mo (ppm) Sn (ppm) Au (ppm) No.

P1 210-1350 60 -2600 15 - 120 110 -1800 1-140 1 - 10 24-430 0.1-0.4 P2 180-1300 880-7700 30 - 130 <10- 610 1-60 4 - 26 36-1200 0.05 P3 80 -260 90 -560 15 - 30 <10 - 300 5-17 5 - 17 60-1200 0.05 P4 65 270-2200 35 - 75 <10 - 310 1 5 - 12 75-560 nd P5 8 -85 12 -200 30 - 70 <10 - 30 1-5 6 - 95 22-85 nd P6 5 -8 95 -110 10 -15 <10 2 <1- 5 16-100 nd P7 15 -55 75 -130 25 - 60 <10 - 20 2 <1- 75 14-75 nd P8 15 110 85 <10 1 8 - 36 20-100 nd P9 22-32 40 -210 85 -180 <10 1 14- 30 32-170 nd P10 12-35 80 -95 30 -40 <10 1 <1- 7 20-430 nd P11 8-85 130-270 12 -30 <10 1-3 1 - 12 20-210 nd P12 15-40 25 -470 4 -95 <10 1-3 10- 35 24-180 0.05

Table 2 Peak results from drilling Mount Morgan prospect EL 690

Hole Cu % Pb % Zn % Ag Mo Sn Ni Co Bi % Mn Au (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)

DDH1 0.3 0.25 0.26 41 33 0.17 20 15 0.2 200 <0.01 DDH2 0.012 0.068 0.19 7 21 70 70 20 0.13 1300 <0.1

Soil sampling was conducted from the B- and Mt. Unicorn, with inconclusive results. A horizon at Mt. Morgan at intervals of 25 m. subsequent EM survey conducted also returned The samples collected were dried and sieved to inconclusive results. -80 # and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn, Ag and Mo. The results from this sampling are Drilling - In light of inconclusive geophysical summarised below. results, a drilling programme was undertaken to test the geochemical anomalies. A total of 12 Cu 2 - 170 ppm percussion holes was drilled into contact rocks, Bi 10 - 90 ppm gossan and porphyry, to an average depth of Pb 15 - 700 ppm 29 m (depth range 11 - 54 m). All the holes Mn 55 - 4900 ppm were sampled, with results summarised in Zn 24 - 345 ppm Table 1. Mo 4 - 230 ppm Two diamond drill holes were also drilled on the A sympathetic Cu/Pb/Sn anomaly was Mt. Morgan prospect to depths of 150 m and recognised south of the gossans trace at Mt. 98 m respectively. Peak values from sampling Morgan, with values of 200 ppm Cu, 780 ppm of these cores are summarised in Table 2. Pb and 170 ppm Sn. A broader and smaller anomaly was also recognised at Crawford These intersections were not regarded as Crossing, with values of 290 ppm Pb and 480 anomalous. ppm Zn. Mt Unicorn returned anomalous values of 170 ppm Cu, 75 ppm Pb and 320 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Zn. Mineralisation found was not of economic significance. Geophysics - An IP and magnetics survey was conducted to test promising Cu-Pb-Zn References - Paizes (1981); Paizes & Thomas anomalies at Mt. Morgan, Crawford Crossing (1981). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 35

Line D 1.5 - 175.9 EL 695 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- AMERICAN PROSPECTING P/L Soil samples - Line C 1.0 - 16.0 Line D 1.0 - 31.5 Period Held: 1979 - 1982 Area: Bingo Munjie. A further 87 stream sediment samples were Target: Exploration for molybdenum-bearing collected from areas of previously identified quartz veins in the Bingo-Munjie granite. anomalies in the Bingo Munjie granite. These were dried and sieved to -80# and analysed Work Carried Out: (AAS) for Cu, Pb, Zn and Mo. Results of this Mapping - The exploration programme involved sampling are as follows: reconnaissance mapping and rock sampling (83 in total) across the licence area. In mapping Cu 5 - 123 ppm Charlie's Grid, it was noted that increases in Zn 10 - 101 ppm Mo coincided with increased silicification of the Pb 5 - 50 ppm granite gneiss. Mo 0.5 - 2.1 ppm

Geochemistry - A total of 102 stream sediment Eighty-three rock samples were also collected samples were collected from streams draining and underwent whole rock analysis to ascertain the Bingo Munjie granite. Ten of the samples the source of the observed Mo anomalies. were assayed for Sn and W, 60 for Mo and 58 for Ag. Nineteen panned concentrates were Seven soil lines were surveyed and sampled collected and assayed for Sn and W. This (50 m spacings) across the granite to follow up sampling indicated anomalous Mo along the anomalous stream sediment results. Soil eastern contact of the granite. Results of this sampling was largely inconclusive, although it sampling were as follows: did suggest the Mo response to be associated with the alluvium of Charlie's Creek. Two grids (Charlie's Grid and Faithful Grid) were stream sed. pan conc. established for follow-up sampling. At Charlie's (ppm) (ppm) Grid a costean was excavated and channel samples collected, returning anomalies of up to Cu 10 - 246 n/a 270 ppm Mo. Another 188 stream sediment samples (-80# were collected and analysed from Pb 0 - 78 n/a the Bingo Munjie Granite, revealing higher Mo Zn 20 - 101 n/a values in the eastern part of the EL, with the best response in Charlie's Grid. Details of this Sn 0 - 11 0.01 - 0.31 sampling are not reported. W 0 0.02 - 5.46 A total of 67 hand auger sample were collected Ag 0 - 0.3 n/a (80 cm centres) on Charlie's Grid and confirmed Mo 0 - 20 n/a a Mo anomaly, with values in excess of 50 ppm Mo. Seventy-four hand-held auger samples were collected in the Faithful Grid to follow up Two soil lines were sampled with a hand-held a nearby drainage anomaly. However, these auger to depths between 0.35 and 2.4 m. A did not confirm surface anomalies. total of 63 auger samples and 58 soil samples were collected. Results of this sampling are Drilling - Two diamond drill holes were drilled detailed below: into Charlie's grid over a soil Mo anomaly. Diamond drill hole 1 (DDH M1) was stopped at a depth of 260 m and DDH M2 at 250 m. Core samples were collected from this drilling and assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo, Sn and W. Results, as provided in graphical representations from reports, are summarised below: Sample type Mo (ppm) DDH M1 DDH M2 Auger samples - Line C 1.5 - 43.0 36 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

(ppm) (ppm) References - Golden Eagle Mining Pty Ltd Cu 5 - 1000 5 - 400 (1985).

Pb 5 - 130 5 - 180 EL 746 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- Zn 5 - 900 5 - 300 AMERICAN PROSPECTING P/L Mo 0.5 - 7400 0.5 - 1600 Period Held: 1979 - 1984 Sn 3 - 100 3 -220 Area: Little Snowy Creek. W 0.5 - 380 0.5 - 80 Target: Exploration for tin and tungsten mineralisation associated with the Mitta Mitta Further details of this drilling are not reported. Dyke Swarm and alluvial tin and gold deposits within the Mitta Mitta Valley and its tributary Reason for relinquishment: Little Snowy Creek. No reason given. Work Carried Out: Details of work carried References - Australian Anglo American out are not available in reports, so that only a Prospecting Pty Ltd (1982). synthesis of exploration activity is provided here. EL 722 BHP MINERALS LIMITED Mapping - Regional reconnaissance mapping Period Held: 1979 - 1987 was undertaken throughout the licence area. Area: Bright and Germantown. Geochemistry - Initial exploration involved Target: Exploration for large stock work or stream sediment sampling, with samples disseminated gold deposits as well as alluvial analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo, Sn and W. Rock gold in the Ovens and Buckland Rivers. chip samples of the Mitta Mitta Dyke Swarm were also collected and analysed, along with Work Carried Out: See EL 1208 ridge and spur soil samples. Tin mineralisation was assessed as having limited tonnage EL 738 GOLDEN EAGLE MINING potential and further exploration was P/L AND UNION CORPORATION abandoned. (AUSTRALIA) P/L In light of poor Sn geochemical results, exploration focussed on alluvial gold in the Period Held: 1980 - 1983 Mitta Mitta Valley. Area: Parish of Burrowye. Drilling - Five lines of RC drilling were Target: Exploration for tungsten, tin or conducted across alluvial flats of the Mitta tantalum mineralisation. Mitta River and 2 lines of RC drilling were conducted across the valley of Little Snowy Work Carried Out: Creek. Samples from this drilling were Geochemistry - A comprehensive stream collected at 3 m intervals and analysed for Au, sediment sampling programme was Sn and Ta. The best Au values were obtained undertaken, with more than 500 samples in the Mitta Mitta Valley. Follow-up drilling collected from both EL 738 and EL 623. All the indicated 2 layers of enhanced Au values within samples were panned and assayed for Sn and the alluvium between 5m and 15m below the W. Results of this sampling are described surface and this was confirmed by subsequent below: evaluation drilling along 4 lines. Sn95 - 700 ppm sedimentary terrain 185 - 620 ppm granitic terrain W 9.3 - 38 ppm sedimentary terrain 9.3 - 110 ppm granitic terrain

Reason for relinquishment: Anomalies found were not considered worthy of additional work. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 37

Table 3 Geochemical sampling results EL's 750, 873

Sample type Value (ppm)

Sn Ta Nb

dyke (chip) 3 - 16966 ppm/m 0 - 175 ppm/m 0 - 210 ppm/m stream sediment 15 - 140 0 - 30 0 - 35 misc. rock chip 35 - 2800 0 - 65 9 - 110 mullock rock chip 130 - 5000 0 - 4640 9 - 460

Reason for relinquishment: No reason given, although it is presumed that Ta <10 - 100 ppm mineralisation encountered was not significant W <10 - 40 ppm enough to support a mining operation. Sn 30 - 910 ppm Au <0.01 - 4.94 ppm References - Newton-Smith, J. (1984). Nb 6 - 25 ppm

EL’S 750, 873 DAMPIER MINING Reason for relinquishment: COMPANY LIMITED Anomalies found were not considered worthy of further work. Period Held: 1980 - 1982 Area: Mitta Mitta. References - Dampier Mining Co. Ltd (1982).

Target: Exploration for tin and tantalum EL 752 (RENEWED AS EL 1339) mineralisation associated with greisen dyke AUSTRALIAN ANGLO-AMERICAN swarms. Secondary targets included alluvial PROSPECTING P/L deposits of tin, tantalum and gold. Period Held: 1979 - 1984 (renewed as EL Work Carried Out: 1339: 1983 - 1984) Mapping - The exploration programme involved Area: Mount Misery. detailed mapping of greisen dyke swarms. Target: Exploration for alluvial tin and gold in Geochemistry - Dykes were sampled at 1 m alluvial gravels of the Mitta Mitta River flats. sections across strike. Stream sediment samples were collected from the bottom of Work Carried Out: present day streams. A number of Drilling - A line of 6 percussion drill holes were miscellaneous rock samples and samples of drilled across Scrubby Creek, with an average dump material located near old workings were depth of 10 m. Panned concentrates were also collected. A total of 196 samples were collected and analysed for Au, Ag, Sn, Ta and analysed for Sn, Ta and Nb and also, in some W. Two of the initial 6 holes at Scrubby Creek cases, Sb, Bi and Au. Results of this sampling were re-drilled to a maximum depth of 33 m are outlined in Table 3. using an RC drill. An additional 6 RC holes were drilled to a maximum depth of 38 m. Alluvial deposits underwent bulk sampling, with a total of 25 pits dug into 8 creeks and A total of 12 RC drill holes were completed concentrate samples collected from each pit. across the Mitta Mitta Valley to depths ranging Analyses of these concentrates indicated that 7 - 37 m. the Sn and Au concentrations were lower than anticipated, with the following (best) results Samples were collected from these holes at 0 - from Diggers Creek samples: 2 m then in 3 m lengths to the bottom of the holes and subsequently underwent analysis for Sn 1.85 - 46.48 g/cubic metre Au. The slag was analysed for Sn and Ta. The Au 0.004 - 0.04 g/cubic metre holes MJ1 - MJ4 revealed the following Au contents: Results from bulk alluvial sampling are: 38 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Work Carried Out: MJ1 0.7288 mg Au from spiral Geochemistry - A stream sediment sampling MJ2 0.6397 " " programme was conducted throughout the MJ3 0.4668 " " licence area, with 157 samples collected (dried MJ4 0.0633 " " and sieved to -80#). The following range of assays were recorded: Three cable tool percussion holes were drilled at sites previously drilled by RC drills. These Cu <2 - 44 ppm holes were drilled to depths of 15 m and W <4 - 108 ppm sampled at 1 m intervals, returning Au assays Ag <1 ppm between 0.01 - 326 mg/m3. Pb <5 - 31 ppm Sn <5 - 13 ppm Ten reverse circulation (RC) holes were Au 0.005 - 0.158 ppm completed around the Pioneer Mine. Of these Zn 10 - 128 ppm 10 holes, 2 were re-drilled using the percussion Mo <5 - 9 ppm drill. Depths of the holes ranged from 4 - 40 m. As was expected, Mt. Murphy Creek was Gold values from this drilling were generally anomalous throughout, reflecting known low, with the exception of PM3 which returned: wolframite mineralisation on its NW slopes.

Au 0 - 274 mg/cubic metre percussion drill A further 43 stream sediment samples were returns collected from upper Millers Creek, upper Au 0 - 70 mg/cubic metre RC drill hole Buckwong Creek and upper Cocky Creek. returns These samples were sieved to -40# and analysed for W, Sn, Mo and Au. The range of Geochemistry - A sample treatment shed was values from these assays is outlined below: established near Eskdale, where samples were concentrated prior to dispatch for analysis. W <10 - 30 ppm Slimes from the tailings dam from the Sn <4 - 12 ppm treatment shed was re-treated at the Eskdale Mo <4 - 8 ppm treatment shed and returned a grade of 24.46 Au 0.05 ppm mg/ cubic metre Au. The average slimes content of all percussion holes drilled in the Regional and detailed stream sediment surveys Mitta Mitta Valley is 27.7%, which indicates a outlined 5 anomalous areas, namely: gold loss equivalent to 6.78 mg/cubic metre. 1. Mt. Murphy Creek Reason for relinquishment: 2. Lower Miller/Derek/Cocky Creeks Gold mineralisation encountered was not of 3. Upper Miller Creek economic significance. 4. Upper Buckwong Creek 5. Upper Le Hardies Creek References - Australian Anglo American Prospecting Pty Ltd (1984). A total of 20 panned heavy mineral concentrates were taken from selected sites EL 893 ESSEX MINERALS from the Miller, Derek, Cocky, Buckwong and COMPANY Le Hardies Creeks. These were sieved to -40# and assayed for W, Sn, Mo, Ag, Au, Sb and Ta. Period Held: 1980 - 1982 This survey indicated W and Au anomalies Area: Mount Murphy. along the Mt. Misery granite contact zone, drained by Derek Creek, Cocky Creek and Target: Exploration for tin mineralisation Lower Miller's Creek. Follow-up auger associated with granitoids. sampling along Derek Creek supported this, with W increasing in content from the junction of Millers Creek (280 ppm W, 1.9 ppm Au) to just into the granite contact (930 ppm W, 5.0 ppm Au). Otherwise, only 2 areas of lesser interest showed up in the concentrates: Buckwong Creek (380 ppm W) and upper Le Hardies Creek (0.10 ppm Au). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 39

A total of 92 soil (ridge and spur) samples were Geochemistry - Three lines of hand auger collected at 50 m intervals from the western samples (depths of 0.3 - 0.5 m, bottom of the C- watershed of Mt. Murphy and analysed for Sn, horizon) were collected from All Nations Gully, Mo, W and Au. Results of this sampling with a total of 19 samples collected and (outlined below) were consistent with results analysed for Au, Ag and As. Results of this from the orientation survey: sampling are described below:

W <10 - 15 ppm Au <0.1 - 62.6 ppm Mo <4 - 6 ppm Ag 0 - 31 ppm Sn <4 - 14 ppm As 60 - 5600 ppm Au < 0.05 ppm The peak value of 62.6 ppm Au was returned Sixty-eight soil samples were also collected over from a soil sample in the Tin Hut reef mine. the Derek Creek zone of gossanous quartz veins Details of follow-up investigations are not and gossanous brecciated metaquartzites. reported. These samples were collected from the B- horizon by auger at intervals of 25 m and Reason for relinquishment: assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, Sn, W and Mo, Mineralisation found was not regarded as being with the following results: economically significant.

Cu 4 - 30 ppm References - Northern Mining Corporation Ag < 1 ppm N.L. (1983). W < 10 - 15 ppm Pb 8 - 26 ppm EL'S 1008, 1145, 1151, 1180 Au < 0.05 ppm NORTHERN MINING Mo < 4 ppm Zn 10 -80 ppm CORPORATION N.L. AND Sn 4 - 16 ppm FREEPORT OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED. Geophysics - An IP survey was conducted to check soil sample data at Derek Creek and a Period Held: 1981 - 1983 weak response was recorded over the gossanous Area: Koetong. area, suggesting only minor pyrite mineralisation at this location. Target: Exploration for the source of alluvial tin, gold and scheelite occurrences. Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation intersected was not of economic Work Carried Out: significance. Geochemistry - Stream sediment sampling was conducted near Royal Park and at Jimmy's References - Essex Minerals Company Creek, with 19 samples collected. Near Royal (1982b). Park, 8 creek samples and 1 hand auger sample were collected to ascertain the distribution of EL 973 NORTHERN MINING cassiterite in the area. Samples were sent for CORPORATION N.L. analysis and panned concentrates were collected to give visible heavy minerals. At Period Held: 1981 - 1982 Jimmy's Creek, 11 samples (45 kg each) were Area: Granya. sieved to -5 mm, +2 mm and -2 mm fractions and panned to give heavy mineral fractions. Target: Exploration for gold and tin lode and This reconnaissance sampling revealed an alluvial mineralisation . ilmenite source under the known tin mine area at Jimmy's Creek. Work Carried Out: Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was A total of 97 stream sediment samples were carried out on the Tin Hut Reef, Granya Mine, collected in a follow-up survey that centred on Mt. Firebrace Mine and alluvial workings south the previously identified Sn and W bearing of All Nations Gully. Rock and soil samples rocks. These samples were concentrated on site were collected from these areas to provide a and then analysed for Sn and W. A subsequent detailed petrographic description of the geology. stream sediment survey conducted north of 40 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Koetong (5 samples) revealed an ilmenite Geochemistry - Three auger holes were taken source. across the line of the New Chum Reef to test for reef extensions. Seven rock chip samples were Geophysics - A magnetometer survey was collected and analysed for Au, returning values conducted over the Jimmy Creek tin mine area between 0.064 and 33.8 ppm. Fifteen short to determine the rock type below the heavy auger hole soil samples and 1 surface (A - mineral source. This survey revealed a roughly horizon) sample were also collected to test for circular magnetic low in the northern part of extensions of mineralisation. The soil samples the tin mine site, which underwent follow-up do indicate anomalous As values (peak value 45 drilling. ppm As), although no Au was detected.

Drilling - Four vertical auger hole were drilled Follow-up investigations involved the collection into the magnetic anomaly to depths of 8.3 - of 117 auger soil samples, with an auger 9 m. Analysis of drilled samples indicated diameter of 5 cm sampling from the B-horizon. probable kimberlite. Two diamond drill holes Samples were dried and sieved to -80# and (DDK1, DDK2) subsequently sampled the analysed for As and Au. Assays returned Au diatreme, reaching depths of 15.48 and 18.06 m, values of between 0.07 - 3.64 ppm and As respectively. Three more diamond drill holes values of between 2.5 - 3000 ppm. were then drilled into the magnetic anomaly. Two of these holes (DDK4, DDK5), drilled to Geophysics - A magnetometer survey was depths of 15.5 and 18.1 m, hit a 'kimberlitic' conducted over the licence area, but was unable dyke which proved to be a carbonated basaltic to pick up any anomalies. breccia. Two diamond drill holes drilled (DDK 6, 22.5 m depth and DDK7, 24m depth) into a Reason for relinquishment: circular depression revealed weathered granite No reason given. at depth with potential for heavy mineral concentration. Diamond drill holes DDK8 References - Lee (1982); Northern Mining (30 m) and DDK9 (31 m) tested another Corporation N.L. (1982). magnetic anomaly and revealed fresh granite at depth containing some magnetite in fractures. EL 1016 ESSEX MINERALS Overall, this drilling confirmed the presence of COMPANY potassic basic intrusives which were, however, of sub-economic value. Period Held: 1981 - 1982 Area: Beloka. Reason for relinquishment: Anomalies found were not considered of Target: Exploration for Benambra-type base economic significance. metal mineralisation underlying Quaternary sediments. References - Lee (1981); Marx (1982,1983). Work Carried Out: EL 1009 NORTHERN MINING Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping revealed CORPORATION N.L. thick deposits of Quarternary gravels and sands overlying prospective areas. Period Held: 1981 - 1982 Area: Mt. Elliot, north-east of Corryong. Geophysics - A total of 187 line km were flown on an east-west flight path at 500 m intervals Target: Exploration for extensions to gold over the entire licence. This survey indicated 2 mineralisation in abandoned gold mines. strong magnetic linears intersecting at the south-western corner of the licence on a Work Carried Out: magnetic high. This anomaly was related to a Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping and Triassic syenite intrusion and the linears surveying was conducted over Mt. Elliot and its supported evidence for graben faults, with the previous workings to ascertain styles of intervening down-thrown area having a mineralisation and look for extensions of known distinctive magnetic signature. This could not reefs. Mineralisation appeared to be associated be proven, however. Follow-up DIGHEM with a quartz-biotite granite and its contact surveying on 3 magnetic anomalies indicated 2 aureole. of them to be associated with graphitic shale. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 41

The third was outlined for further clarification. Sn and 20 - 30 ppm Ta. Rock samples of the Details of this work are not reported. schistose country rock in the mine assayed 90 - 110 ppb Au and 2 ppm Ag. At the Hopeful Tin Reason for relinquishment: Mine, 3 rock chip samples from the main No reason given. pegmatite zone assayed 290, 710 and 880 ppm Sn and 10, 80 and 120 ppm Ta. Rock chip References - Essex Minerals Company samples from a dyke in the Blue Jacket Tin (1982a). Mine assayed 40 and 275 ppm Sn and <10 and 20 ppm Ta. A rock chip sample from across the EL 1023 GOLD FIELDS road cutting on Miscalculate Spur assayed 110 EXPLORATION PTY LIMITED ppm Sn and 40 ppm Ta.

Period Held: 1981 - 1983 Overall, this sampling indicated many Area: Mount Wills. pegmatites carrying less than 100 ppm Sn within the main zone of Sn mineralisation from Target: Exploration for large tonnage tin or west of Glen Wills to Gill Creek. gold mineralisation within the Mount Wills Tinfield and the Glen Wills and Sunnyside Rock chip samples from previous gold workings Goldfields. assayed:

Work Carried Out: Location Au (ppm) Ag (ppm) Sb (ppm) Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping of the regional geology and known Sn occurrences as Penders Flat gold 1.5 - 15 2 - 215 8 - 396 well as selected Au occurrences was completed workings during the early stages of exploration. This King Alfred gold 0.32 - 18.8 0.2 - 1 <4 - 4 identified Ordovician quartzose flysch, high mine plains gneissic adamellite, the Mount Wills Leviathan gold mine 0.15 - 3.8 0.3 - 0.5 leucoadamellite and the Knocker granite. Mount Wills 0.03 - 250 1 - 94 12 - 264 summit Geochemistry - Sloans Reef 0.12 - 30 1 - 2 4 (i) Preliminary exploration An orientation stream sediment sampling Anaconda gold mine 0.67 - 6.2 1 - 2 8 - 12 programme was undertaken at Scrubby Creek, with 1 - 1.5 kg samples collected from all (ii) Follow up work tributaries at approximately 200 m intervals. Rock chip sampling was undertaken on a 50m Samples were sieved to +20#, -20+40#, grid in the Penders Flat area and revealed an -40+60#, +80# and -80# and analysed for Sn, anomalous zone of 300 x 100 m in which Au Ta, W, Mo, Nb and Bi, with the following values ranged up to 12.6 ppm. Follow up results: panned concentrate sampling between Big River and Mount Wills returned negative Sn 5 - 40 ppm results and this area was not investigated W <5 - 15 ppm further. Mo 5 - 35 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Stream sediment samples were collected from Mineralisation found was not thought to all major tributaries draining the Knocker indicate a large tonnage Au or Sn deposit. Granite and panned concentrates were collected at selected locations. Samples were sieved to References - Ross (1982, 1983); Wright (1982). +20# and -80# and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, Mo, Sn and W. Anomalous Au values were recorded in 4 samples, 15 ppb Au downstream of Leviathan Gold Mine, 100 ppb Au in the headwaters of Eight Mile Creek and 15 and 30 ppb Au in Nine Mile Creek east of the Knocker Track ford.

Selective rock chip samples collected from the Proprietary Tin Mine assayed 0.18% and 710 ppm 42 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

EL 1058 (EX 651) MR. A. C. P. WEBB AND MISTRAL MINES N.L. During follow up investigations, 49 stream sediment samples were collected and sieved to Period Held: 1979 - 1987 -80#, -40 +80# and +40#. These samples were Area: Bethanga. analysed for Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn, Co and Bi. Six anomalies were revealed from these analyses, Target: Exploration for lead-zinc lode with peak values of 0.16 ppm Au, 260 ppm As mineralisation. and 2600 ppm Zn.

Work Carried Out: Nine heavy mineral concentrates were also Geochemistry - Reconnaissance rock and chip collected during stream sediment sampling, sampling throughout the licence area returned with the following results: 800 ppm - 1.9 % Pb and 170 - 360 ppm Zn. Rock chip samples collected from the Golden Lode Au 0.005 - 0.072 ppm returned 0.1 - 27.2 ppm Au and 0.2 - 32.4 ppm Ag <0.001 - 0.021 ppm Au. Twenty-seven rock chip samples were also Six costeans dug across the Bethanga Lode to collected and analysed for Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn, check earlier exploration confirmed high Pb-Zn Bi and Co, with with the peak results (from values. A total of 300 soil samples collected at different samples) of 2300 ppm Zn, 56 pm Ag 7.6 m intervals along IP grid lines showed Au in and 2.85 ppm Au. only 5 samples. Gold assays from these costeans ranged from 0.1 - 28.7 ppb Au. A A further 99 rock chip samples were also further 5 costeans were dug and sampled and collected form the Conness Mine and returned returned the following assay results: the following results:

Costean 1 Best assay 9 ppm Au over 3 m. Au 0.02 - 98.4 ppm Costean 2 Best assay 13.5 ppm Au and Ag <1 - 50 ppm 0.47 % Cu over 3 m. Costean 3 All samples > 1 ppm Au. Further detailed work in the 6 identified Average assay 2.3 ppm Au. anomalous areas included the collection of 42 Costean 4 Average assay £ 0.15 ppm Au. stream sediment samples, 8 heavy mineral Some deeper samples averaged concentrates, 5 soil samples (sieved to +40#, > 2 ppmAu. -40+80#, -80#) and 62 rock chip samples. These Costean 5 Average assay 0.33 ppm Au. were analysed for Au, Ag, As, Cu, Pb, Zn and Co. Results of this sampling are outlined below: Bulk sampling by joint venture partner Santos of the North Gift Lode returned 0.15 - 0.4 ppm stream sed. pan conc. rock chip Au in concentrates and 17.9 - 62.4 ppm Au in (ppm) (ppm) (peak) tailing samples. (ppm)

Rock chip sampling was undertaken across Au <0.01 - 2.32 0.005 - 0.072 1.62 lodes throughout the North Gift, South Gift and Conness areas. Peak results for chip sampling Ag 0.1 - 1.9 <0.001 - 0.008 56 are summarised below: As 2 - 310 n/a 2350

Ag 100 ppm Cu 5 - 350 n/a 330 Pb 0.27 % Pb 10 - 50 n/a 2300 Au 67 ppm Zn 0.26 % Zn 10 - 2600 n/a 200 As 6100 ppm Co 5 - 45 n/a n/a Sb 350 ppm Bi 1100 ppm Drilling - Eight diamond drill holes were drilled Grab samples collected from mullock heaps in in the licence area (BTH 1-8), with 3 holes these areas returned an average of < 1 ppm Au, revealing significant intersections. As part of with a maximum assay of 100 ppm Ag at the North Gift. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 43

Table 4 Peak results from drilling Bethanga prospect EL 1058

Hole Final depth (m) Intersection Intersection depth (m)

BTH 5 81 0.3 m at 0.2 ppm Au 56.8 - 57.1 BTH 7 73 0.5 m at 6.5 ppm Au, 5.0 39.2 - 39.7 ppm Ag BTH 8 41 0.9 m at 2.7 ppm Au, 3.8 30.8 - 31.7 ppm Ag 41 2300 ppm Pb 28.2 41 1700 ppm Pb 32.34 DSB 1 126 Lode intersection 22.45 - 23.45 DSB 2 260 Pyrite bands 121.7 - 130, 132 - 144, 190 - 205 BT2 - South Gift n/a 0.81 m at 13.2 ppm Au 2.36 0.12 m at 87.6 ppm Au 0.12 BT4 - North Gift n/a 0.27 m at 30.8 ppm Au 0.9 BT6 - North Gift n/a 0.13 m at 5.0 ppm Au 0.7 m 0.12 m at 2.8 ppm Au 0.5 m BT8 - Conness Lode n/a 0.13 m at 31.4 ppm Au 0.25 m the "farming out" agreement, Santos drilled 3 EL 1151 NORTHERN MINING diamond drill holes (DSB1, 2, 3) at Bethanga. CORPORATION N.L. & FREEPORT Further drilling was also undertaken at the Bethanga Lode, with 8 diamond holes (BT1-8) OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED. drilled and sampled. Highlights from this drilling are outlined in Table 4. Period Held: 1981 - 1983 Area: Koetong. Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic Target: Exploration for the source of alluvial significance. tin, gold and scheelite occurrences.

References - Webb (1987). Work Carried Out: See EL 1008.

EL 1145 NORTHERN MINING EL 1180 NORTHERN MINING CORPORATION N.L. & FREEPORT CORPORATION N.L. & FREEPORT OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED. OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED.

Period Held: 1981 - 1983 Period Held: 1981 - 1983 Area: Koetong. Area: Koetong.

Target: Exploration for the source of alluvial Target: Exploration for the source of alluvial tin, gold and scheelite occurrences. tin, gold and scheelite occurrences.

Work Carried Out: See EL 1008. Work Carried Out: See EL 1008. 44 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Table 5 Results of drilling EL 1208

Hole Depth (m) Total Au to Anomalous zones bedrock

A 1430 15 134.6 mg Between 20 - 25 m. B 1040 4.9 2.1 mg B 1120 14 21.5 mg High at 4.4 m. C 1020 16 20.1 mg High at 10.1 m. C 1080 n/a 29.1 mg Highs at 3, 10-12 m. C 1140 18 45.0 mg Highs at 6, 10-15m. C 1200 n/a 65.4 mg Highs at 5, 13-14, 29-32 m. C 1260 39.5 61.6 mg Highs at 5, 13-15, 27 m. C 1320 49 187.1 mg Anomalies all throughout hole. C 1440 n/a 52.9 mg Highs at 3, 10-16 m. D 1110 32 29.4 mg Highs at 11-14, 23 m. D 1170 n/a 55.6 mg Highs at 60-10, 31 m. D 1290 10.5 17.0 mg Highs at 6 - 7 m. D 1410 n/a 25.5 mg Highs at 4-10 m. E 1160 25.5 23.2 mg High at 5m. E 1270 n/a 6.2 mg High at 2 m. E 1330 14.5 55.3 mg Highs at 8-11 m. E 1390 4 37.2 mg High at 5 m. E 1450 4 16.6 mg Highs at 4-5 m.

EL 1207 SELTRUST MINING CORPORATION PTY LTD EL 1208 (EX 722) AND 858 BHP MINERALS LIMITED Period Held: 1983 - 1985 Area: Benambra. Period Held: 1979 - 1987 Area: Bright and Germantown. Target: Exploration for porphyry molybdenum systems. Target: Exploration for large stockwork or disseminated gold deposits as well as alluvial Work Carried Out: gold in the Ovens and Buckland Rivers. Mapping and Literature Survey - The company undertook computer reprocessing of Work Carried Out: previously-obtained geophysical data. This Mapping - Regional reconnaissance mapping indicated potential for porphyry-molybdenum was undertaken across the licence area, mineralisation. However, subsequent describing Ordovician sediments, Silurian and reconnaissance field traverses and mapping Devonian granites and Cainozoic alluvium. failed to reveal mineralisation. Geochemistry - Fifteen mine chip samples were Reason for relinquishment: collected (-60#) and analysed for Au. Samples Preliminary investigations did not indicate from the Pioneer, Cobbler, Railway and potential for economic mineralisation. Berkshire mines all returned more than 2 ppm Au. However, these assays came from References - Laughton (1983a). mineralised zones of restricted size which have MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 45

limited tonnage potential. Two bulk samples of (ii) Follow up work river gravels were collected (each sample of Geological mapping of the North Mammoth and 15 t) and the -3 mm fraction analysed for John's Find prospects was completed at a scale diamonds. No alluvial diamonds were found. of 1:2500. Gridding was completed at the John's Find area in preparation for soil Geophysics - A gravity survey was conducted sampling and geophysical surveying. over the Ovens Valley in preparation for follow- up drilling. Traverses were of 600 - 1100 m (iii) Final stage exploration lengths with readings at 10 m intervals. The Detailed geological mapping on the North steep topography meant that resolution of the Mammoth Prospect helped elucidate the geophysical results was not possible and the relationship between surface gossans and survey was not useful as an exploration tool. mineralised lodes intersected in DDH B6, B7 and B8. Drilling - A total of 20 holes were drilled along 5 Crown Laneways, using a cable tool rig, with Geochemistry - a 15 cm diameter. Holes were drilled to (i) Preliminary exploration average depths of 25 m. Samples collected from A total of 203 rock chip samples (gossan) were this drilling returned Au grades between 0.03 collected along tracks and costeans and and 0.25 g/m3. Results of this drilling are analysed (AAS and XRF) for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, detailed in Table 5. Mo, Au, Sn and W, with the following peak results: Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic Cu 730 ppm significance. Ag 132 ppm Sn 7350 ppm References - BHP Minerals Ltd (1983a, 1983b, Pb 8700 ppm 1984, 1985a, 1985b); Hutchings (1984); Lawn Mo 6 ppm (1984); Planet Resource Group N.L. (1986); W 280 ppm Staltari (1984). Zn 380 ppm Au 3.7 ppm EL 1223 (EX EL 611) AND 1462 MARATHON PETROLEUM These results indicated the presence of various anomalous areas, containing high Pb (>200 AUSTRALIA LTD AND PAN ppm), Ag (>3 ppm), Au (>1 ppm) and Sn (>6 AUSTRALIAN MINING LIMITED. ppm). An anomaly coincident with a 200 m long, massive ferruginous gossan was Period Held: 1982 - 1987 subsequently drilled. Area: Wombat Creek, Benambra (EL 1223) and Beloka (EL 1462). (ii) Follow up work Follow up investigations involved the collection Target: Exploration for polymetallic of 250 rock chip samples in Grids A and B. mineralisation associated with porphyry Grid A was centred on the main gossan zone intrusives and breccias. outlined by Essex in their previous work (EL 611) and comprised an area containing the Work Carried Out: highest Sn, Au and Ag values from previous Mapping - surface exploration work. Grid B ran south (i) Preliminary exploration from the Mammoth Lode adit and incorporated Preliminary analyses of gossanous rock samples areas of highly anomalous Ag values in old prompted more detailed mapping and gridding trenches. Results of this sampling returned the of the licence area. In the north Mammoth following peak results: area, the gossan lenses were often observed in close spacial relationship with quartz porphyry Cu 870 ppm dykes. Mn 40 ppm Mo 610 ppm Pb 3400 ppm Ag 14 ppm W 340 ppm Zn 3600 ppm Au 4.6 ppm 46 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Sn 2350 ppm Bi 3050 ppm Cu 620 ppm Ag 45 ppm Rock chips were also collected (130 in total) Sn 420 ppm from the Donovan's Find area, north of the Pb 3580 ppm Gibbo River and assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn and Au 1720 ppb other metals, with the following peak results: Bi 120 ppm Zn 31000 ppm Cu 105 ppm As 3500 ppm Mo 16 ppm Pb 2200 ppm Soil samples (41 in total, -80#) collected at 20 m Au < 0.05 ppm intervals across Mt. Denier and Mt. Lucy Zn 330 ppm revealed the strongest anomalies in bleached Sn 660 ppm ferruginous metasediments to the east of the Ag 6 ppm main porphyry. Here, strong coincident values of 240 ppb Au, 900 ppm As, 12 ppm Ag and Grid soil samples were taken in the North 3580 ppm Pb were returned. Mammoth area at 25 m intervals by hand auger at an average depth of 20 cm. Samples were Grid soil samples were also taken at the John's dried and sieved to -40# and analysed for Sn, Find prospect at 25 m intervals by soil auger at Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Mo and Au. Results of this an average depth of 20 cm. These samples were sampling indicated Sn/Pb/Cu/Zn anomalies sieved to -40# and analysed for Sn, Cu, Pb, Zn, associated with the nearby porphyry. A strong Ag, Mo and Au. Results from this sampling Zn anomaly in the middle of the grid is returned Au, Mo and Ag at/below the detection associated with high Cu and Pb values and limit, whilst anomalous Sn (24 - 50ppm) and Pb appears to coincide with a strong magnetic (> 200 ppm) appeared associated with nearby anomaly. porphyries.

(iii) Final stage exploration Beloka prospect - Two gossanous float samples Three lodes were sampled by rock chip collected at the Beloka prospect returned sampling (lodes A, B and C). These were anomalous results of 11.6 ppm Au, 2600 ppm characterised by the following grades: Pb, 3050 ppm As and 2.4 ppm Au, 2500 ppm Pb, 7850 ppm As. Resampling of this area Lode A High Pb and high Ag/Au ratios confirmed the high values, with up to 12.4 ppm (75.8, 43.8). Low Sn. Au. Lode B High Sn and Cu. Moderate Ag/Au ratios (30.4, 29.1). Wombat Hole prospect - Rock chip and grab Lode C High Sn and Cu and high Ag/Au samples were collected from the Wombat Hole ratios (53.5, 61). prospect and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, Sn, W and Sn, with the following peak results: North Mammoth - A total of 130 rock chip samples were collected along ridges, tracks and Cu 5700 ppm creeks in the North Mammoth area and Ag 15 ppm analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn, As and Au. Results Pb 680 ppm of these analyses indicated Sn-Pb-As haloes Au 0.416 ppm over a 250x750 m area. The peak results are Zn 930 ppm outlined below: Sn 400 ppm

Cu 280 ppm Additional, apparently unmineralised rock chip Sn 150 ppm samples were collected at 50 m intervals from Pb 3265 ppm the North Mammoth, John's Find, Donovan's As 4750 ppm Creek and South Mammoth prospects. These Zn 1780 ppm were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, Mo, Sn, Au 202 ppm W and Mn and returned the following peak results: A further 60 rock chip samples collected over the North Mammoth grid were analysed for Cu, Cu 870 ppm Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, As, Sn and Bi, with the Ag 115 ppm following peak results: Sn 2350 ppm MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 47

Pb 9000 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Au 4.6 ppm Mineralisation intersected was not thought to W 340 ppm be of economic significance. Zn 3600 ppm Mo 24 ppm References - Brady (1982); Hall (1986, 1987, Mn 40 ppm 1988); Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd (1983); Pan Australian Mining Ltd (1987); Geophysics - Plumridge & Hall (1987); Rugless (1985); Teale (i) Preliminary exploration (1986). Previous DIGHEM surveys, flown by Essex, were reviewed by Marathon. The company EL 1227 SELTRUST MINING decided to follow up all previously-found CORPORATION PTY LTD aeromagnetic and significant DIGHEM anomalies with ground inspections and Period Held: 1983 - 1983 geochemical sampling. Area: Benambra.

(ii) Follow up work Target: Exploration for porphyry molybdenum The aerial magnetic bulls-eye anomaly located mineralisation. by Essex Minerals in the John's Find area was confirmed by ground magnetic surveying (25 m Work Carried Out: intervals) and was tentatively correlated with 2 Mapping and Literature Survey - Computer sub-parallel, narrow anomalous zones. Another processing of regional geophysical data narrow anomaly was found in the north-east of indicated an anomaly possibly associated with the licence area and tentatively correlated with known porphyry molybdenum mineralisation. Zn-anomalous gossans. This anomaly was field checked, but no indication of mineralisation was revealed and (iii) Final stage exploration exploration activities were discontinued. A SIROTEM survey conducted over the licence area produced a number of weak responses, Reason for relinquishment: inferred to be associated with massive sulphide No evidence for porphyry molybdenum lenses intersected in diamond drill holes B6, B7 mineralisation was found during field and B8. Three 300-metre + lines were investigations. SIROTEM surveyed over the Beloka prospect and a moderate response was recorded References - Laughton (1983b). associated with magnetic lows and anomalous As (>85 ppm), east of the area of anomalous float. EL 1229 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- AMERICAN PROSPECTING P/L Drilling - Diamond drill hole B6, located 50 m east of the gossanous zone, was completed in a Period Held: 1978 - 1984 quartz feldspar porphyry to a depth of 213 m. Area: Koetong. It intersected massive gossan between 26.3 - 27.9 m and several zones of either massive or Target: Exploration for tin mineralisation strongly veined pyrite were observed associated with granite intrusives. sporadically occurring between 41 - 165 m. Diamond drill holes B2, B3 and B4 are located Work Carried Out: See EL 653. within an arcuate 200 m by 20 m gossan zone at South Mammoth and proved the presence of EL 1231 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- pyrite lenses at depth. Diamond drill hole B5 is AMERICAN LIMITED located in the North Mammoth area. Significant intersections are outlined in Period Held: 1982 - 1983 Table 6. Area: Suggan Buggan.

Target: Exploration for polymetallic mineralisation in the Suggan Buggan area.

Work Carried Out: See EL 674. 48 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Table 6 Drilling summary, North Mammoth prospect EL's 1223, 1462

DDH width Au Ag Sn Cu Pb Zn depth (m) (ppm) (ppm) (%) (%) (%) (%)

DDH B6 4.5 59.9 10.5-15 m 7.0 0.72 25.7 21.6 - 28.6 m 3.3 1.1 33.4 0.26 " " 1.6 1.32 41.9 0.33 " " 4.7 0.5 21.7 0.07 0.18 41.8 - 46.5 m 9.0 0.4 21.5 0.29 0.32 49.5 - 58.5 m 5.3 0.5 26.4 0.48 0.63 51.5 - 56.8 m 1.0 11.6 79.5 - 80.5 m

DDH B7 1.4 0.17 12.9 1.24 1.53 47.5 - 48.9 m 0.4 0.24 30 3.35 4.2 48.5 - 48.9 m 4.6 1.72 50 0.3 0.73 84.7 - 89.3 m 2.1 0.37 16.7 96 - 98.1 m 5.2 0.08 9.5 0.27 164.8 - 170 m 2.0 0.03 6 0.56 209 - 211 m 2.0 0.04 4.5 0.47 225 - 227 m

DDH B8 7.0 0.08 3.5 0.25 20.6 - 27.6 m 2.0 0.39 92 - 94 m 7.4 0.9 48 0.19 0.62 106.8 - 114.2 m 14.8 19.1 124.2 - 139 m 6.0 0.09 18.7 1.03 208 - 214 m

EL 1232 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- EL’S 1233 (EX 432), 1234 (EX 456), AMERICAN PROSPECTING P/L 1236 (EX 570) AND 1237 (EX 641) MACQUARIE RESOURCES Period Held: 1982 - 1984 LIMITED Area: Eskdale. Period Held: 1972 - 1988 (see below for Target: Exploration for alluvial tin deposits details) and tin and tungsten lodes associated with EL 432: 1972 - 1982 granite intrusives. EL 1233: 1982 - 1988 EL 456: 1972 - 1982 Work Carried Out: See EL 656 EL 1234: 1982 - 1988 EL 570: 1976 - 1982 EL 1236: 1982 - 1988 EL 641: 1978 - 1983 EL 1237: 1983 - 1988 Area: Benambra.

Target: Exploration for volcanic-hosted, base metal mineralisation similar to the Woodlawn MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 49

base metal deposit in Silurian volcanics in Soil samples - reconnaissance23,069 N.S.W. Sampling gap 30m, sampling lines 500 m apart. Work Carried Out: Soil samples - grid 58,775 The following information is derived from non- Samples collected on 100 x 10 m grids. confidential reports spanning the period from March 1979 to March 1987. Information from The Wilga and Currawong base metal deposits remaining EL reports is confidential and cannot did not crop out at the surface. Soil anomalies be accessed in this report as the work had developed "up dip from the deposits, on programme is deemed to be part of ML 1865, pyritic mineralisation forming a lateral halo to covering the currently operative Benambra the massive sulphide mineralisation" (Allen & base metal mine. Barr, 1990). These deposits were defined by TEM anomalies and confirmed by diamond Mapping - During the tenure of these ELs, drilling (see below). extensive exploration work was undertaken. Regional reconnaissance and detailed mapping Geophysics - The exploration programme during the early stages of tenure described included extensive geophysical testing, Devonian subaerial volcanics, Ordovician including TEM, ground magnetometer, metasediments and extensive alteration and spontaneous potential and induced potential strong deformation of marine sediments surveys and DIGHEM airborne EM surveys. associated with Silurian volcanics. Between March 1979 and March 1986, 2962 TEM surveys were reported (using 100 or Geochemical sampling (see below) outlined a 200 m loops). The TEM survey at Wilga number of prospects which subsequently revealed a strong "bulls-eye" anomaly, which underwent gridding and mapping at scales was successfully tested by diamond drilling of ranging down to 1:2500. As more prospective DDH Bend 17 (see below) (Allen & Barr, 1990). areas were defined, this mapping was extended and some areas, initially mapped at 1:10 000 Over 18 line km of IP surveying, 163 line km of scale, were remapped at 1:2500 scale. Several ground magnetometer surveys and 556 line km university theses projects complemented of DIGHEM airborne EM surveys were company work and this data was incorporated conducted. Down-hole IP surveys were also with Geological Survey mapping to produce the conducted in many diamond drill holes, published Limestone Creek 1:50 000 geological including Bends 4, 13, 17, 18, 24, 30, 34, 49, 50, map (Allen & Barr, 1990). 57 and 60.

Geochemistry - Geochemical sampling Drilling - A total of 181 diamond drill holes throughout the licences included rock chip, were drilled in the licence areas up to stream sediment and extensive soil sampling November 1989. Reports between March 1979 programmes. Samples were typically sieved to - and March 1986 describe 86 diamond drill 80# and soil samples collected to 5 cm depths. holes, of which 21 detail significant Samples were analysed for many elements, intersections. These are summarised in Table 7 including Cu, Pb, Zn, cold extractable (Cx) Cu, CxZn, CxAs, Hg, Mo, As, Ag, Sn and Au. Due to This drilling outlined a measured, indicated the enormous size of this sampling programme, and inferred resource of 3.03 million tonnes at results are not described in detail. However, 2.7% Cu, 0.5% Pb and 6.2% Zn at Wilga and 8.8 base metal anomalies from previous stream million tonnes at 1.9%Cu, 0.7 % Pb, 4.0% Zn, 38 sediment sampling programmes were confirmed ppm Ag and 0.8 ppm Au at Currawong. Mining in soil and gossan samples. A total of of the Wilga deposit commenced in September approximately 30 prospects were outlined by 1992 and in the twelve months ending June geochemical sampling and many of these 1995, 254,900 t of ore were mined for 63,164 t of underwent follow-up work. Initial work copper concentrate containing 13,163 t of concentrated on outlining the Wilga Cu-Pb-Zn copper, and 11,596 t of zinc concentrate and Currawong Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag deposits. A containing 5,947 t of zinc. Further resource summary of the geochemical programme is definition is currently being conducted at outlined below: Currawong with the aim of starting extraction in the near future. Stream sediment samples 282 Rock chip samples 1,485 50 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Table 7 Drilling summary, Wilga & Currawong prospects EL's 1233, 1234, 1236, 1237

Local grid final Ag Au Hole No. coordinates depth Cu % Pb % Zn % ppm ppm from (m) to (m) N E (m)

Bend 17 11228 14044 128.85 4.0 7.3 0.5 32 40 m total Bend 19 11275 14039 154.65 7.4 0.2 1.2 36 93.75 104.8 Bend 20 11275 14146 149.15 1.5 0.8 9.6 45 93.5 130.5 Bend 21 11325 14146 154.75 1.6 0.1 0.3 12 120 129.4 Bend 23 11193 14145 132.87 3.8 0.1 3.7 22 102 124.5 Bend 24 11979 17451 166.50 2.0 0.5 3.1 42 126.5 140.7 Bend 51C 11910 17650 0.31 1.05 3.56 41 1.46 139.4 140.5 0.29 5.60 4.20 200 4.2 247.4 248 1.42 0.69 3.33 43 0.06 297.9 300.2 Bend 55C 11780 17450 268.95 1.24 0.31 1.46 29 0.41 206.5 208.9 1.92 1.34 5.25 57 1.86 225.3 235.9 Bend 55C-W1 11780 17450 241.90 222.6 241.9 Bend 59C 11829 17550 291.65 2.60 0.33 1.71 26 0.35 72.0 73.1 0.24 1.79 4.00 60 9.6 221.6 222.6 1.81 0.44 3.56 24 1.63 228.8 257.5 Bend 59C-W2 11829 17550 262.85 213.1 262.9 Bend 60C 12060 17550 488.20 0.45 2.16 4.22 35 6.53 225.4 230.3 2.4 0.48 2.46 30 0.95 256.7 275.4 1.02 1.66 6.15 48 2.02 331.1 366.1 1.94 0.29 3.41 39 n/a 390.6 402.8 Bend 60C-W1 12060 17550 488.20 331.3 363.9 Bend 62C 11855 17450 364.35 1.59 0.42 2.44 28 0.29 229.2 253.5 2.37 0.08 0.50 22 n/a 276.6 285.1 Bend 62C-W1 11855 17450 364.35 222.5 364.4 Bend 68W 11282 14100 122.60 2.93 1.41 16.8 0.7 66 91.1 116.3 Bend 70C 12030 17250 378.2 1.20 0.02 0.91 0.2 12 171.3 173.3 0.18 0.24 1.21 0.1 11 176.3 177.3 1.15 0.62 1.07 0.1 9 188.6 189.7 Bend 71C 11803 17050 275.15 0.10 0.17 0.55 0.1 3 214 219.1 0.65 0.30 0.27 0.2 87 220.1 221.1 0.63 0.07 0.69 0.1 9 229.0 230.0 Bend 76Ws 10590 13970 342.10 2.3 Bend 78Ws 10590 13970 368.20 2.75 3.90 Bend 79C 12035 17950 522 1.4 10.2 14.4 125 11.5 183.8 185.4 Bend 80C 12113 17950 272.10 0.05 1.21 1.55 28 4.1 180.3 182.2 0.27 2.18 4.73 32 4.6 234.3 239.5 Bend 84C 12125 18050 325.00 1.23 4.62 9.05 113 5.7 280.7 281.0 Bend 85Ws 10615 14063 236.00 1.6 108.0 109.9 0.93 163.9 169.7 1.21 183.3 184.5 1.4 190.0 191.8 2.04 194.5 198.4 Bend 89Ws 10900 14150 226.30 0.26 0.35 5.0 3.8 0.1 191.2 191.6 1.60 201.6 203.7 3.82 207.5 208.3 2.99 241.3 216.6

Table 7 Drilling summary, Wilga & Currawong prospects EL's 1233, 1234, 1236, 1237 (Cont'd) MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 51

Local grid final Ag Au Hole No. coordinates depth Cu % Pb % Zn % ppm ppm from (m) to (m) N E (m)

Bend 91C 12048 17850 195.55 1.51 2.10 20 109.1 110.1 1.12 1.81 28 1.8 168.7 170.9 2.05 2.07 26 2.3 184.0 187.1

Reason for relinquishment: Zn 20 - 290 ppm Mining lease 1865 was granted over the Wilga As 10 - 270 ppm and Currawong areas in 1989. Current EL Pb 20 - 350 ppm 3458 covers the adjacent area to the south of Mo <2 - 24 ppm ML 1865. A total of 1600 reconnaissance samples were References - Allen & Barr (1990); Barr (1985a, checked for Mo and Bi content, with the 1985b); Buck (1982b, 1982c); Chenoweth following results: (1979b); Thompson (1980c, 1980d, 1981c, 1981d); Shugg (1983c, 1983d, 1984a); Western Au 0.05 - 1.0 ppm Mining Corporation Ltd (1986); Western Mining Bi <0.5 - 2.5 ppm Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Development Mo <5 - 210 ppm Australia Pty Ltd (1978b, 1979b). Cu 10 - 420 ppm Fe 0.9 - >20 % EL’S 1238 (EX 565) AND 1239 (EX Pb 10 - 3100 ppm 640) WESTERN MINING Ag 1.0 - 2.0 ppm Mn 10 - 650 ppm CORPORATION LIMITED AND BP Zn 10 - 520 ppm MINING DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA P/L. One hundred rock chip and gossan samples were collected adjacent to several Period Held: 1982 - 1988 reconnaissance traverses and analysed for Sn Area: Mitta Mitta and Sassafras. and W, with the following peak results:

Target: Exploration for stockwork/breccia Sn 54 ppm precious metal mineralisation. W 293 ppm

Work Carried Out: A further 36 rock samples were collected in the Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was vicinity of Carmodies Grid. Rock and gossan conducted over the licence area. This was sampling was also undertaken near the followed by detailed mapping, gridding and junction of Raymond Creek and Dart River. A rock sampling at Silvertop and Eustace Gap total of 30 samples were collected here and grids and at Carmodies Prospect. analysed for Au, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo, As, Bi and Fe. Peak results of this sampling are described Geochemistry - A total of 142 reconnaissance below: soil samples were collected approximately 40 m apart, along ridges adjacent to the Yankee Au 0.35 ppm Point Track. These samples, dried and sieved Zn 1080 ppm to -80#, were assayed for Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn Bi 32.5 ppm and As, with the following results: Cu 1100 ppm Mo 900 ppm Cu <10 - 20 ppm Fe >20 % Zn 30 - 70 ppm Pb 10800 ppm Pb 10 - 30 ppm As 1200 ppm As <5 - 10 ppm Sn 1060 ppm W 42 ppm An additional 14 samples were collected from previous reconnaissance lines. Results of soil Rock and gossan samples (102 in total) were sampling were: collected from the Eustace Gap and Silvertop grids. Peak results from this sampling are Cu 10 - 180 ppm described below: 52 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Eustace Gap Work Carried Out: Ni 30 ppm Drilling - A total of 29 percussion holes were Mn 880 ppm completed (total metreage of 2221 m) over the As 500 ppm Mt. Alwa, Mt. Alwa North, Mt. Alwa South, The Cu 150 ppm Bounce, Redbank Creek North and Redbank Fe 9.1 % Creek South prospects. This drilling indicated Bi 33 ppm approximately 8.6 million tonnes of aplite - Pb 2040 ppm pegmatite at Mt. Alwa of an average grade of Ag 18.0 ppm 0.16% Sn and 50 ppm Ta2O5. In follow-up Au 0.2 ppm investigations, 5 more percussion holes were Zn 220 ppm drilled (total metreage of 585 m) on areas Mo 30 ppm considered prospective for Sn-bearing aplite W 88 ppm sills. However, results from drilling proved to Sn 395 ppm be very disappointing, with only 3 holes intersecting thin and relatively poorly Silvertop mineralised sills. Two diamond drill holes Ni 20 ppm (DDH) were also completed at the Mt. Alwa Mn 50 ppm prospect and confirmed the Sn and Ta grades As 13600 ppm revealed in the percussion holes. Results of Cu 400 ppm diamond drilling are summarised below: Fe 12.3 % Bi 1750 ppm Hole Intersection Sn Ta2O5 Pb 1450 ppm (ppm) (ppm) Ag 23 ppm Au 0.13 ppm Zn 20 ppm DDH 2 5.18 m 0.27% 58 Mo 10 ppm 5.18 m 0.57 % 57 W 21 ppm Sn 117 ppm DDH 10 1.68 m 1.03 % 65 3.81 m 0.18 % 65 Follow-up investigations involved soil resampling over As anomalies on Silvertop, 2.44 m 0.43 % 34 Skink, Whistler and Conglomerate grids for Au analysis. Similar sampling was carried out over Geophysics - A trial seismic survey was the Greens Creek, Zulu Creek and Dart River conducted over several lines traversing the Mt. gold mines. Results of this sampling are not Alwa prospect and reflection profiles indicated provided. that most of the area is underlain by at least one strong seismic event. Two lines of seismic Geophysics - A TEM survey was conducted refraction surveying were carried out in using 4 x 200 m loops on the Pipe grid. A conjunction with the seismic reflection survey magnetic survey was also completed over part in order to eliminate the effects of alluvial cover of the Silvertop Grid. and weathering.

Reason for relinquishment: Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. No reason given.

References - Barr (1984, 1985c, 1989); Shugg References - Golden Eagle Mining Pty Ltd (1982, 1983a, 1983b, 1984b). (1985). EL 1276 EASTERN RESOURCES EL 1248 GOLDEN EAGLE MINING N.L. PTY LTD Period Held: 1983 - 1985 Period Held: 1982 - 1985 Area: Harrietville. Area: Walwa. Target: Exploration for reef gold in the upper Target: Exploration for tin and tantalum West Ovens River. associated with aplite-pegmatite sills. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 53

Work Carried Out: A further 26 soil samples were collected across Geochemistry - Control soil sampling was the major fault zone that passes through the undertaken in known mine areas and along Crescent Group to the Sambas Group of reef principal ridges and spurs demonstrating Au gold mines. These samples were collected every potential. Of the 281 samples collected, 26 were 50 m along 4 lines evenly spaced along a 5 km orientation samples collected at 25 m intervals length of fault zone. The samples were dried across known reef zones. The remaining 255 and sieved to -80# and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn regional ridge and spur samples were taken at and As, with the following results: 50 m intervals, using a hand auger (average depth of 20 cm). These samples were analysed Cu 11 - 84 ppm for As (indicator for Au) as well as for Cu, Pb Zn 17 - 127 ppm and Zn. Results of this sampling indicated Pb 12- 71 ppm several areas of interest, including extensions As <5 - 2200 ppm to the Gun group of reefs and mines as well as near the Shicer Reef zone and Ross Creek. Alluvial flats were also studied (but not Peak results of this sampling are summarised sampled) and considered worthy of follow-up below: investigations. Details of these proposed investigations are not provided in the EL Orientation sample data reports.

Reason for relinquishment: Location As (ppm) Pb (ppm) No reason given. Big Gun Extended on reef line 1100 71 group on mines References - Brady (1984a); Cozens (1984a, NE of reef 60 71 1984b); Cuffley (1984a, 1984b); Hazeldene (1985a, 1985b). Centenary reef near reef 250 SW of reef 200 EL 1300 PLAGOLMIN PTY LTD Shicer Track reef on reef line 100 Period Held: 1983 - 1985 Area: Benambra. Regional sample data Target: Exploration for volcanogenic sulphide Location As Pb Zn Cu mineralisation, silver-lead and wolframite- (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) scheelite vein mineralisation.

Shicer Creek - Long 51 110 Work Carried Out: Creek traverse - W end Mapping - The Dartella Volcanic Group Long Creek - W. Ovens 600 221 205 70 underwent reconnaissance mapping to River determine its suitability as a host for silver-lead Little Gun reef 200 mineralisation. Pheasant Creek Gap 105 Geochemistry - After research and assessment Buckland River - W. 250 Ovens River of previous work undertaken in the licence area, stream sediment samples were collected from previously unsampled areas. In total, 68 stream sediment samples, 13 panned The regional sampling programme outlined a concentrates and 6 rock chip samples were number of anomalous areas for follow-up work, collected and assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Ag, namely: Au, W, Sn and Pd. Peak results of this sampling area summarised below: 1.The Gun Group of Reefs 2.An isolated As anomaly (600 ppm) west of Cu 240 ppm the Gun Group of Reefs Ag 95 ppm 3.An As anomaly (250 ppm) south of the Gun Pd 0.015 ppm Group Pb 240ppm 4.A base metal anomalous zone (221 ppm Pb; Au 0.5 ppm 205 ppm Zn) - dyke associated Zn 350 ppm 54 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

W 70 ppm molybdenum mineralisation at Mount Morgan As 55 ppm and Mount Unicorn. Sn 320 ppm Work Carried Out: Anomalous Zn and W values were found in Mapping - The exploration programme included several samples throughout the licence area, reconnaissance mapping of the licence area, including: with particular interest on the old workings in an effort to establish their economic potential. 1.Simpson Creek Previously outlined prospects were closely 2.Banimboola Creek examined in the field. 3.Bucheen Creek 4.Green's Creek Geochemistry - Samples of gossanous material 5.Log Bridge Creek were collected from Mount Unicorn during field examinations. These samples returned assays It appears that follow-up investigations over less than 0.05 ppm Au but, significantly, 24 and these areas of interest were not carried out. 15 ppm Ag. Sediment samples were collected from Teapot Creek draining Mount Morgan but Reason for relinquishment: failed to show any Au colours. No reason given. Stream sediment samples were collected from References - Plagolmin Pty Ltd (1985). the licence area and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn and As, with the following results: EL 1303 PLAGOLMIN PTY LTD Cu 6 - 32 ppm Period Held: 1983 - 1984 Pb <4 - 28 ppm Area: Mt. Murphy. Zn 42 - 190 ppm Ag <1 ppm Target: Exploration for wolframite-scheelite bearing veins, alluvial tin deposits and/or gold- Reason for relinquishment: bearing quartz veins. Mineralisation found was not of economic significance. Work Carried Out: Mapping - Mineralisation associated with References - Brady (1983, 1984b). porphyritic volcanics was examined at Gentle Annie (north of the EL). A search was EL 1339 AUSTRALIAN ANGLO- undertaken for extensions of this AMERICAN PROSPECTING P/L mineralisation into the EL but was unsuccessful. Period Held: 1983 - 1984 Area: Mount Misery. Geochemistry - During preliminary investigations, 3 rock chip samples were Target: Exploration for alluvial tin and gold in collected from old workings at Mt. Murphy and alluvial gravels of the Mitta Mitta River flats. analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Mo, Au, W and V. Anomalous values for Au (up to 0.4 ppm), W (up Work Carried Out: See EL 752. to 2%) and V (up to 175 ppm) were recorded. EL 1376 PLAGOLMIN PTY Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. LIMITED

References - Plagolmin Pty Ltd (1986b). Period Held: 1984 - 1985 Area: Nariel. Target: Exploration for lode gold, silver and/or EL 1310 J.M. BRADY tungsten mineralisation associated with granite intrusives. Period Held: 1983 - 1984 Area: Thowgla. Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - A total of 45 stream sediment Target: Exploration for vein-hosted gold samples were collected from the licence area mineralisation, with some interest in MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 55

and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Sb, Sn, W and east-west reefs 0.16 - 8.16 Au, with the following peak results:

Cu 50 ppm A further 304 rock chip samples (surface and Ag 202 ppm underground samples) were collected from the W 32 ppm Premier, Pearson's Reef, Mt. Elmo workings Pb 74 ppm and Mt. Elmo extensions. These samples were Sb 8 ppm assayed for Au, Ag ± Cu, Pb, Zn, As and Te, Au 0.08 ppm with the following peak results: Zn 410 ppm Sn 32 ppm Mt. Elmo dump chip samples workings samples (ppm) Reason for relinquishment: (ppm) No reason given. Au n/a 6.94 References - Plagolmin Pty Ltd (1986a). As 3330 48.56% (quartz EL 1395 STONEWICK vein in schist) ENTERPRISES PTY LTD Cu 2.72 745 Pb 570 10.81% (gossan) Period Held: 1985 - 1988 Area: Mount Elmo, west of Eskdale. Zn n/a 2470 Ag n/a 148 Target: Exploration for quartz vein-hosted gold mineralisation. Sb n/a 640 Te n/a 4.4 Work Carried Out: Mapping - The exploration programme involved reconnaissance mapping of the licence area Premier backfill eastwall ceiling with the aid of aerial photography. Previously workings material worked lodes including the Millard and Shea lines and old workings at Diggers Creek, Au 10.7 8.87 67.5 Pearson's Reef and Sachey Creek underwent more detailed mapping. Rock chip samples were also collected from the Highland Chief Extended and the Golden Gate Geochemistry - A total of 253 rock chip samples workings, with more than 95 samples collected were collected from old workings and 14 mine and assayed for Au, with the following peak dumps. Samples were assayed for Au, Ag, As, results: Sb, Cu, Pb and Zn, with the following results:

Location Au (ppm)

Location Sample type Au (ppm) Golden Gate - adit 2.05 Shea line dump max. 202 Golden Gate - mine 11.9 Diggers Ck ceiling 0.05 - 2.3 Golden Gate - shaft 3.58 (Little Wonder Mine) Highland Chief Extended - adit 2.18 vein - top of east 0.01 - 42.3 Highland Chief Extended - mine 10.3 wall Pearson's Reef east wall 0.07 - 0.67 Reason for relinquishment: ceiling 0.07 - 59.3 No reason given. Sachey's Ck east wall 0.12 - 7.38 ceiling 0.01 - 1.58 56 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

References - Graham & Masterton (1987); Graham, Masterson & Moser (1986); Masterton Results of the rock chip sampling included: (1988b); Masterton & Graham (1987). 1. Fenby's Reward-Hopeful Line of Lode EL 1406 MARTIN EXPLORATION 9.5 ppm Au Sheared metasediment P/L. 7.9 ppm Au Quartz-veined sediment in Just In Time workings Period Held: 1985 - 1986 1.6 ppm Au Hornfels on Mount Elliot ridge Area: Granya. Track

Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation. 2. Northern Workings (Star of Hope, Francis and Jones workings) Work Carried Out: 2.6 ppm Au Biotite granite in unnamed Geochemistry - Preliminary investigations workings involved the collection of 20 spot soil samples 3.3 ppm Au Francis workings throughout the licence area. These were analysed for Au, but all returned less than 2 3. New Chum-Wealth of Nations and Stringers- ppm. Details of these investigations are not Parsons Lines of Lode reported. No further exploration was conducted 3.9 ppm Au Biotite granite from Ethel after these preliminary results. Jane Workings 500 ppm Au Biotite granite from Ethel Reason for relinquishment: Jane Workings (max. assay Preliminary investigations did not encourage result) further exploration. 4. Western "Contact" Workings (Rose of References - Cox (1985). Australia, Lucky Friday, Irishman, Scotsman, Englishman and Native Youth workings) EL 1432 CANYON RESOURCES 42 ppm Au Quartz-veined metasediment PTY LTD from Eastern Rose of Australia Period Held: 1985 - 1986 5 ppm Au Mullock sample of quartz Area: Mount Elliot, near Corryong. with minor sulphides from ""

Target: Exploration for gold-silver lode A total of 79 soil samples were collected from 5 mineralisation, with associated disseminated ridges, with samples spacing at either 25 m or and/or stockwork mineralisation. 50 m. These samples were assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, As, Au and Sb, with the following Work Carried Out: results: Mapping - The exploration programme involved reconnaissance mapping of the surface geology as well as underground workings. This was undertaken to delineate the extent of old workings so as to locate and test known reefs and identify unmined reserves.

Geochemistry - During reconnaissance work 3 select samples were collected from mullock heaps at the Native Youth mine and from mineralised float near the site of the New Chum Mine. These samples were assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Au, returning anomalous Au (up to 42.4 ppm).

A further 58 rock chip and outcrop samples and 42 mullock and rock float samples were collected mainly in the vicinity of old workings. These samples were assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, As and Sb. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 57

Cu 7 - 24 ppm Au <1 - 109 ppm (max. from near Geochemistry - The licence area underwent soil Corryong View workings) sampling that indicated anomalous Au, As and Pb 7 - 27 ppm Pb soil geochemical values broadly coincident As 4 - 47 ppm with the magnetic basic dyke on the southern Zn 32 - 90 ppm portion of the grid. Sb <0.5 ppm Ag < 0.2 ppm Anomalous Au (>70 ppb) occurred as sporadic highs which, along with anomalous Pb All of the samples that assayed greater than or (>55ppm), appeared coincident with an equal to 30 ppb Au were collected from close to inflection in the magnetic anomaly. known workings. Unmineralised rock chip samples were collected In follow-up investigations, check fire assays at approximately 500 m intervals, at a density were carried out on a number of previously of 4 to 5 samples/sq. km. Results of this collected samples and the variable results sampling were not reported. indicated a substantial nugget effect in the Mount Elliot results. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. A further 12 rock chip samples were collected, with 6 taken from the Towong Hill and granite- References - Hall (1986, 1987, 1988); Morrison metasediment contact workings. The (1986); Pan Australian Mining Ltd (1985, 1987); remaining samples were collected from Plumridge & Hall (1987); Rugless (1985); previously sampled areas. Samples were Rutter (1985); Teale (1986). assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au, As and Sb and returned anomalous values of 1.9 ppm Au and EL 1463 TALLANGALOOK PTY 3400 ppm As. LTD AND GHANA PTY LTD

During the final stages of investigation, 25 rock Period Held: 1985 - 1988 samples were collected from a reduced EL area Area: Sandy Creek. around Mt. Elliot and analysed for base metals, Au, Ag, As and Sb. This sampling returned Target: Exploration for both alluvial gold and anomalous values of 50 ppm Au and 4400 ppm gold mineralisation within pegmatite dykes . As. Work Carried Out: Reason for relinquishment: Mapping - Detailed mapping was undertaken in Mineralisation found was not of economic the Scheimaster Dyke area, describing a significance. previously-worked dyke body up to 10 m wide with a strike length of 220 m. Aerial photo References - Canyon Resources Pty Ltd interpretation indicated 15 hitherto unrecorded (1984); Mackenzie (1986a, 1986b, 1987). dykes in the licence area and assisted in the location of prospective intersections of EL 1462 PAN AUSTRALIA MINING lineaments. LIMITED Geochemistry - Dyke samples were collected Period Held: 1985 - 1987 from mullock heaps and assayed for Au, Area: Beloka, near Benambra. revealing values up to 13.8 and 17.04 ppm Au, returned from a sample of greisen-pegmatite at Target: Exploration for gold stockwork and the adit portal working the Morning Star Reef. vein mineralisation associated with basic dykes. Following detailed mapping, 9 lineament Work Carried Out: intersections were sampled and assayed, of Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was which only 1 revealed any mineralisation. Peak conducted along the RWAP forest track and 2 results of follow-up sampling are summarised gossanous float samples collected. Follow-up as follows: mapping recorded an easterly-dipping Ordovician sequence of metasediments, intruded by a north-east trending basic dyke. 58 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Location Au (ppm) EL 1546 MELTECH CONSULTANT GEOLOGISTS Scheimaster Dyke - open cut, face 0.40 Scheimaster Dyke - open cut, east face 0.31 Period Held: 1985 - 1988 Area: Granite Flat. Scheimaster Dyke - open cut, west face 0.15 Scheimaster Dyke - Happy Day Lode 0.34 Target: Exploration for gold and copper Morning Star Reef - pegmatite mullock 17.04 mineralisation hosted in shears, within the Banimboola Granodiorite batholith.

Work Carried Out: Seven costeans were excavated at Finns Reefs Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was and two at the Try Again prospect, in search of undertaken throughout the licence area and quartz reefs or dykes. Where reefs and dykes grids laid out for follow-up geochemical were encountered, the costeans (1.5 m depth, investigations. A geological map was compiled over 10 m length across strike of dykes) were on a scale of 1:5 000, including the details of old channel sampled. Results of this programme workings. were generally disappointing, with few prospective intersections. The best return of Geochemistry - A total of 227 soil samples were 0.23 ppm Au came from one channel sample. collected along established grids, with samples collected every 25 m at auger depths of 50 cm. Old workings were reclaimed and sampled and Samples were collected from the B/C horizon reconnaissance soil sampling was undertaken and assayed for Au, Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn. An along the granite-metasediment contact in an additional 119 soil samples were collected to effort to locate additional mineralisation to the follow up previously found anomalies. Six rock Sandy Creek vein-hosted gold. Soil samples samples were also collected in areas of high Au were collected at 50 m intervals at ridge and values from soil sampling. During the final spur sites by hand auger at depths of 10-20 cm. stages of sampling, 751 soil samples were Samples were assayed for As, with results collected and assayed for Au, Cu, As. Results varying from 5-138 ppm As. The high of 138 from this sampling are summarised in Table 8. ppm As was located over old workings on the Rainbow Reef. Results of this sampling Geophysics - A ground magnetics survey was suggested that the gold source may be due to conducted and revealed a coincident magnetic surface enrichment. low anomaly over the Cu-Au geochemical anomaly. A stream sediment sampling programme was undertaken to locate additional mineralisation, Drilling - Six diamond drill holes were drilled with samples collected to the south and south- in follow-up investigations. Highlights of this west of known mineralisation. Trace gold was drilling are presented in Table 9. found in only one of these samples. Rock chip samples were also taken across the granite- Reason for relinquishment: gneiss-schist contact in Stony Creek Gorge and No reason given. also returned low results for Au, with the exception of one specimen which assayed at 0.8 References - Cuffley (1986b, 1987a, 1987b, ppm Au. No further work was undertaken. 1988a, 1988b). Reason for relinquishment: Preliminary investigations did not indicate EL 1553 NICKELSEEKERS potential for gold mineralisation. LIMITED

References - Brady (1987); Cuffley (1985, Period Held: 1985 - 1988 1986a); Cuffley & Lanzer (1987); Cozens (1986); Area: Glen Wills and Sunnyside Goldfield Lanzer (1988); Target: Exploration for high-grade, reef gold mineralisation. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 59

Table 8 Geochemical sampling results EL 1546

Samples type Au (ppm) Ag (ppm) Cu (ppm) Pb (ppm) Zn (ppm)

Soil trace - 4.44 0.8 - 12.5 48 - 1812 5 - 305 40 - 250 Rock trace - 2.69 1.6 - 9.3 14 - 2490 13 - 176 9 - 395 Soil (final samples) <0.02 - 0.48n/a 42 - 790

Table 9 Drilling summary, Granite Flat prospect, EL 1546

Hole No.Depth Location Intersection

DDH1 146 m Near Hodder's Peak values of 0.63 ppm Au, 9.8 ppm Ag, 1286 Lode shear ppm Cu, 196 ppm Pb and 210 ppm Zn over 0.5m true width. DDH2 70 m Near Crawley's 1-10 mm quartz stringers with pyrite, chalcopyrite Line of lode between 43.9 and 51.8 m 75 mm massive pyrite zone between 62.8 and 62.95 m

DDH 4 149 m Near Hodder's 18 m veining at 0.01 - 2.06 ppm Au, between 101.7 Lode shear and 129.1 m 1 m quartz veining at 59.0 - 66.8 ppm Au, between 59.0 - 66.8 m. DDH5 72 m Near Sulphide 1 m at 0.01 - 0.84 ppm Au, with alteration zone shaft occurring between 28.5 - 65.6m

Work Carried Out: Target: Exploration for gold in the vicinity of Mapping - Preliminary investigations included previous workings north of Tallandoon. surveying the licence area to locate previous workings and to define prospective areas. A Work Carried Out: base camp for exploration activities was also Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was established. It was the intention of the completed, with 6 new adits (not previously company to undertake drilling and other reported in mining records) and numerous exploration, but details of this work are not shafts located. A base map was compiled and reported. drafting of some of the historical maps was also completed. The Tallandoon Adit was mapped, Reason for relinquishment: as well as the Mystery Line of workings and the No reason given. Quandong Reef (Baitlies Mine).

References - Nickel Seekers Ltd (1987); Shah Geochemistry - Limited rock chip samples were (1986, 1987). collected from the Tallandoon Adit, the Quandong and Baitlies Mines. Samples were EL 1558 TALLANDOON assayed for Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn and Mo, with the GOLDFIELD following peak results:

Period Held: 1986 - 1988 Tallandoon Adit Au 2.19 ppm Area: Tallandoon. Quandong Mine Au 7.32 ppm Pb 6649 ppm 60 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

(mullock samples) Ag 61.5 ppm No reason given. Zn 8844 ppm Cu 1808 ppm References - Baird & Gipps (1987); Rainbow Mo 3.6 ppm (1987). Baitlies Mine Au 3.19 ppm Ag 40.4 ppm EL 1605 PAN AUSTRALIA MINING LIMITED. Reason for relinquishment: A number of Miners Right claims were applied Period Held: 1986 - 1987 for in the EL area and so the EL was Area: Corridor. relinquished. Target: Exploration for base-metal, gold or tin References - Masterson (1986, 1987a, 1987b, mineralisation associated with the Mammoth 1988a). Porphyry Complex.

EL 1604 MINCOMP PTY LTD Work Carried Out: Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was Period Held: 1986 - 1988 conducted over the licence area. Area: Mitta Mitta Valley. Geochemistry - Stream sediment (sieved to - Target: Exploration for alluvial gold. 80#) samples were collected from throughout the licence area. Whilst details of this sampling Work Carried Out: are not given, results did not indicate gold Geophysics - A preliminary magnetometer mineralisation. survey was conducted to locate postulated areas of high alluvial reworking. This survey Reason for relinquishment: comprised 2 lines run at 10 m spacing. Geochemical results were disappointing and a large portion of the licence fell within the Drilling - Fourteen cable-tool (churn) drill holes proposed . were drilled on 3 lines and samples were collected, dried and sieved to -4 mm and References - Hall (1986, 1987, 1988). analysed for Au , with the following results: EL 1784 MARTIN GOLD MINES Hole No. Au (g/m3) Intersection N.L. depth Period Held: 1987 - 1989 1 0.076 5 - 10 Area: Zulu Creek, south of Corryong. 2 0.052 5 - 10 Target: Exploration for lode gold. 3 0.195 4 - 12 Work Carried Out: 4 abandoned Geochemistry - Rock samples were collected 5 0.2 4- 14 from the Just-in-Time Mine and other mines in the Zulu Creek and Saltpetre Creek goldfields. 6 0.21 4 - 14 Six composite tests were made on samples with 7 0.14 7 - 13 average head grade of 17.9 ppm Au. Tailings from the flotation tests averaged slightly over 2 8 0.14 7 - 13 ppm Au, indicating recoveries ranging from 9 0.14 9 - 13 88.2% to 95.5%. 10 0.24 9 - 13 Exploration had been undertaken prior to these 11 0.25 7 - 11 tests, but details of this work are not reported. 12 0.21 9 - 13 13 n/a 14 0.14 4 - 12 Reason for relinquishment: MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 61

Reason for relinquishment: Geophysics - A gravity survey revealed a north- The company applied for development leases south graben with a steep-sided canyon over the Zulu Creek and Saltpetre Creek draining out to the west. From this canyon, the goldfields, with the intention to further develop palaeo Mitta Mitta/Murray confluence could be the small mines. discerned.

References - Hinckfuss (1988, 1990). Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. EL 1874 BENDIGO GOLD ASSOCIATES P/L References - Brooks (1986, 1988); Brooks & Hopwood (1989); Elliot (1989); Frankcombe Period Held: 1989 - 1991 (1988). Area: Wandiligong. EL 1927 METANA MINERALS N.L. Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation. Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Work Carried Out: Area: Harrietville South. Mapping - The Wandiligong Goldfield underwent reconnaissance mapping which Target: Exploration for both low-grade (bulk- described mineralisation associated with north- mineable) gold mineralisation and high-grade west trending shear zones. All known workings (underground-mineable) auriferous quartz were examined and 13 areas were selected for veins. detailed evaluation. These were mapped and sampled (see below). Work Carried Out: Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping (and Geochemistry - Rock chip samples were sampling) was carried out on the Gun Group of collected from many of the known workings and workings. were assayed for Au, with the following peak results: Geochemistry - A reconnaissance gridding and soil sampling programme was undertaken, with Albion Mine 0.36 ppm Au samples dried and sieved to -80#. This revealed Hillsborough open-cut 0.22 ppm Au one broad zone of Au and As anomalism in soils, Hibernian Mine 0.22 ppm Au peaking at 2.8 ppm Au west of the main Gun Catherine Mine 0.09 ppm Au line of reef, over Centenary workings. Follow- New Moon Mine 1.62 ppm Au up soil sampling and computer statistical English & Welsh Line 0.14 ppm Au modelling indicated 2 main anomalous zones, John Bull Mine 2.91 ppm the Eastern and Western geochemical zones. Mongrel open-cut 0.74 ppm Au Assays results defining these zones ranged from 40 - 2880 ppb Au and 180 - 2100 ppm As. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. The anomalous zones over the main Gun line of reef were targeted for further exploration, References - Bendigo Gold Associates Pty Ltd including costeaning and drilling. However, no (1991); Swensson & Patterson (1989); further work was reported.

EL 1900 JEFFCOTT GEOLOGICAL Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. SERVICES References - Roberts (1989); Hochwimmer Period Held: 1988 - 1990 (1989, 1990a). Area: Murray River Valley.

Target: Exploration for alluvial gold within EL 1934 NORGOLD LIMITED. gravel deposits. Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Work Carried Out: Area: Glen Wills. Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping and surveying was undertaken in the licence area. 62 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Target: Exploration for bulk tonnage gold Mt. Orient/Faulkner, Woolshed/Magpie and mineralisation associated with the Mount Wills Homeward Bound groups of workings. Leucoadamellite. Geochemistry - The old workings along the Work Carried Out: Faulkner/Mt. Oriental lines of reef were Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was sampled in some detail. Soil samples were undertaken in the licence area to delineate the collected from these lines of reef, with samples extent of the Mount Wills leucoadamellite. dried and sieved to -80# and analysed for Au, As, Cu, Pb, Zn, Bi and Mo with the following Geochemistry - A total of 72 stream sediment results: samples were collected and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ag, As, Sb, Sn and W and a further Au <1 - 58 ppb 72 BLEG samples from the same localities were Pb 21 - 160 ppm analysed for Au. During follow up Mo 0.6 - 11 ppm investigation, a further 31 stream sediment and As 11 - 2950 ppm 31 BLEG samples were collected for analysis. Zn 12 - 200 ppm Cu 14 - 48 ppm Gold anomalies were recognised at: Bi 0.8 - 2.0 ppm The headwaters of Mount Wills Creek (2 - 2.5 ppb Au) Reason for relinquishment: Tributaries of Big River (0.5 - 2 ppb Au) No reason given. Tributaries of Snowy Creek and Mount Wills Creek ( 2.4 ppb Au) References - Hochwimmer (1990a); Roberts Wye Creek (1.2 - 20 ppb Au) (1988).

Rock chip analyses returned the following peak EL 1960 BORDER RESOURCES values: N.L. Au 20 ppm As 7600 ppm Period Held: 1989 - 1991 Mo 12 ppm Area: Granya. Cu 180 ppm W 10 ppm Target: Exploration for gold in the area of the Bi 42 ppm Granya Lode. Pb 270 ppm Sn 22 ppm Work Carried Out: Zn 650 ppm Drilling - Seven RC holes were completed on 3 Ag 1 ppm lines across the Granya Lode to test Au anomalies revealed from previous trenching. A Reason for relinquishment: total of 300 m were drilled and samples taken Mineralisation found not of economic at 1 m intervals. Significant intersections significance. revealed from this drilling were:

References - Hughes (1989a, 1989b); O'Neill Hole 1 36 - 37 m 4.18 ppm Au (1990a). Hole 2 28 - 29 m 4.8 ppm Au Hole 6 21 - 22 m 11.6 ppm Au 22 - 23 m 2.94 ppm Au EL 1953 METANA MINERALS N.L. Hole 7 12 - 13 m 5.7 ppm Au

Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Further details of exploration within EL 1960 Area: Bright. are not reported.

Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation Reason for relinquishment: associated with the Pioneer Mine and the No reason given. Faulkner Group of reefs. References - Johnston (1990b,1991a); Pringle Work Carried Out: (1989a). Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping and gridding were carried out in the vicinity of the MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 63

EL 1961 MILLAROO MINES N.L. Further work was focussed on the Warrnambool No.1 and 2 mines, where Au was hosted in Period Held: 1988 - 1989 pegmatite dykes. Mullock samples from the Area: Mitta Mitta River Valley, north of Warrnambool No. 1 Mine were assayed for Au, Tallandoon. Ag, As and Sb. A pegmatite sample assayed 5.4 ppm Au and 2.5% As. The altered greisenised Target: Exploration for alluvial gold (placers) hornfels wall rock with disseminated sulphides associated with early stream channels. assayed 5.8 ppm Au and 5% As.

Work Carried Out: Three channel samples collected in pegmatite dykes in the Warrnambool No.1 Mine returned Literature Survey - The only work carried out peak assays of 0.38 ppm Au. Two channel was a literature survey, the results of which samples of pegmatite taken from the discouraged further exploration. Warrnambool No. 2 Mine returned peak assays of 0.21 ppm Au. Reason for relinquishment: Preliminary investigations did not encourage A total of 14 soil samples were collected at 10 m further exploration. intervals near the Warrnambool No.1 open stope at average depths of 30 cm. Assays from these References - Henstridge (1988, 1989). samples ranged from:

EL 1970 ADROIT EXPLORATION Au <0.01 - 0.94 ppm As 28 - 750 ppm N.L. Sb <4 - 14 ppm

Period Held: 1988 - 1990 Regional investigations comprised the collection Area: Tallandoon and Eskdale. of 20 BLEG stream sediment samples (sieved to -10#) from streams draining the Lockhart Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation Granite to investigate fine disseminated Au associated with pegmatite dykes. occurrences. A maximum assay of 110 ppb Au was obtained from an orientation sample Work Carried Out: collected from near Odell's Mine and others in Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping and the Sandy Creek Field. sampling (see below) were carried out to investigate the old workings with a view to Rock samples collected from dykes were establishing their current prospectivity and assayed for Au, As and Sb, with the following possible mineralised extensions. peak results:

Geochemistry - Au 6.2 ppm Initial investigations consisted of rock samples As 4150 ppm collected from pegmatite mullock at a number Sb 50 ppm of mines. These returned the following peak Au grades: Of interest was a mullock sample of quartz porphyry collected from the Sunbeam mine Cherry Tree 3.9 ppm Au which assayed at 6.2 ppm Au, 4150 ppm As and Unnamed south of Glencore5.3 ppm Au 22 ppm Sb. Unnamed NE of Glencore 5.6 ppm Au Wealth of Nations 5.5 ppm Au As a result of follow-up investigations, the Rose 6.6 ppm Au company decided to focus future exploration on Dream 37 ppm Au the Little Snowy Creek (Sunbeam and Golconda Unnamed- north of Sleeping Beauty Mines) porphyry dyke and Wild Horse Creek 2.0 ppm Au (Upper Sandy Creek BLEG anomaly 90 - 110 Sleeping Beauty 1.8 ppm Au ppb Au).

Resampling of the Glencore Reef returned Reason for relinquishment: values between 0.54 - 4.7 ppm Au, lower than No reason given. preliminary sample assays.

Table 10 Peak mullock sampling results, Mount Elliot Goldfield EL 1974 64 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Location - mine Au Geology (ppm)

Native Youth 47 Altered granite Australia 12.7 Quartz New chum 0.46 Fresh granite from adit Just in time and Post 6.2 Quartz mullock 2.74 Quartz stockwork in gneiss/schist 9.1 Altered diorite dyke 5 Mullock from Post line Hope Line, Bread and Sugar, 27.9 Quartz stockwork in schist mullock Bull and Damper Sheoak 3.5 Quartz mullock Fenby's Reward 6 Schist and phyllite mullock Gold Hill 32 Mullock fines Good Friday 4 Silicified rock mullock Unnamed workings (Hall Track) 150 Silica mullock with visible sulphides Mystery 6 Silicified mullock

References - Corp (1991a); Cuffley (1988, As 28 ppm 1989); Hochwimmer (1988); Peter Woods & Ba 840 ppm Associates (1988, 1989, 1990). Orientation work on some of these samples EL 1974 T. E. JOHNSTON AND revealed gold values within the range of 0.07 - ASSOCIATES PTY LTD 47 ppb Au. Eleven additional BLEG samples were taken in an effort to further understand Period Held: 1988 - 1990 anomalous results. These samples were dried Area: Mount Elliot Goldfield. and sieved to -2mm and their assays confirmed the anomalous values from drainage on the Target: Exploration for lode gold western side of the Mystery workings, with gold mineralisation. values ranging from 0.05 - 6.2 ppb.

Work Carried Out: Five more mullock samples were collected and Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping and analysed from the Mystery workings and a sampling (Table 10) of old workings was further 30 orientation soil samples were also completed. collected and analysed. Only As and Au showed any response adjacent to known workings, with Geochemistry - Mullock samples from the old orientation soil values ranging from < 2 - 105 workings revealed peak gold values as outlined ppm As and <3 - 25 ppb Au. Further rock chip in Table 10. samples of the Mystery workings revealed only 2 samples above detection limit, with assays of A total of 74 stream sediment samples were 0.06 ppm (quartz sample) and 0.2 ppm (altered collected, dried and sieved to -80#. These were diorite dyke)ppm Au. analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Fe, Mn, Cr and Ba, with peak results of: Follow-up soil sampling (dried and sieved to - 80#) at the Just-in-time/Hope workings Cu 75 ppm returned low Au values, with a maximum of Fe 3.69 % 125 ppb Au. Pb 45 ppm Mn 1150 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Zn 280 ppm Mineralisation found was not of economic Cr 120 ppm significance. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 65

composites) were collected and analysed for Au, References - Johnston (1990a); T.E. Johnston with the following anomalous results: & Associates Pty Ltd (1988, 1989a, 1989b).

Trench Interval (m) Distance (m) Au (ppm) EL 2002 T. E. JOHNSTON AND ASSOCIATES PTY LTD G5 8 - 84 76 0.25 55 - 81 26 0.41 101.5 - 107.5 6 0.38 Period Held: 1988 - 1990 Area: Granya Goldfield. G10 0 - 6 6 0.21 18 - 21 3 0.21 Target: Exploration for lode gold in the G11 3 - 9 6 0.23 vicinity of old workings. 21 - 27 6 0.27 33 - 37 4 0.28 40 - 49 9 0.25 Work Carried Out: 97 - 118 21 0.26 Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was 139 - 145 6 0.24 undertaken of old workings in the licence area. G12 6 - 54 48 0.29 60 - 63 3 0.27 Geochemistry - Mullock samples were collected from selected old mine workings and analysed Float clasts of sulphide vein rock from the Buck for Au, with the following peak results: and Bite workings returned high Au contents (5.2 - 30 ppm Au) and outcrops of altered Location Au Geology granite in the Star of the East workings also (ppm) provided encouragement with rock chip samples returning Au appreciable values up to Border City 8.1 Max. from quartz vein 3.9 ppm Au. mullock. Star of East 16 Max. from grab sample of Geophysics - A ground magnetic survey was laminated quartz mullock. conducted over the licence area and indicated Hidden 9.6 Altered granite mullock. that not all the lodes had corresponding Treasure magnetic lows. It was decided to undertake Centennial 3.1 Max. from quartz vein. more detailed magnetic profiling. Results of Try Again 7.5 Max. from grab sample of this profiling are not reported. quartz mullock Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic Selected samples also recorded elevated Ag (5 significance. ppm Ag from No. 2 adit, Firebrace Mine), As (4950 ppm As from altered granite, Star of East References - Pringle (1989b); Johnson, T.E. mine) and Sb (135 ppm Sb from alterated (1988, 1989, 1990c). granite, Hidden Treasure mine).

A total of 43 samples were collected from the B- EL 2056 VILLAGE MINES N.L. horizon (depths of 20-30 cm) during an orientation soil survey. Results of this survey Period Held: 1989 - 1991 are detailed below: Area: Corryong.

Cu <1 - 140 ppm Work Carried Out: Ag <0.1 - 1 ppm No work was undertaken by Village Mines N.L. Au 15 ppb - 3.5 ppm during their tenure of EL 2056. Pb 11 - 230 ppm As 2.3 - 1650 ppm References - Kondic (1991). Zn 18 - 135 ppm Mo 0.3 - 2.9 ppm EL 2057 MARTIN EXPLORATION PTY LTD Four trenches were prepared and sampled across suspected near surface occurrences of Period Held: 1989 - 1990 main gold reefs. A total of 133 samples (3 m Area: Corryong. 66 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Work Carried Out: No work was undertaken by Martin Period Held: 1988- 1989 Exploration P/L during their tenure of EL 2057. Area: Mt. Morgan.

References - Martin Exploration Pty Ltd Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation (1990). associated with granitoid rocks of the Boggy Plains Supersuite. EL 2089 NORGOLD LIMITED Work Carried Out: Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was Area: Corryong. completed at a 1:50 000 scale and a topographic base plan compiled. Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation associated with granitoid rocks of the Boggy Geochemistry - A total of 48 stream sediments Plains Supersuite. were collected and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ag, As, Sb, Sn and W and 48 BLEG samples Work Carried Out: were also collected and analysed for Au. Anomalous zones were located at Mt. Unicorn, Geochemistry - A total of 35 stream sediment Mt. Morgan, Thowgla Creek and Surveyor's samples was collected and analysed for Cu, Pb, Creek. All the anomalies, except for the Mt. Zn, Mn, Fe, Ag, As, Sb, Sn and W and 35 BLEG Unicorn anomaly, were associated with samples were collected and analysed for Au. significant Au values, summarised below: Four BLEG gold anomalies of 1.1 - 2.0 ppb Au were located in the Cudgewa and Cudgewa Mt. Morgan Up to 6 ppb Au and minor North- areas, where there are no Zn, Sn, Pb and As recorded occurrences of Au mineralisation. anomalies Stream sediment anomalies were also obtained, Thowgla Creek Up to 11 ppb Au from the most important being the Cudgewa North western branch to below Tintaldra area, where anomalous samples Lion's Den Creek returned peak values of 650 ppm Cu, 1860 ppm Surveyor's Creek Up to 7 ppb Au and minor Pb, 4950 ppm Zn and 2.0 ppb Au. Cu and Sn.

During follow-up investigations, 28 BLEG During follow-up investigations, 67 stream samples and 28 stream sediment samples were sediment samples and 67 BLEG samples were collected and analysed. The BLEG samples collected and analysed from the Mt. Morgan, were analysed for Au, whilst the stream Thowgla Creek and Surveyor's Creek areas. sediment samples were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Results of this sampling indicated the following Mn, Fe, Ag, As, Sb, Sn and W, with the anomalies: following results: Surveyor's Creek 2.0 - 7.5 ppb BLEG Au in Au 0.01 - 0.62 ppb southern tributaries Mn 94 - 1400 ppm Up to 78 ppm As close to, Ag <0.1 - 1.0 ppm but not always associated Cu 4 - 24 ppm with Au anomalies Fe 1.35 - 3.35 % Sn <4 - 32 ppm Thowgla Creek 2.0 - 11 ppb BLEG Au in Pb 8 - 74 ppm western branch As 5 - 32 ppm 0.5 - 0.8 ppb BLEG Au W <10 - 20 ppm eastern branch Zn 17 - 135 ppm Sb 4 - 10 ppm Mount Morgan 1 .0 - 6.0 ppb BLEG Au in Reason for relinquishment: drainage from Mt. Morgan Mineralisation found was not of economic significance. Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic References - Hughes (1989c, 1989d). significance.

EL 2090 NORGOLD LIMITED References - Hughes (1988, 1989e, 1989f); O'Neill (1990b). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 67

Bi <5 ppm EL 2131 CRA EXPLORATION P/L. Ag 0 - 2 ppm Sb <5 ppm Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Au 0 - 7.95 ppb (-2mm) Area: Yabba. Au 0 - 20 ppb (-80#)

Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation At most stream sediment localities, float and similar to the nearby Granya goldfield. rock chip samples were collected and analysed, with peak results summarised below. The Work Carried Out: maximum assay of 0.08 ppm, Au was found in Geochemistry - A reconnaissance stream the catchments of Rawes Creek and boyd sediment sampling programme was completed, Creek. with 38 samples collected. The -2mm fraction and the -180µm fraction assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Cu 45 ppm Ag, As, Mo, Bi and Sb by ICP and Au by AAS. As 85 ppm Results of this sampling are outlined below. No Pb 510 ppm strong anomalies were indicated. Mo 270 ppm Zn 190 ppm Cu 5 - 20 ppm Au 0.08 ppm As 13 - 80 ppm Ag 2 ppm Pb 20 - 120 ppm Mo 5 ppm Follow-up work was undertaken to test the 0.08 Zn 30 - 100 ppm ppm Au float anomaly. Although this anomaly Bi 5 ppm was downgraded, an additional stream sediment Ag 1 ppm anomaly was identified in the Log Bridge Creek Sb 5 ppm West Branch. A total of 12 stream sediment Au 3 - 5 ppb (-180 #) samples were collected at this locality and the - Au 3 - 5 ppb (-2mm) 2mm, -80# and panned concentrates returned peak values of 1 ppb Au, 5 ppb Au and 0.45 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Au respectively. Results of preliminary investigations did not indicate potential for economic mineralisation. Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic References - Hughes (1988, 1989). significance.

EL 2132 CRA EXPLORATION P/L. References - Kratochvil (1989b, 1989c, 1990b); Kratochvil & Rosengren (1988, 1989). Period Held: 1988 - 1990 Area: Beetoomba. EL 2143 CRA EXPLORATION P/L.

Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation. Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Area: Bullhead Creek. Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - A reconnaissance stream Target: Exploration for 'Hidden Valley' type sediment sampling programme was completed, gold mineralisation. with 56 samples collected. The -2 mm fraction was analysed for Au by cyanide leach and the -80# fraction was assayed for Au by AAS. Results of this sampling (outlined below) revealed cyanide leach anomalies (up to 7.95 ppb Au) which were targeted for follow-up work.

Cu 0 - 30 ppm As 0 - 38 ppm Pb 10 - 45 ppm Mo <5 ppm Zn 35 - 200 ppm 68 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Work Carried Out: Mo 5 ppm Geochemistry - Reconnaissance sampling of the Zn 25 - 87 ppm main drainages was completed and highlighted Ni 5 - 15 ppm two anomalous catchments in the south- Ag 1 ppm western part of the licence area. A total of 52 Sb 57 ppm samples were collected during the Co 5 ppm reconnaissance phase, with 2 samples of -2mm Au 1 - 3 ppb (-80#) material collected at each site. One sample was Au 0.05 - 3.2 ppb (-2mm) dried and sieved to -180 µm and analysed by ICP for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Sb, Mo, Bi and Mn. The Four rock samples were also collected, of which other sample was analysed for Au by cyanide 3 returned values below the detection limit and leach assay. Cyanide leach assays from the 2 the fourth one assayed only 0.01 ppm Au. anomalous catchments returned 1.95 ppb Au and 1.55 ppb Au. Results of this sampling are Follow up stream sediment sampling failed to outlined below: confirm the 3.2 ppb Au anomaly, returning only 0.35 ppb Au in the -2 mm fraction. The -80# Cu 15 - 40 ppm returned Au values below the detection limit. Mo <5 - 5 ppm As 1 - 18 ppm Reason for relinquishment: Pb 15 - 35 ppm Mineralisation found was not of economic Bi <5 ppm significance. Au 0.1 - 1.95 ppb (-2mm) Zn 50 - 130 ppm References - Kratochvil (1990a, 1990c). Sb <5 ppm Ag <1 ppm EL 2163 ADROIT EXPLORATION Mn 35 - 900 ppm N.L.

Reason for relinquishment: Period Held: 1989 - 1990 Anomalies found were not considered of Area: Bogong and Buffalo areas. economic significance. Work Carried Out: No work was undertaken References - Kratochvil (1988, 1989a). during the company's tenure of EL 2163.

EL 2146 CRA EXPLORATION P/L. References - Corp (1991b).

Period Held: 1989 - 1990 EL 2175 SAMPSON MANOR P/L. Area: Wyeebo. Period Held: 1988 - 1989 Target: Exploration for large, auriferous hydrothermal systems associated with granitoid Work Carried Out: bodies. No work was undertaken during the company's tenure of EL 2175. Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - A total of 40 samples were References - Dudly (1989). collected during a reconnaissance stream sediment sampling programme. Samples of - 2 mm fraction were analysed for Au by bulk EL 2176 SAMPSON MANOR P/L. cyanide leach and samples of -80# were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Mo, Sb, Ni and Co Period Held: 1988 - 1989 by ICP. A weak cyanide leach anomaly of 3.2 Area: Limestone Creek. ppb Au was revealed in the tributary of Cudgewa Creek draining hills in the central Target: Exploration for gold and base metal eastern part of the licence area. Results of mineralisation associated with granite and reconnaissance sampling are outlined below: granodiorites between the Indi and Tom Groggin Faults. Cu 5 - 15 ppm As 3 - 42 ppm Pb 5 - 55 ppm MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 69

Work Carried Out: anomalous Au zones, with values ranging from Mapping - The exploration programme included <0.01 - 0.029 ppb Au. reconnaissance mapping of the licence area. C-horizon soil sampling was conducted over the Geochemistry - Limited stream sediment and old WMC Wattlebird Pb-Zn-Cu anomaly located rock chip sampling was undertaken. Results of south of Beloka Gap. Samples were collected on this sampling are not reported. 50 m spacings and the best result returned was 0.085 ppm Au. Reason for relinquishment: No reason given. Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic References - Sampson Manor Pty Ltd (1989). significance.

EL 2289 PHOENIX RESOURCES References - McConachy (1990b, 1991c). N.L. EL 2370 BENDIGO GOLD Period Held: 1989 - 1991 ASSOCIATES P/L. Area: Surveyor's Creek. Period Held: 1989 - 1991 Target: Exploration for alluvial gold and tin Area: Benambra. deposits associated with Silurian granites. Target: Exploration for porphyry-related gold Work Carried Out: mineralisation within the Mt. Leinster Alkaline Mapping - The exploration programme included Complex. reconnaissance mapping of the licence area. Work Carried Out: Geochemistry - Panning of alluvials was Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was undertaken and indicated an erratic completed throughout the licence area. distribution of Au and SnO2 within the area. Geochemistry - A total of 36 rock chip samples Reason for relinquishment: were collected over the Pendergast breccia and Preliminary investigations did not indicate 1 hand auger C-horizon soil sampling line was potential for an economic deposit. completed around the base of the outcrop. The best result of 0.12 ppm Au was achieved from References - McMickan (1989, 1991). both the rock chip and C-horizon samples. Rock chip sampling was also conducted across the EL 2368 BENDIGO GOLD Brothers Breccia prospect, with 12 samples ASSOCIATES P/L. collected on 40 m spacings and a best result of 0.05 ppm Au. Period Held: 1989 - 1991 Area: Mt. Bung Bung. A stream sediment sampling programme was completed, spanning both EL 2370 and its Target: Exploration for porphyry-related gold adjoining EL 2368. A total of 140 samples were mineralisation within the Mt. Leinster Alkaline collected and analysed for Au. A weak anomaly Complex. of 0.5 - 0.9 ppb Au was recognised in EL 2370 near the junction of Morass and Benambra Work Carried Out: Creeks, south-west of Mt. Pendergast. Geochemistry - A total of 78 stream sediment samples were collected and analysed for Au by Geophysics - Reconnaissance magnetometer AAS. This sampling indicated an anomalous surveys at both the Pendergast and Bothers zone east of Mt. Leinster Station along the prospects totalled 11.8 line km. These surveys Front and Splitters Creeks. Results of this defined trachytic breccias and magnetic sampling ranged from <0.05 to 1.55 ppb Au. anomalies with the Mt. Leinster Alkaline Complex. Two magnetic highs were A total of 17 rock chip and 18 auger soil approximately delineated at the Pendergast samples were also collected and analysed for prospect. Au. Results of auger sampling ranged from <1 - Drilling - The power auger drilling covered a 40 8 ppt. Rock chip sampling failed to detect any x 200 m grid and sampled the C-horizon. Only 70 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

18 samples were collected and the best result anomalous gold zones of up to 1520 ppb Au over returned was 0.1 ppm Au. Detectable Au (<0.02 widths of 100 m. Deeper samples collected from ppm) was intersected over a 360 m wide zone. the C-horizon returned peak values of 900 ppb No assay result from C-horizon sampling Au. The anomalies appear associated with the exceeded 8 ppb Au. Mountain View workings. Results of this sampling are summarised below: A 50 m sequence of gravels was sampled at 2 m intervals down-hole, but no alluvial Au was Cu <5 - 230 ppm detected. Ag <1 - 121 ppm Co <5 ppm A total of 24 air core drill holes, totalling 919 m, Pb 45 - 8500 ppm were completed at the Pendergast breccia on a As 68 - 6150 ppm 80 x 200 m grid and also within one of the two Ni <5 - 15 ppm magnetic anomalies south-west of Mt. Zn 10 - 5200 ppm Pendergast. This programme was abandoned Au <0.01 - 1.52 ppm due to excessive depth of cover and results are S 35 - 440 ppm not reported. Fe 2.03 - 7.07 %

Reason for relinquishment: Rock chip samples were also collected Anomalies found were not considered of throughout the licence area and analysed, with economic significance. the following peak results:

References - Cuffley (1988); Elletson (1991); Au 48 ppm McConachy (1990b, 1990c, 1991d). Fe 7.04 % Bi 15 ppm EL 2449 BENDIGO GOLD Cu 230 ppm LIMITED, POSEIDON Sb 185 ppm Pb 8100 ppm EXPLORATION LIMITED, S 7.65 % NORMANDY EXPLORATION Zn 5300 ppm LIMITED. Ba 730 ppm

Period Held: 1990 - 1995 Reason for relinquishment: Area: Mt. Wills. Results of preliminary investigations did not encourage further exploration. Target: Exploration for gold-enriched alteration haloes associated with the Mt. Wills References - Hochwimmer (1990b); Johnston Granite. (1991b).

Work Carried Out: EL 2545 TELBERTH N.L. See EL 3163 for full description of work programme. Period Held: 1991 - 1992 Area: Walwa. EL 2492 BORDER RESOURCES N.L. Target: Exploration for tin, tantalite and tungsten. Period Held: 1989 - 1990 Area: Dart River and Zulu Creek goldfields. Work Carried Out: Mapping - Preliminary investigations included Target: Exploration for polymetallic site inspections of previous workings. mineralisation . Reason for relinquishment: Work Carried Out: Mineralisation found was not of economic Geochemistry - An orientation soil survey was significance. conducted over low-order base metal anomalies previously found by Tanganyika Holdings References - Rampe (1992); Telberth N.L. (EL 372). A total of 96 samples were collected (1992). (dried and sieved to -80#) and revealed MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 71

EL 3163 (EX 2449) BENDIGO failed to detect significant extensions to known GOLD LIMITED, POSEIDON mineralisation. EXPLORATION LIMITED, Penders Flat Prospect NORMANDY EXPLORATION A gridded soil sampling survey was completed LIMITED. on the Penders Flat prospect, with 407 samples collected. This survey revealed a zone 200 m Period Held: 1990 - 1995 long and 40-50 m wide with maximum assays of Area: Mt. Wills. 8.5 ppm Au, with correspondingly high Ag values of 42 and 86 ppm. This sampling also Target: Exploration for gold-enriched indicated a mineralised zone 40 x 500 m in alteration haloes associated with the Mt. Wills area, containing 3 bulls-eye/pipelike anomalies Granite. associated with the Mt. Wills Granite and adjacent shearing. Work Carried Out: Mapping - Reconnaissance mapping was C-horizon sampling of altered granite east of completed throughout the licence area. The Penders Flat involved the collection of 37 Penders Flat prospect was subsequently samples by auger at 10 m spacings. Repeat C- mapped at 1:1000 scale. The Snowy Heights horizon sampling at 3 locations within Penders and Batty prospects were mapped and local pit Flat (samples sieved to -75µm, -2+500 µm, - mapping was also completed at the Anaconda 200+75µm, -75 µm) indicated an even prospect at a scale of 1:500. distribution of Au in all samples, with values ranging 0.31 - 0.95 ppm Au. Geochemistry - A BLEG regional stream sediment survey was Sixty-one channel samples were collected over undertaken, with 33 samples collected (sieved 2 m lengths at Penders Flat, sampling altered to -0.25") and analysed for Au. This sampling Mt. Wills Granite and greisen. This indicated defined 4 anomalous zones: an anomalous zone on the northern track, with 36 m of 0.42 ppm Au. 1. Southern portion of EL, with returns of 116 and 8.8 ppb Au. This sampling indicated 2 main styles of 2. West side of Mt. Wills, with returns of 3.8 mineralisation: ppb Au. 3. East side of Mt. Wills, with drainage from (i) Au in altered granite/greisen, with grades old workings returning 255 and 308 ppb Au. up to 3 ppm Au and sulphide poor. 4. East side of Mt. Wills and north of Wills (ii) Au in blue-grey quartz veins associated South, returning values of 3.5, 6.9 and 22.1 with high sulphide grades and up to 30 ppb Au. ppm Au.

Further stream sediment sampling confirmed a Sixteen C-horizon auger samples were collected significant anomaly of 11.7 ppb Au in the north- at depths ranging 0.2 - 1 m on a 50 x 200m grid. west part of the licence area and further No anomalies were indicated, with Au varying defined an Au anomaly at Big River Bridge (8.8 from <1 to 3 ppb. and 116 ppb Au). Anaconda Prospect A total of 54 rock grab samples was also Sixty-two C-horizon samples collected at the collected from mine dumps within the Mt. Wills Anaconda prospect indicated an anomalous goldfield and outcrop, and analysed for Au. zone, stretching east-west over a 50 x 30 m Results from this sampling included 4.4 ppm area, with Au values > 0.1 ppm. Rock chip Au along the eastern margin of the Mt. Wills sampling in this area indicated Au associated granite and up to 36 ppm Au near Penders Flat. with highly altered/sheared dark green greisen Rock chip samples were also collected over 5 m with high sulphides and Au up to 10 ppm. intervals in an old derelict adit on the west side of Penders Flat, with the most significant result This was followed up by a collection of 70 of 5 m at 2.4 ppm Au. C-horizon soil samples on a 100x100 m grid, Whilst a further 15 stream sediment samples which returned a best result of 0.58 ppm Au (sieved to -2 mm) collected over the Anaconda (soil samples) and 0.5 - 830 ppb Au (auger prospect affirmed the high prospectivity of this samples). Rock chip samples collected 30-50 m area, extensions to the Penders Flat soil grid 72 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

south of the main workings returned a high of Stream sediment sampling was completed at 81 ppb Au. Wombat Creek, east of Mt. Wills. A total of 38 samples (-80#) collected and analysed for Cu, Anaconda-Penders Flat grid Pb, Zn, Au, Ag, As, Bi and Sb, with the The Penders Flat grid was extended north to following results: include the Anaconda prospect. Soil samples collected here returned 0.5 - 44 ppb Au and Cu 10 - 35 ppm 10-40 ppb As. The most significant result was Au <0.01 - 2.58 ppm located 60 m west of the Anaconda Pit and Bi <5 ppm underwent continuous rock chip sampling to Pb 15 - 35 ppm reveal 5 m at 1.35 ppm Au. Ag <1 - 4 ppm Sb <5 - 55 ppm Vienna and Roo grids Zn 40 - 100 ppm The Vienna prospect was sampled on 50 x As 8 - 490 ppm 200 m sample spacings, with 127 hand auger samples collected. Thirty soil samples were BLEG analysis of these samples gave a also collected at 25 m intervals from the A - maximum of 300 ppb Au, whilst analysis of the horizon for BLEG analysis for Au and Ag. -2mm fraction returned a maximum of 2 ppm. BLEG sampling returned <1 - 30 ppb Au and Ridge and spur soil sampling at Wombat Creek <20 - 120 ppm As, whilst auger sampling (48 samples of A, B and C-horizons) failed to returned 0.42 - 5.19 ppb Au and 18.1 - 133.8 reveal significant Au anomalies. Seventeen ppb Ag. rock chip samples collected from the granite aureole returned only low order anomalies, The Roo prospect was sampled on 50 x 200 m with results ranging up to 19 ppb Au. sample spacings, with a total of 82 auger samples collected from the C-horizon. This Two orientation grids sampled A-horizon and sampling returned 1 - 13 ppb Au, indicating C-horizon, with auger samples collected at only very weak anomalies, which did not 100 m intervals. Samples were analysed for account for local high BLEG results. Au, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, As and Mn, with the following results: A further 357 C-horizon soil samples and 34 BLEG soil samples from the Vienna and Roo Au 0.004 - 0.24 ppm prospects within the granite aureole did not Zn 9 - 71 ppm indicate any significant anomalies. This was Mn 63 - 1040 ppm followed by 34 BLEG stream sediment samples Cu 5 - 32 ppm of the Vienna and Roo prospects, which Ag <1 ppm reaffirmed the high prospectivity of these areas. Pb 6 - 53 ppm As <1 - 127 ppm Batty grid A total of 395 soil auger samples were collected Drilling - Ten RC percussion holes were from a 20 x 200 m grid to test a previously completed to a total depth of 686 m and 517 found BLEG drainage anomaly. The anomaly samples were collected and analysed for Au, Cu, was found to open to both the north-east and Pb, Zn, Ag, As and Sn. The holes intersected south of the grid, with results of 1 - 610 ppb altered granite, greisen and, in places, sheared Au. Rock chip samples were also collected and sediments. Results of this drilling are returned gold values between 0 - 328 ppb Au summarised below: and 0 - 172 ppb As. Maximum Au values were obtained from granite samples. Sn <5 - 25 ppm Ag <1 - 175 ppm Snowy Heights Cu <2 - 260 ppm The summit between Mt. Wills and Wills South As <20 - 6400 ppm was tested by 156 soil samples collected on a 20- Pb 10 - 210 ppm 150 m grid. An anomalous zone was defined in Au <0.01 - 3.23 ppm the Snowy Swamp area, with 22 ppm Au. Rock Zn <2 - 270 ppm chip sampling returned only one significant The Anaconda prospect was further evaluated result of 1.76 ppm Au by one diamond drill hole (DD:AND1 ; 101.4 m depth ) and 6 RC percussion holes (total depth Wombat Creek of 380 m). The diamond drill hole intersected the target greisen zone between 35 and 97 m, MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 73

but did not reveal any significant Au mineralisation. The percussion holes Reason for relinquishment: intersected a 30 m wide zone of greisen ± pyrite No significant mineralisation was found. within the Mt. Wills Granite. Hole ANP4 returned the most significant result of 3 m at References - Towsey (1993). 2.6 ppm Au, including 1 m at 6.97 ppm Au. EL 3244 POSEIDON Two diamond drill holes were completed at EXPLORATION LIMITED Penders Flat. The first drill hole (PFD1) was abandoned. Diamond drill hole PFD2 (depth of Period Held: 1992 - 1994 116 m) intersected numerous narrow Au Area: Mt. Unicorn. intervals, with a best result of 1.3 ppm Au at 4.9 m depth. Target: Exploration for gold mineralisation in high level quartz porphyries. Geophysics - Ground magnetometer traverses were conducted over the Penders Flat and Work Carried Out: Anaconda prospects. At Penders Flat, 182 Geochemistry - Twenty-four stream sediment stations across the prospect revealed no overall samples were collected for BLEG analysis. The significant anomalies. At Anaconda, 100 gold results were low, except for the drainage in stations also failed to reveal any significant the Mt. Onslow Reef area, which returned 17.3 anomaly. ppb Au. Drainage from both the Mt. Morgan and Mt. Unicorn prospects returned anomalous Reason for relinquishment: Ag values up to 470 and 333 ppb Ag Although low-grade Au mineralisation was respectively. This work was followed by intersected by the drilling programme, a detailed investigations on 3 prospects, Mt. resource could not be defined. Morgan, Mt. Unicorn and Mt. Onslow.

References - McConachy (1990a, 1991a, Mt. Morgan Prospect - 1991b, 1992, 1993a, 1994a, 1994b); Normandy Reconnaissance rock chip sampling was Exploration Ltd (1994, 1995); Poseidon conducted over this prospect, with 107 samples Exploration Ltd (1992, 1993a, 1993b, 1994); collected on 10 m intervals. The most Poseidon Exploration Ltd & Brunswick N.L. significant result was 40 m at 0.46 ppm Au (1992). from the 'North West' gossan. Follow-up work included both C-horizon soil sampling and rock EL'S 3189, 3190, 3263, 3264 BRUCE chip sampling. A total of 365 samples were RESOURCES N.L. collected during this work and revealed only low-level anomalous Au zones. Period Held: 1992 - 1994 Area: Koetong. Mt. Unicorn Prospect - A total of 244 C-horizon soil (hand auger) and Target: Exploration for diamonds within a rock chip samples were collected over this volcanic breccia pipe outcropping in Jimmy prospect and analysed for Au. Results Creek. indicated 3 anomalous zones (>10 ppb Au), with the best result being 106 ppb Au. The first Work Carried Out: anomalous zone was oriented NS along the Geochemistry - A costean was dug across the porphyry's western margin and was traced into breccia in Jimmy Creek and 40 bulk samples metasediments both north and south. The were collected. The samples were crushed to -2 second NNE trending anomalous zone began mm and then screened to +0.25 mm, -0.25 mm within the porphyry and was traced into and +0.125 mm. These were then analysed metasediments to the south. The third NE (binocular microscope and SEM), but no macro- trending zone was defined from the SE margin nor micro-diamonds were found. Concentrates of the porphyry into metasediments in the of the samples were also analysed by electron south. The anomalous zones appeared to microprobe, but this also failed to reveal any converge to the south, where the highest diamond content. The grain compositions geochemical result was 25 ppb Au. indicated that the breccia pipe had a source which was too shallow for diamonds to be Mt. Onslow Prospect - stable. 74 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Initial dump sampling at this prospect revealed EL 3264 BRUCE RESOURCES N.L. up to 30 ppm Au. A total of 64 rock chip samples were subsequently collected over this Period Held: 1992 - 1994 prospect, but failed to reveal any anomalous Area: Koetong. results. Target: Exploration for diamonds within a Reason for relinquishment: volcanic breccia pipe outcropping in Jimmy Mineralisation found was not of economic Creek. significance. Work Carried Out: See EL 3189. References - Poseidon Exploration Ltd (1993c, 1993d); McConachy (1993b). EL 3274 CRA EXPLORATION P/L.

EL 3256 BENDIGO GOLD Period Held: 1990 - 1993 ASSOCIATES P/L. Area: Nariel.

Period Held: 1990 - 1993 Target: Exploration for large auriferous Area: Lightning Creek 2. hydrothermal systems associated with the Glendart and Nariel plutons. Target: Exploration for porphyry gold-copper mineralisation associated with the Banimboola Work Carried Out: Pluton. Geochemistry - A total of 52 stream sediment samples were collected from 26 strategic sites Work Carried Out: during a regional reconnaissance programme. Geophysics - A highly detailed helicopter-borne Sediments of -2 mm fraction were analysed for magnetic and radiometric survey was Au by bulk cyanide leaching and samples of - undertaken over the Banimboola Pluton which 80# were assayed by ICP for Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Ag, lies outside the licence area. Lines were flown Fe, Mn, Mo, Bi, Sn, Se and Te. The best -2mm at 100 m separation and the helicopter altitude assay values of 59.9 ppb Au (280 ppb Au in - was 60 m. Boundaries of the metamorphic 80#) came from Little Dart Creek. The next aureole were checked by ground investigations. two best sets of -2 mm assay values were 8.25 ppb Au (2 ppb Au in -80#) and 7.5 ppb Au (53 Reason for relinquishment: ppb Au in -80#) from the headwaters of Dead The investigations failed to indicate economic Wallaby Creek and a tributary of Simpson mineralisation in the title area. No exploration Creek respectively. Overall results of this targets were defined. sampling are summarised below:

References - Kratochvil (1993). Cu 5 - 35 ppm Fe 0.45 - 3.97 % EL 3263 BRUCE RESOURCES N.L. Bi <50 - 550 ppb Pb <5 - 30 ppm Period Held: 1992 - 1994 Mn 45 - 920 ppm Area: Koetong. Sb 100 - 2050 ppb Zn 25 - 180 ppm Target: Exploration for diamonds within a Mo <5 ppm volcanic breccia pipe outcropping in Jimmy Se <50 - 150 ppb Creek. Ag <1 - 1 ppm As <50 - 9600 ppb Work Carried Out: See EL 3189. Te <50 ppb

Rock chip samples collected during reconnaissance work returned the following peak assays:

Cu 70 ppm Ag 1 ppm Bi <5 ppm Pb 25 ppm MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 75

As 44 ppm Sb <5 ppm Zn 90 ppm Mo <5 ppm Au 0.02 ppm

Reason for relinquishment: Mineralisation found was not of economic significance.

References - Kratochvil (1991a, 1991b). 76 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

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PLAGOLMIN PTY LTD., 1986a. EL 1376 Nariel POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD., 1993a. EL 3163. Prospect, Victoria. Final report for the Schedule 15, summary report for the period ending January 1986. period 18 July 1992 to 18 January 1993. Department of Energy and Minerals, Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD., 1993b. EL 3163. PLAGOLMIN PTY LTD., 1986b. Reports jointly Schedule 15, summary report for the microfilmed under EL 1303. Department period 18 January to 18 July 1993. of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Department of Energy and Minerals, Mineral Exploration Reports File Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration (unpubl.). Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.).

PLANET MINING CO PTY LTD., 1969. Reports POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD., 1993c. EL 3244 jointly microfilmed under ELs 14, 15 & Mt Unicorn. Schedule 15, summary 16. Department of Energy and Minerals, report for the period 2 September 1992 to Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration 2 March 1993. Department of Energy Reports File (unpubl.). and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). PLANET RESOURCE GROUP N.L., 1986. ELs 1208 Bright & 858 Germantown, Victoria. POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD., 1993d. EL 3244 Final and six monthly report for the Mt. Unicorn. Schedule 15, summary period ending 30 March 1986. report for the period 2 March to 2 Department of Energy and Minerals, September 1993. Department of Energy Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.).

PLUMRIDGE, C. & HALL, D., 1987. Pan POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD., 1994. EL 3163 Australia Mining Ltd. Reconnaissance Mt Wills. Schedule 15, summary report prospecting evaluation of the Benambra for the period 18 July 1993 to 18 January EL block with suggestions on future 1994. Department of Energy and exploration. February 1987. Department Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Exploration Reports File. (confid.) Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). (unpubl.). PRINGLE, I.J., 1989a. Nord Resources (Pacific) POLKINKHORNE, A.J.G. & BROWNE, A.L.L., Pty Ltd. EL 1960 Granya, northeastern 1979. Golden Eagle Mining Pty Ltd. EL Victoria. Report for the six monthly 624. Report for the six monthly period 1 period 27 January 1989 to 26 July 1989. May to 30 September 1979. Department Department of Energy and Minerals, of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Mineral Exploration Reports File Reports File (unpubl.). (unpubl.). PRINGLE, I.J., 1989b. Nord Resources (Pacific) POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD & BRUNSWICK Pty Ltd. EL 2002 Granya, northeastern N.L., 1992. EL 2449. Schedule 15, Victoria. Third six monthly report for the summary report for the period 18 July to period 9 March to 8 September 1989. 18 January 1991. Department of Energy Department of Energy and Minerals, and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Exploration Reports File. (confid.) Reports File (unpubl.). (unpubl.). RAINBOW, P.S., 1987. Mincomp Pty Ltd. EL POSEIDON EXPLORATION LTD., 1992. EL 3163. 1604. Preliminary report for the period 5 Schedule 15, summary report for the November 1986 to 5 May 1987. period 18 January to 18 July 1992. Department of Energy and Minerals, Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 93

RAMPE, M., 1992. EL 2545. Relinquishment RUTTER, H., 1985. Geophysical Exploration and final report for the period ending 10 Consultants Pty Ltd. A Report on the September 1992. Department of Energy TEM Survey at the Beloka Prospect, and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Benambra, Victoria. April 1985. Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration ROBERTS, P.A., 1988. Metana Minerals N.L. Reports File (unpubl.). EL 1953 Bright, Victoria. Report for the six monthly period ending 27 November SAMPSON MANOR PTY LTD., 1989. EL 2176 1988. Department of Energy and Limestone Creek. First six monthly Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral report for the period ending December Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 1988. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral ROBERTS, P.A., 1989. Metana Minerals N.L. Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). EL 1927 Harrietville, Victoria. Report for the six monthly period ending 23 January SHAH, Z., 1986. EL 1553. Six monthly report 1989. Department of Energy and for the period ending October 1986. Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Department of Energy and Minerals, Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). ROBINSON, P.F., 1987. Meekatharra Minerals Ltd. EL 1384 Upper Buckland Valley SHAH, Z., 1987. Mt Wills Gold Ltd. EL 1553. Alluvials Project 306. Six monthly report Third six monthly report for the period for the period ending 11 October 1986. ending 17 October 1987. Department of Department of Energy and Minerals, Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Mineral Exploration Reports File Reports File (unpubl.). (unpubl.).

ROBINSON, P.F., 1988. Meekatharra Minerals SHUGG, K.G., 1982. Western Mining Ltd. EL1384 Upper Buckland Valley Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Project 306. Six monthly report for the Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs period ending October 1987. Department 1238 (ex 565) and 1239 (ex 640) Mitta. of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Department of Energy and Minerals, Mineral Exploration Reports File Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.).

ROSS, A.F., 1982. Goldfields Exploration Pty SHUGG, K.G., 1983a. Western Mining Ltd. EL 1023 Mt Wills, northeastern Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Victoria. Report for the six monthly Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs period ending 30 September 1982. 1238 & 1239 Mitta Mitta. Half yearly Department of Energy and Minerals, report 31s. Department of Energy and Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.).

ROSS, A.F., 1983. Goldfields Exploration Pty SHUGG, K.G., 1983b. Western Mining Ltd. EL 1023 Mount Wills, northeastern Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Victoria. Final and six monthly report for Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs the period ending 31 March 1983. 1238 & 1239 Mitta Mitta. Half yearly Department of Energy and Minerals, report. Department of Energy and Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.).

RUGLESS, C.S., 1985. Pan Australia Mining Ltd. Exploration potential of ELs 1223 & 1462 Benambra, Victoria. September 1985. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 94 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

SHUGG, K.G., 1983c. Western Mining STALTARI, G., 1984. Geophysical Exploration Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Consultants Pty Ltd. Report on a gravity Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs survey in the Ovens Valley, Victoria. ELs 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236 & 1237 1208 & EL 858. January 1984. Benambra. Report for the six monthly Department of Energy and Minerals, period ending 30 September 1983. Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Department of Energy and Minerals, Reports File (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). SWENSSON, C. & PATTERSON, G.W., 1989. Bendigo Gold Associates Pty Ltd. EL SHUGG, K.G., 1983d. Western Mining 1874 Wandiligong, Victoria. Report for Corporation Ltd & BP Mining the six monthly period 17 April to 17 Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs October 1989. Department of Energy and 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236 & 1237 Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Benambra. Report for the six monthly Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). period ending 31 March 1983. Department of Energy and Minerals, SZABO, L.G., 1971. Minefields Exploration N.L. Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration EL 269. Quarterly report for period Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). ending 30 September 1971. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired SHUGG, K.G., 1984a. Western Mining Mineral Exploration Reports File Corporation Ltd & BP Mining (unpubl.). Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236 & 1237. Report T.E. JOHNSTON & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD., 1988. for the six monthly period ending 15 EL 1974. First six monthly report for the March 1984. Department of Energy and period ending 3 October 1988. Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Department of Energy and Minerals, Exploration Reports File. (confid.) Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.).

SHUGG, K.G., 1984b. Western Mining T.E. JOHNSTON & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD., 1989a. Corporation Ltd. & BP Mining EL 1974. Six monthly report for period Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs ending 7 April 1989. Department of 1238 & 1239 Mitta Mitta. Half yearly Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired report. Department of Energy and Mineral Exploration Reports File Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). T.E. JOHNSTON & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD., 1989b. SIMMONS, B.A., 1995. An appraisal of the EL 1974. Third six monthly report for Eastern Highlands VIMP airborne survey period ending 7 October 1989. over the Tallangatta area, Victoria. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Petroleum Report 12. Department of Reports File (unpubl.). Agriculture, Energy and Minerals. TANGANYIKA HOLDINGS PTY LTD., 1974. SMITH, J.E., 1971. R.J. Griffin & Associates Pty Reports jointly microfilmed under EL Ltd. EL 287 & MSL 1075 Mitta Mitta, 372. Department of Energy and Victoria. Quarterly report for the period Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral ending 28 September 1971. Department Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File TEALE, G., 1986. The Benambra Project area. (unpubl.). Summary and exploration potential. October 1986. Department of Energy and SMITH, R.J., 1976. EL 473. Report on Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral geophysical surveys at Limestone Creek, Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Victoria. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 95

TELBERTH N.L., 1992. EL 2545. Schedule 15, THOMPSON, M.J., 1981b. Western Mining summary report for the period 9 August Corporation Ltd & BP Mining 1991 to 14 May 1992. Department of Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 565 Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired & 640 Mitta Mitta. Report for the six Mineral Exploration Reports File monthly period 1 April to 30 September (unpubl.). 1981. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral THOMPSON, M.J., 1980a. Western Mining Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 565 THOMPSON, M.J., 1981c. Western Mining & 640 Mitta Mitta. Report for the six Corporation Ltd & BP Mining monthly period 1 April to 30 September Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 432, 1980. Department of Energy and 456, 537, 570 & 641, Benambra. Six Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral monthly report for the period 1 October Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 1980 to 31 March 1981. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired THOMPSON, M.J., 1980b. Western Mining Mineral Exploration Reports File. Corporation Ltd & BP Mining (confid.) (unpubl.). Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 565 & 640 Mitta Mitta. Report for the six THOMPSON, M.J., 1981d. Western Mining monthly period 1 October 1979 to 31 Corporation Ltd & BP Mining March 1980. Department of Energy and Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 432, Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral 456, 537, 570 & 641 Benambra. Six Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). monthly report for the period 1 April to 30 September 1981. Department of THOMPSON, M.J., 1980c. Western Mining Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Mineral Exploration Reports File. Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 432, (confid.) (unpubl.). 456, 537, 570 & 641 Benambra. Six monthly report for the period 1 October THYNNE, D.S., 1978. Australian Anglo- 1979 to 31 March 1980. Department of American Ltd. EL 653 Koetong & EL 656 Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Eskdale. Quarterly report for period Mineral Exploration Reports File. ending 31 December 1978. Department (confid.) (unpubl.). of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File THOMPSON, M.J., 1980d. Western Mining (unpubl.). Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 432, THYNNE, D.S., 1982. Australian Anglo- 456, 537, 570 & 641 Benambra. Six American Ltd. EL 653 Koetong. Report monthly report for the period 1 April to for the six monthly period ending 30 30 September 1980. Department of September 1982. Department of Energy Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Mineral Exploration Reports File. Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). (confid.) (unpubl.). TOWSEY, C.A., 1993. Pathfinder Exploration THOMPSON, M.J., 1981a. Western Mining Pty Ltd. Els 3189, 3190, 3263 & 3264 Corporation Ltd & BP Mining Koetong District, northeastern Victoria. Development Australia Pty Ltd. ELs 565 Final report for the period ending 3 May & 640 Mitta Mitta. Report for the six 1993. Department of Energy and monthly period 1 October 1980 to 31 Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral March 1981. Department of Energy and Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). URQUHART, W.E.S. & DVORAK, Z., 1982. Dighem Ltd. EL 611 Benambra. Dighem 2 survey of the Belaka and Benambra area. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 96 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

VAM LTD., 1968. Reports jointly microfilmed WELLS, R.G., 1974. Tanganyika Holdings Ltd. under ELs 1, 55 & 75. Department of EL 233 Swifts Creek, Victoria. Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Department of Energy and Minerals, Mineral Exploration Reports File Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.).

VICKERY, W.A., 1969. EL 88. Progress report WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD & BP for the period ending 1 November 1969. MINING DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY Department of Energy and Minerals, LTD., 1973. Reports jointly microfilmed Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration under EL 434. Department of Energy Reports File (unpubl.). and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). WALKER, B.G., 1981a. Essex Minerals Company. EL 611 Benambra, Victoria. WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD & BP Report for the six monthly period ending MINING DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY 31 March 1981. Department of Energy LTD., 1978a. ELs 565 & 640 Mitta Mitta. and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Quarterly report for the period ending 31 Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). December 1978. Department of Energy WALKER, B.G., 1981b. Essex Minerals and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Company. EL 611 Benambra, Victoria. Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Report for the six monthly period ending 30 September 1981. Department of WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD & BP Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired MINING DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY Mineral Exploration Reports File LTD., 1978b. ELs 432, 456, 537, 570 & (unpubl.). 641 Benambra. Quarterly report for period ending 31 December 1978. WASHAUSEN, G.F.A., 1981. Australian Anglo- Department of Energy and Minerals, American Ltd. EL 674 Ballantyne Hills - Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Rhymer Creek area, Suggan Buggan. Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). Final report for the period ending September 1981. Department of Energy WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD & BP and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral MINING DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). LTD., 1979a. EL 565 & 640 Mitta Mitta. Quarterly report for the period ending 31 WASHAUSEN, G.F.A., 1982a. Australian Anglo- March 1979. Department of Energy and American Ltd. EL 653 Koetong. Report Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral for the six monthly period ending 31 Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). March 1982. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD & BP Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). MINING DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD., 1979b. ELs 432, 456, 537, 570 & WASHAUSEN, G.F.A., 1982b. Australian Anglo- 641 Benambra. Quarterly report for American Ltd. EL 674 Suggan Buggan. period ending 31 March 1979. Report for the six monthly period ending Department of Energy and Minerals, 30 September 1982. Department of Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1974. Reports jointly microfilmed under EL WEBB, A.C.P., 1987. Reports jointly 484. Department of Energy and microfilmed under EL 1058 (Ex 651). Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Department of Energy and Minerals, Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 97

WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1976a. WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1978b. EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Report for the EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Quarterly report for quarter ending December 1976. the period ending June 1978. Department of Energy and Minerals, Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.).

WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1976b. WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1978c. EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Report for the ELs 565 & 640 Mitta Mitta. Quarterly quarter ending June 1976. Department report for the period ending 30 of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired September 1978. Department of Energy Mineral Exploration Reports File and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File (unpubl.).

WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1976c. WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1986. EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Report for the ELs 1233 & 1237 Benambra. Report for quarter ending September 1976. the six monthly period ending 15 March Department of Energy and Minerals, 1986. Department of Energy and Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Reports File (unpubl.). Exploration Reports File. (confid.) (unpubl.). WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1977a. EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Quarterly report for WESTON, K.S. AND NOTT, R.J., 1993. Minerals the period ending December 1977. of Victoria, 1:1,000,000 map. Geological Department of Energy and Minerals, Survey of Victoria. Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). WILDING, I.G.P., 1980. Australian Anglo- American Ltd. EL 674 Suggan Buggan. WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1977b. Report for the six monthly period ending EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Report for the 30 September 1980. Department of quarter ending June 1977. Department Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). (unpubl.). WOODLAND, J.G., 1982. Northern Mining WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1977c. Corporation. EL 1182 Yackandandah. EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Report for the Relinquishment report. August 1982. quarter ended September 1977. Department of Energy and Minerals, Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.). WRIGHT, A.C., 1982. Goldfields Exploration Pty WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1977d. Ltd. EL 1023 Mount Wills, northeastern EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Report for the Victoria. Report for the six monthly quarter ending March 1977. Department period ending 31 March 1982. of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Department of Energy and Minerals, Mineral Exploration Reports File Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration (unpubl.). Reports File (unpubl.).

WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., 1978a. EL 565 Mitta Mitta. Quarterly report for the period ending March 1978. Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria, Expired Mineral Exploration Reports File (unpubl.). 98 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Appendix 1

Location of expired Exploration Licences TALLANGATTA 1:250 000 Mapsheet

Legend

Sheet 1: EL's 1, 2, 11, 15, 16, 20, 68, 76, 79, 92, 109, 122, 138, 184, 316.

Sheet 2: EL's 43, 55, 84, 112, 113, 126, 155, 278.

Sheet 3: EL's 88, 114, 120, 149, 154, 156, 287, 315, 372.

Sheet 4: EL's 406, 408, 432, 456, 471, 472, 473, 484, 507, 532, 621, 623, 651, 653, 656, 690, 738, 752, 873, 893, 973, 1008.

Sheet 5: EL's 434, 565, 570, 611, 624, 640, 641, 668, 674, 675, 689, 695, 722, 746, 858, 1009, 1016, 1145, 1151, 1180, 1232, 1234, 1276, 1310, 1376.

Sheet 6: EL's 477, 750, 1023, 1058, 1207, 1223, 1229, 1231, 1233, 1236, 1238, 1239.

Sheet 7: EL's 1208, 1227, 1237, 1248, 1300, 1303, 1339, 1376, 1395, 1432, 1462, 1463, 1553, 1558, 1604, 1900.

Sheet 8: EL's 1432, 1546, 1605, 1874, 1927, 1934, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1970, 2002, 2056, 2057, 2089, 2090, 2131, 2132, 2143, 2146, 2163, 2175, 2289, 2492, 3230, 3256, 3274.

Sheet 9: EL's 1406, 1784, 1974, 2176, 2368, 2370, 2545, 3163, 3189, 3190, 3263.

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Appendix 2

Summary of exploration targets within the Tallangatta 1:250 000 Mapsheet.

(Relinquished Victorian Exploration Licences as of August 1995 ordered by company name.)

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Aberfoyle Exploration P/L 689 1979-80 Exploration for tin mineralisation within tin- bearing dykes in the Mount Wills area. Adroit Exploration N.L. 1970 1988-90 Exploration for gold mineralisation associated with pegmatite dykes at Tallandoon and Eskdale. Adroit Exploration N.L. 2163 1989-90 Exploration target not defined. Affiliated Mineral Research 184 1970-73 Exploration for base metal and & Development Co. P/L. tin mineralisation in the vicinity of previous workings between Bullioh and Tallangatta. Affiliated Mineral Research 315 1970-73 Exploration for tin & Development Co. P/L mineralisation at Walwa. Affiliated Mineral Research 316 1970-72 Exploration for gold & Development Co. P/L mineralisation in the area of the Mount Firebrace reef at Granya. Asarco (Australia) P/L 668 1978-79 Exploration for base metal mineralisation associated with the Snowy River Volcanics at Mt. Bulla Bulla. Australian Anglo-American 624 1978-82 Exploration for tin, tungsten Prospecting P/L and molybdenum in the Koetong-Golden Eagle area. Australian Anglo-American 653, 1229 1978-84 Exploration for tin Prospecting P/L mineralisation associated with granite intrusives in the Koetong area. Australian Anglo-American 656, 1232 1978-82 Exploration for alluvial tin Prospecting P/L deposits and tin and tungsten lodes associated with granite intrusives at Eskdale. Australian Anglo-American 674, 1231 1978-83 Exploration for polymetallic Prospecting P/L mineralisation in the Suggan Buggan area. . Australian Anglo-American 695 1979-82 Exploration for molybdenum Prospecting P/L bearing quartz veins in the Bingo-Munjie granite at Bingo Munjie. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 109

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Australian Anglo-American 746 1979-84 Exploration for tin and Prospecting P/L tungsten mineralisation associated with the Mitta Mitta Dyke Swarm and alluvial tin and gold deposits within the Mitta Mitta Valley and its tributary , Little Snowy Creek. Australian Anglo-American 752, 1339 1979-85 Exploration for alluvial tin and Prospecting P/L gold in alluvial gravels of the Mitta Mitta River Flats. Australian Geophysical P/L 68 1966-68 Exploration for base metal mineralisation at Mt. Cobberas, Benambra. This EL marks the beginning of exploration that was to lead to the discovery of the Wilga and Currawong base metal deposits at Benambra. Aztec Mining Company 149 1971-72 Exploration target not defined. Bendigo Gold Associates P/L 1874 1989-91 Exploration for extensions of gold mineralisation in the Wandiligong Goldfield. Bendigo Gold Associates P/L 2368, 2370 1989-91 Exploration for porphyry- related gold mineralisation within the Mt. Leinster Alkaline Complex at Mt. Bung Bung. Bendigo Gold Ltd., Poseidon 2449, 3163 1989-90 Exploration for gold-enriched Exploration Ltd., Normandy alteration haloes associated Exploration Ltd. with the Mt. Wills Granite at Mt. Wills. Bendigo Gold Associates P/L 3256 1990-93 Exploration for porphyry gold- copper mineralisation associated with the Banimboola Pluton at Lightning Creek 2. BHP Minerals Company 722, 858, 1979-87 Exploration for large stock 1208 work or disseminated gold deposits as well as alluvial gold in the Ovens and Buckland Rivers at Bright and Germantown. Border Resources N.L. 2492 1989-89 Exploration for base metal, gold and silver mineralisation in the Dart River and Zulu Creek goldfields. Border Resources N.L. 1960 1989-91 Exploration for extensions of gold mineralisation of the Granya Lode at Granya. 110 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Bruce Resources N.L. 3189, 1992-95 Exploration for diamonds 3190, within volcanic breccia pipes at 3263, 3264 Jimmy Creek, Koetong. Canyon Resources P/L 1432 1985-86 Exploration for gold-silver lode mineralisation with associated and-or stockwork mineralisation at Mount. Elliot, Corryong. Carnbrae Pty Ltd 76 1967-68 Exploration for fluorite, silver, gold or base metal mineralisation associated with granite-sediment contact zones at Cudgewa. Comalco Ltd 477 1973-74 Exploration for vein-type fluorspar mineralisation, similar to the Pine Mountain deposit as well as replacement - type fluorspar deposits in limestone in the Walwa- Burrowye-Koetong area. Comalco Ltd. 507 1973-74 Exploration for base metal, gold silver and/or fluorite mineralisation associated with granite-metasediment contact zones. Conwest (Australia) N.L. 11, 43 1965-68 Exploration for porphyry copper and gold in the vicinity of the Mammoth Copper Lode at Gibbo River. Coopers Creek Mining and 154 1969-74 Exploration for base metals, Exploration N.L. silver and gold within the Mammoth Lode in the Gibbo River area. CRA Exploration P/L 114 1968-71 Exploration for high grade base metal (principally copper) in Silurian limestone lenses at Native Dog Flat, Benambra. CRA Exploration P/L 406 1972-73 Exploration for uranium at Mt. Cobberas, Benambra. CRA Exploration P/L 690 1979-81 Exploration for polymetallic mineralisation associated with porphyry intrusions at Mt. Morgan, Thowgla. CRA Exploration P/L 2131, 2132 1988-90 These exploration programmes targeted extensions to Granya Goldfield mineralisation in the Yabba and Beetoomba areas. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 111

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

CRA Exploration P/L 2143 1988-89 Exploration for "Hidden Valley" type gold mineralisation at Bullhead Creek. CRA Exploration P/L 2146 1989-94 Exploration for large, auriferous hydrothermal systems associated with granitoid bodies at Wyeebo. CRA Exploration P/L 3274 1990-93 Exploration for large auriferous hydrothermal systems associated with the Glendart and Nariel plutons at Nariel. Cultus Pacific N.L. 675, 1252 1978-83 Exploration for Wilga-type, volcanic-hosted, massive sulphide mineralisation as well as alluvial gold at Benambra. Dampier Mining Co. Ltd. 471 1973-74 Exploration for porphyry copper and molybdenum mineralisation in the Gelantipy area. Dampier Mining Co. Ltd 750, 873 1980-82 Exploration for tin and tantalum mineralisation associated with greisen dyke swarms at Mitta Mitta. Dart River Mining Pty Ltd 84, 120 1968-71 Exploration for sediment hosted base metal mineralisation within the Dart River mining field at Burrungabugge. Eastern Resources N.L. EL 1276 1983-85 Exploration for reef gold in the upper West Ovens River at Harrietville. Essex Minerals Company 611, 1223 1977-87 Exploration for primary stratiform base metal mineralisation within Silurian limestones at Wombat Creek, Benambra. EL 611 was renewed as EL 1223 (Pan Australian Mining and Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd) in 1982 and the new focus of exploration became polymetallic mineralisation associated with porphyry intrusives and breccias at Benambra. 112 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Essex Minerals Company 621 1978-79 Exploration for tin-bearing greisen cusps associated with granitic intrusions in the Mount Tallebung-Glen Wills Tin Province, Eskdale. Essex Minerals Company 893 1980-82 Exploration for tin mineralisation associated with granitoids at Mount Murphy. Essex Minerals Company 1016 1981-82 Exploration for Benambra-type base metal mineralisation underlying Quarternary sediments at Beloka. Geosearch P/L and Pierra 532 1974-76 Exploration for gold Investments P/L mineralisation at Dart River. Gippsland Minerals N.L. 92 1968-72 Exploration for base metal mineralisation in the Mt. Deddick silver-lead field at Mt. Deddick and Accommodation Creek. Gippsland Minerals N.L. 122 1969-71 Exploration for polymetallic mineralisation north-east of Mt. Beauty. Gippsland Minerals N.L. 126 1969-71 Exploration for tin mineralisation associated with dykes at Glen Wills. Gippsland Mineral N.L. 155 1970-72 Exploration for extensions to the Mt. Murphy wolfram deposit, in the metamorphic aureole surrounding the granite intrusion at Mt. Murphy Gippsland Mineral N.L. 156 1970-72 Exploration for porphyry copper mineralisation in the Buchan River area. Golden Eagle Mining P/L 623 1978-83 Exploration for extensions to tin, tungsten and tantalum mineralisation within the Walwa Tin Field at Walwa. Golden Eagle Mining P/L 738 1980-83 Exploration for tin, tungsten or and Union Corporation P/L tantalum mineralisation in the Burrowye area, Benambra. Golden Eagle Mining P/L 1248 1982-85 Exploration for tin and tantalum mineralisation associated with aplite - pegmatite sills at Walwa. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 113

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Gold Fields Exploration P/L 1023 1981-83 Exploration for large tonnage tin or gold mineralisation within the Mt. Wills Tinfield and the Glen Wills and Sunnyside Goldfields. Grace Ore and Mining Co. 112 1969-70 Exploration for alluvial gold in high level terraces and alluvial flats at Mitta Mitta. Jeffcott Geological Services 1900 1988-90 Exploration for alluvial gold within gravel deposits. Jennings Mining Pty. Ltd. 472, 473 1973-77 Exploration for volcano- sedimentary, stratiform base metal mineralisation at Wombat and Limestone Creeks. J. Gunton (Australia) P/L 287 1971-72 Exploration for tin. tantalum, niobium, yttrium, iridium and molybdenum in the Mitta Mitta area. J.M. Brady 1310 1983-84 Exploration for vein-hosted gold mineralisation, with some interest in molybdenum mineralisation at Mount Morgan and Mount Unicorn at Thowgla. Kennecott Exploration 109 1968-69 Exploration for gold, copper (Australia) P/L and lead mineralisation at Yackandandah. London and Melbourne 408 1972-74 Exploration for granite- Mining Company Ltd associated tin mineralisation at Surveyor's Creek, south east of Corryong. Macquarie Resources Ltd 1233 1972-88 Exploration for volcanic- (ex432) hosted, base metal 1234 mineralisation in Silurian (ex456) volcanics at Benambra, similar 1236 to the Woodlawn base metal (ex570) deposit in Silurian volcanics in 1237 N.S.W. This programme (ex641) resulted in the outlining of the Wilga and Currawong base metal deposits Commercial extraction commenced at Wilga in 1992. Marathon Petroleum 1223 1982-87 See Essex Minerals Company Australia Ltd and Pan (EL 611). Australia Mining Ltd 114 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Martin Gold Mines N.L. 1784 1987-89 Exploration for lode gold at Zulu Creek, south of Corryong. Martin Exploration Pty Ltd 1406 1985-86 Exploration for extensions to gold mineralisation at Granya. McCauliffe, Surveyors' 20 1965-68 Exploration for alluvial tin Syndicate deposits at Surveyor's Creek. Meltech Consultant 1546 1985-88 Exploration for shear-hosted Geologists gold and copper mineralisation within the Banimboola Granodiorite at Granite Flat. Metana Minerals N.L. 1927, 1953 1988-89 Exploration for extensions of known lode gold mineralisation in the Harrietville South and Bright areas. Millaroo Mines N.L. 1961 1988-89 Exploration for alluvial gold deposits associated with early stream channels in the Mitta Mitta River valley, north of Tallandoon. Mincomp Pty Ltd 1604 1986-88 Exploration for alluvial gold in the Mitta Mitta valley. Mines Exploration P/L 2 1966-68 Exploration for copper-gold lodes in the Bethanga area. Minefields Exploration N.L. 278 1970-71 Exploration target not defined. Nickel Seekers Ltd 1553 1985-88 Exploration for high-grade reef gold mineralisation at Glen Wills and in the Sunnyside Goldfield. Norgold Ltd 1934, 2090 1988-90 Exploration for gold mineralisation associated with the Mount Wills Leucoadamellite and the Boggy Plains Supersuite. Northern Mining 973 1981-82 Exploration for gold and tin Corporation N.L. lode and alluvial mineralisation at Granya. Northern Mining 1008, 1981-83 Exploration for the source of Corporation N.L. 1145, alluvial tin, gold and scheelite 1151, 1180 occurrences at Koetong. Northern Mining 1009 1981-82 Exploration for extensions to Corporation N.L. gold mineralisation in major abandoned gold mines at Mt. Elliot, north-east of Corryong. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 115

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

North Prospecting Pty Ltd 79 1968-69 Exploration for fluorite, silver, gold or base-metal mineralisation associated with granite-metasediment contact zones at Cudgewa. Oil and Minerals Quest N.L. 113 1969-71 Exploration for tin and wolfram mineralisation associated with the Koetong Granite aureole at Walwa. Pan Australian Mining Ltd 1462 1985-87 Exploration for gold stockwork and vein mineralisation associated with basic dykes at Beloka. Pan Australia Mining Ltd 1605 1986-87 Exploration for base metal, gold or tin mineralisation associated with the Mammoth Porphyry Complex at Corridor. Phoenix Resources N.L. 2289 1989-91 Exploration for alluvial gold and tin deposits associated with Silurian granites at Surveyor's Creek. Placer Prospecting (Aust ) 138 1970-71 Exploration for polymetallic P/L mineralisation at Bucheen Creek, Corryong. Plagolmin P/L 1300, 1303 1983-85 Exploration for volcanogenic sulphides, silver-lead and wolframite-scheelite vein mineralisation at Benambra (EL 1300) and wolframite- scheelite bearing veins, alluvial tin deposits and/or gold lodes at Mt. Murphy (EL 1303). Plagolmin P/L 1376 1984-85 Exploration for lode gold, silver and/or tungsten mineralisation associated with granite intrusives at Nariel. Planet Gold N.L. 15,16 1965-69 Exploration for reef gold mineralisation and high-level deep leads underlying basalt in the Harrietville and Wandiligong areas. Poseidon Exploration Ltd 3244 1992-94 Exploration for gold mineralisation in high level quartz porphyries at Mt. Unicorn. Sampson Manor P/L 2175 1988-89 Exploration target not defined. 116 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Sampson Manor P/L 2176 1988-89 Exploration for gold and base metal mineralisation associated with granite and granodiorites between the Indi and Tom Groggin Faults at Limestone Creek. Search Exploration Services 1900 1988-90 Exploration for alluvial gold Pty Ltd within gravel deposits in the Murray River valley. Seltrust Mining Corporation 1207, 1227 1983-83 Exploration for porphyry P/L molybdenum systems at Benambra. Stonewick Enterprises Pty. 1395 1985-88 Exploration for quartz-vein Ltd. hosted gold mineralisation at Mount Elmo, west of Eskdale. Tallandoon Goldfield 1558 1986-88 Exploration for extensions to gold mineralisation in old workings north of Tallandoon. Tallangalook P/L & Ghana 1463 1985-88 Exploration for both alluvial Gold P/L and lode gold mineralisation within pegmatite dykes at Sandy Creek. Tanganyika Holdings P/L 372 1972-74 Exploration for base metal and arsenic mineralisation at Dart River. T. E. Johnston & Associates 1974, 2002 1988-90 Exploration for extensions of P/L. lode gold mineralisation in the Mount Elliot and Granya Goldfields. Telberth N.L. 2545 1991-92 Exploration for tin, tungsten and tantalum in the Walwa Tin-Tantalite Field at Walwa. Vam Ltd 1, 55 1966-68 Exploration for base metal mineralisation within shear zones, with interest also in tin mineralisation associated with granitoid dykes at Eskdale and south-west of Walwa. Vickery 88 1969-70 Exploration target not defined. Village Mines N.L. 2056 1989-91 Exploration target not defined. Village Mines N.L. 2057 1989-90 Exploration target not defined. Webb 651, 1058 1979-87 Exploration for base metal mineralisation at Bethanga. Western Mining Corporation 484 1973-74 Exploration for reef gold in the Ltd Upper Ovens River valley, Harrietville. MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA 117

Exploration Group EL No.s Period Primary exploration target

Western Mining Corporation 432, 456, 1972-82 See Macquarie Resources - EL Ltd and BP Mining 570, 641 1233, 1234, 1236 and 1237. Development Australia P/L Western Mining Corporation 434 1972-73 Exploration for massive Ltd and BP Mining sulphide mineralisation within Development Australia P/L the Bethanga gneisses and schists, as well as extensions of gold- bearing veins at Bethanga. Western Mining Corporation 565 (1238), 1976-88 Exploration for Ltd and BP Mining 640 (1239) stockwork/breccia precious Development Australia P/L metal mineralisation in the Mitta Mitta and Sassafras areas. 118 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

Appendix 3

Exploration Licence Summary - Tallangatta 1:250 000 mapsheet Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 1 Vam Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 04/07/66 28/06/67 14,694 Y Y Y Y EL 2 Mines Exploration P/L Cu, Au 21/06/66 28/02/68 n/a Y Y Y Y EL 11 Conwest (Australia) N.L. Cu, Au 27/09/65 08/02/67 see EL 43 Y Y Y Y Y Y EL 15 Planet Mining Co. P/L Au 12/02/65 07/08/69 n/a Y Y EL 16 Planet Mining Co. P/L Au 12/07/65 07/08/69 n/a Y Y EL 20 McCauliffe, Surveyor's Syndicate Sn 04/10/65 17/01/68 14,642 Y Y Y EL 43 Conwest (Australia) N.L. Cu, Au 26/04/66 08/05/68 38,169 Y Y Y Y Y Y EL 55 Vam Ltd Sn 04/07/66 24/07/68 [540] Y Y Y EL 68 Australian Geophysical P/L Cu, Pb, Zn 14/11/66 10/07/68 n/a Y Y Y Y EL 76 Carnbrae P/L F, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au 01/05/67 18/12/68 n/a Y Y Y EL 79 North Broken Hill P/L Au 19/02/68 26/02/69 48,403 Y Y Y EL 84 Dart River Mining P/L Cu, Pb, Zn 04/03/68 03/05/71 see EL 120 Y Y Y EL 88 Vickery n/a 28/01/69 25/03/70 n/a Y Y EL 92 Gippsland Minerals N.L. Cu, Pb, Zn 30/09/68 22/03/72 90,735 Y Y Y EL 109 Kennecott Exploration (Australia) Cu, Pb, Zn 1968 1969 n/a Y Y Y P/L EL 112 Grace Ore and Mining Co. Au 20/01/69 04/03/70 18,806 Y Y Y Y EL 113 Oil and Minerals Quest N.L. Sn, W 24/03/69 31/03/71 n/a Y Y Y Y EL 114 CRA Exploration P/L Cu, Pb, Zn 28/10/68 25/08/71 15,026 Y Y Y Y EL 120 Dart River Mining P/L (see EL 84) Cu, Pb, Zn 23/03/70 07/04/71 7,010 Y Y Y EL 122 Gippsland Minerals N.L. Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au 27/10/69 02/06/71 n/a Y Y Y EL 126 Gippsland Minerals N.L. Sn 05/11/69 10/11/71 n/a Y Y Y EL 138 Placer Prospecting (Aust ) P/L Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au 19/01/70 25/11/70 6,211 Y Y Y EL 149 Dart River Mining P/L n/a 13/09/71 11/10/72 4,019 Y Y Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 154 Coopers Creek Mining and Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag 01/12/69 11/12/74 n/a Y Y Y Y Exploration N.L. EL 155 Gippsland Mineral N.L. W 19/01/70 29/03/72 n/a Y Y EL 156 Gippsland Mineral N.L. Cu 19/01/70 29/03/72 n/a Y Y Y EL 184 Affiliated Mineral Research & Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn 24/08/70 07/02/73 n/a Y Y Y Development Co. P/L. EL 278 Minefields Exploration N.L. n/a 31/08/70 07/04/71 627 Y Y EL 287 J. Gunton (Australia) P/L Sn, Ta, Yt, Nb 05/07/71 26/07/72 4,729 Y Y Y EL 315 Affiliated Mineral Research & Sn 07/12/70 07/02/73 Y Y Y Development Co. P/L EL 316 Affiliated Mineral Research & Au 02/11/70 15/08/72 n/a Y Y Y Y Development Co. P/L

EL 372 Tanganyika Holdings Ltd. Cu, Pb, Zn, As 19/03/72 19/03/74 11,873 Y Y EL 406 CRA Exploration P/L U 13/10/72 23/05/73 2,367 Y Y EL 408 London and Melbourne Mining Sn 03/11/72 15/05/74 n/a Y Company Ltd EL 432 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 27/10/72 26/10/82 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L EL 434 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 13/10/72 24/10/73 15,061 Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L EL 456 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 27/10/72 26/10/82 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L EL 471 Dampier Mining Co. Ltd. Cu, Mo 13/07/73 10/07/74 2,157 Y Y Y EL 472 Jennings Mining P/L Cu, Pb, Zn 20/07/73 01/05/74 n/a Y Y Y EL 473 Jennings Mining P/L Cu, Pb, Zn 20/07/73 17/08/77 35,009 Y Y Y Y EL 477 Comalco Ltd F 29/06/73 23/10/74 37,605 Y Y Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 484 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Au 05/10/73 11/09/74 7,183 Y Y EL 507 Comalco Ltd F 14/11/73 23/10/74 17,683 Y Y EL 532 Geosearch P/L and Pierra Au 18/10/74 05/05/76 5,160 Y Y Y Y Investments P/L EL 565 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 01/04/76 26/05/82 see EL 1239 Y Y Y Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L[became EL 1238] EL 570 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 08/04/76 07/04/82 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L EL 611 Essex Minerals Company [became Cu, Pb, Zn 10/11/77 09/11/82 597,535 Y Y Y Y Y EL 1223] EL 621 Essex Minerals Company Sn 09/03/78 21/03/79 21,303 Y Y Y EL 623 Golden Eagle Mining P/L Sn, Ta, W 02/03/78 01/03/83 see EL 1248 Y Y Y Y Y EL 624 Australian Anglo-American Sn, W, Mo 02/03/78 01/03/82 97,727 Y Y Y Prospecting P/L EL 640 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 06/04/78 27/05/81 see EL 1239 Y Y Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L[became EL 1239] EL 641 Western Mining Corporation Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 01/03/78 28/02/83 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y and BP Mining Development Australia P/L EL 651 Webb Cu, Pb, Zn 01/02/79 20/10/82 see EL 1058 Y Y Y EL 653 Australian Anglo-American Sn 06/09/78 07/10/81 see EL 1229 Y Y Y Y Y Prospecting P/L (see EL 1229) EL 656 Australian Anglo-American Sn, W 06/09/78 05/09/82 see EL 1232 Y Y Y Y Prospecting P/L (see EL 1232) EL 668 Asarco (Australia) P/L Cu, Pb, Zn 06/09/78 28/02/79 5,300 Y Y EL 674 Australian Anglo-American Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag 16/11/78 15/11/82 see EL 1231 Y Y Y Y Prospecting P/L Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 675 Cultus Pacific N.L. Cu, Pb, Zn 26/10/78 25/10/82 see EL 1252 Y Y Y Y Y Y EL 689 Aberfoyle Exploration P/L Sn 23/02/79 29/10/80 13,939 Y Y Y EL 690 CRA Exploration P/L Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag 11/01/79 16/12/81 88,700 Y Y Y Y Y EL 695 Australian Anglo-American Mo 15/02/79 30/06/82 222,447 Y Y Y Y Prospecting P/L EL 722 BHP Minerals Company (see EL Au 21/11/79 14/11/82 83,514 Y Y Y Y Y 1208) EL 738 Golden Eagle Mining P/L and W, Sn, Ta 15/08/80 13/07/83 20,832 Y Y Union Corporation (Australia) P/L EL 746 Australian Anglo-American Sn, W, Au 29/11/79 27/11/84 n/a Y Y Y Y Prospecting P/L EL 750 Dampier Mining Co. Ltd Sn, Ta 28/05/80 17/11/80 67,125 Y Y Y EL 752 Australian Anglo-American Sn, Au 29/11/79 09/02/83 see EL 1339 Y Y Y Prospecting P/L EL 858 BHP Minerals Ltd (see EL 1208) Au 15/08/80 23/07/86 30,790 Y Y Y Y Y EL 873 Dampier Mining Co. Ltd Sn, Ta 13/04/81 11/11/82 4,475 Y Y Y EL 893 Essex Minerals Company Sn 05/12/80 30/06/82 64,673 Y Y Y EL 973 Northern Mining Corporation N.L. Au, Sn 13/05/81 15/09/82 4,435 Y Y Y EL 1008 Northern Mining Corporation N.L. Sn, Au, W 13/05/81 12/05/83 see EL 1180 Y Y Y Y and Freeport of Australia Incorporated EL 1009 Northern Mining Corporation N.L. Au 29/06/81 15/09/82 4,925 Y Y Y Y EL 1016 Essex Minerals Company Cu, Pb, Zn 06/08/81 30/06/82 30,120 Y Y Y Y EL 1023 Gold Fields Exploration P/L Sn, Au 27/08/81 06/06/83 61,539 Y Y Y EL 1058 Webb (see EL 651) Pb, Zn 09/03/82 31/01/87 150,628 Y Y Y EL 1145 Northern Mining Corporation N.L. Sn, Au, W 29/01/82 12/05/83 see EL 1180 Y Y Y Y and Freeport of Australia Incorporated Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 1151 Northern Mining Corporation N.L. Sn, Au, W 02/04/82 01/04/83 see EL 1180 Y Y Y Y and Freeport of Australia Incorporated EL 1180 Northern Mining Corporation N.L. Sn, Au, W 26/07/82 12/05/83 122,834 Y Y Y Y and Freeport of Australia Incorporated EL 1207 Seltrust Mining Corporation P/L Mo 31/03/83 31/03/83 1,463 Y Y EL 1208 BHP Minerals Ltd Au 16/09/82 11/02/87 325,291 Y Y Y Y Y EL 1223 Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au 16/09/82 16/10/87 494,358 Y Y Y Y Y and Pan Australia Mining Ltd EL 1227 Seltrust Mining Corporation P/L Mo 31/03/83 15/08/83 1,463 Y Y EL 1229 Australian Anglo-American Ltd Sn 05/10/82 04/10/84 596,191 Y Y Y Y Y (see EL 653) EL 1231 Australian Anglo-American Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag 05/10/82 15/08/83 169,072 Y Y Y Y (see EL 674) EL 1232 Australian Anglo-American Ltd 05/10/82 04/10/83 534,162 Y Y Y Y EL 1233 Macquarie Resources Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 16/09/82 15/09/88 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y (ex EL 432) EL 1234 Macquarie Resources Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 16/09/82 15/09/88 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y (ex EL 456) EL 1236 Macquarie Resources Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 16/09/82 15/09/88 see EL 1237 Y Y Y Y Y Y (ex EL 570) EL 1237 Macquarie Resources Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 16/09/82 15/09/88 10,467,519 Y Y Y Y Y Y (ex EL 641) EL 1238 WMC Limited and BP Mining Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au 16/09/82 15/09/88 see EL 1239 Y Y Y Y Y Development Australia P/L (ex EL 565) Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 1239 WMC Limited and BP Mining Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, Au 16/09/82 15/09/87 1,286,791 Y Y Y Y Y Development Australia P/L (ex 640) EL 1248 Golden Eagle Mining P/L Sn, Ta 16/09/82 19/07/85 269,395 Y Y Y EL 1252 Cultus Pacific N.L. (see EL 675) Cu, Pb, Zn 16/09/82 15/09/83 120,920 Y Y Y Y Y Y EL 1276 Eastern Resources N.L. Au 01/09/83 31/08/85 6,054 Y Y EL 1300 Plagolmin P/L Cu, Pb, Zn, W, Ag 05/07/83 04/07/85 n/a Y Y Y EL 1303 Plagolmin P/L W, Sn, Au 26/09/83 25/09/85 n/a Y Y Y EL 1310 J.M. Brady Au 16/05/83 03/05/84 16,799 Y Y Y EL 1339 Australian Anglo-American Sn, Au 16/05/83 15/05/85 168,860 Y Y Y Prospecting P/L EL 1376 Plagolmin P/L Au, Ag, W 23/10/84 23/10/85 n/a Y Y EL 1395 Stonewick Enterprises P/L Au 22/02/85 21/02/88 36,286 Y Y Y EL 1406 Martin Exploration P/L Au 01/03/85 28/02/86 n/a Y Y EL 1432 Canyon Resources P/L Au, Ag 12/04/85 12/09/86 23,888 Y Y Y EL 1462 Pan Australian Mining Ltd Au 24/05/85 23/05/87 3,765 Y Y Y EL 1463 Tallangalook P/L & Ghana Gold Au 08/03/85 07/03/88 10,363 Y Y Y P/L EL 1546 Meltech Consultant Geologists Au, Cu 27/09/85 26/09/88 n/a Y Y Y Y Y EL 1553 Nickelseekers Ltd Au 17/04/85 16/04/88 107,035 Y Y EL 1558 Tallandoon Goldfield Au 23/01/86 22/01/88 23,408 Y Y Y EL 1604 Mincomp P/L Au 05/11/86 04/11/88 79,053 Y Y Y EL 1605 Pan Australia Mining Ltd Cu, Pb, Zn 25/02/86 11/11/87 4,991 Y Y Y EL 1784 Martin Gold Mines N.L. Au 25/06/87 24/06/89 20,593 Y Y EL 1874 Bendigo Gold Associates P/L Au 14/04/89 14/04/91 42,636 Y Y Y EL 1900 Jeffcott Geological Services Au 12/05/88 11/05/90 97,550 Y Y Y EL 1927 Metana Minerals N.L. Au 22/07/88 21/07/89 25,204 Y Y Y Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph.

EL 1934 Norgold Ltd Au 29/09/88 28/09/89 73,230 Y Y Y EL 1953 Metana Minerals N.L. Au 27/05/88 26/05/89 31,362 Y Y Y EL 1960 Border Resources N.L. Au 27/01/89 27/01/91 41,626 Y Y EL 1961 Millaroo Mines N.L. Au 08/04/88 07/04/89 2,075 Y EL 1970 Adroit Exploration N.L. Au 27/04/88 26/04/90 32,482 Y Y Y EL 1974 T. E. Johnston & Associates P/L. Au 08/04/88 07/04/90 60,084 Y Y Y EL 2002 T. E. Johnston & Associates P/L. Au 09/03/88 09/03/90 25,232 Y Y Y Y EL 2056 Village Mines N.L. n/a 22/09/89 22/09/91 0 EL 2057 Martin Exploration P/L n/a 11/08/89 11/08/90 0 EL 2089 Norgold Ltd Au 29/09/88 28/09/89 36,452 Y Y EL 2090 Norgold Ltd Au 28/03/88 27/03/90 63,724 Y Y Y EL 2131 CRA Exploration P/L Au 12/05/88 28/06/89 31,119 Y Y EL 2132 CRA Exploration P/L Au 12/05/88 12/05/90 73,690 Y Y EL 2143 CRA Exploration P/L Au 12/05/88 13/07/89 19,287 Y Y EL 2146 CRA Exploration P/L Au 11/08/89 21/09/90 12,478 Y Y EL 2163 Adroit Exploration N.L. n/a 11/08/89 11/08/90 0 EL 2175 Sampson Manor P/L n/a 10/08/88 09/08/89 0 EL 2176 Sampson Manor P/L Au, Cu, Pb, Zn 22/06/88 22/06/89 20,055 Y Y Y EL 2289 Phoenix Resources N.L. Au, Sn 23/05/89 14/03/91 5,890 Y Y Y EL 2368 Bendigo Gold Associates P/L Au 13/04/89 13/04/91 15,972 Y Y EL 2370 Bendigo Gold Associates P/L Au 21/12/89 21/12/91 67,383 Y Y Y Y Y EL 2449 Bendigo Gold Ltd., Poseidon Au 23/01/90 18/01/95 see EL 3163 Y Y Y Y Y Exploration Ltd., Normandy Exploration Ltd. EL 2492 Border Resources N.L. Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag 22/12/89 22/12/89 11,312 Y Y EL 2545 Telberth N.L. Sn, Ta, W 09/08/91 09/08/92 9,400 Y Y Title Holder Primary exploration Grant Expiry Expenditure Mapping Gnd Air Geoch. Lit.survey Drill target date date geoph geoph. l

EL 3025 CRA Exploration P/L 27/10/89 27/10/94 CONFID. EL 3163 Bendigo Gold Ltd., Poseidon Au 18/01/90 18/01/96 333,806 Y Y Y Y Y Exploration Ltd., Normandy Exploration Ltd. EL 3189 Bruce Resources N.L. diamonds 15/06/92 15/06/94 see EL 3264 Y Y EL 3190 Bruce Resources N.L. diamonds 22/05/92 22/05/94 see EL 3264 Y Y EL 3230 CRA Exploration P/L 03/05/89 20/04/94 CONFID. EL 3244 Poseidon Exploration Ltd Au 03/08/92 03/08/94 91,968 Y Y EL 3256 Bendigo Gold Associates P/L Au, Cu 26/06/90 07/04/93 17,423 Y Y EL 3257 CRA Exploration P/L 04/06/87 27/10/94 CONFID. EL 3263 Bruce Resources N.L. diamonds 02/03/93 02/03/95 see EL 3264 Y Y EL 3264 Bruce Resources N.L. diamonds 03/08/92 03/08/94 9,400 Y Y EL 3274 CRA Exploration P/L Au 05/09/90 05/07/93 51,632 Y Y EL 3389 Longreach Gold Oil Ltd 18/06/95 08/06/96 CONFID. EL 3409 Victorian Gold Mines N.L. 26/08/93 26/08/95 CONFID. EL 3494 Crest Resources Australia N.L. 27/01/94 27/01/96 CONFID. EL 3507 Commercial Minerals Ltd 13/09/93 08/06/96 CONFID. EL 3515 Brancote Australia Ltd 19/10/93 19/10/95 CONFID. EL 3563 Exminco N.L. 24/03/94 24/03/96 CONFID. EL 3574 Exminco N.L. 24/03/94 24/03/96 CONFID. EL 3604 Tallangalook P/L 19/05/94 19/05/96 CONFID. EL 3621 Mr S. Clements 29/11/94 29/11/95 CONFID.

Exploration expenditure figures in square brackets ([..]) indicate expenditure was jointly reported with several Exploration Licences not listed. CONFID: Confidential report. 126 MINERAL EXPLORATION HISTORY - TALLANGATTA

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