Nyngan/Cobar Copper & Gold projects, NSW, Australia
The Company owns tenure in NSW across four projects: the Lunns Dam, Redlands-Whitbarrow and Recovery Projects in the Tottenham-Girilambone district of central-west NSW which comprises four granted exploration licences covering approximately 690km²; and the Obley Project in the Yeoval district of central NSW which comprises one granted exploration licence covering approximately 180km².
Australian Focussed
Tier 1 mining & exploration jurisdiction
Highly prospective copper-gold province
Lunns Dam Project
The Lunns Dam licence (EL 8847) is situated approximately 10km north‐west of the village of Tottenham and approximately 130km west of the city of Dubbo in the central west of New South Wales.
The Lunns Dam licence is underlain by the Girilambone Group sediments and volcanics which are considered prospective for Besshi style Cu-rich VMS deposits. Although there are no known mineral occurrences on the Lunns Dam licence, rocks that host copper mineralisation at Tottenham are interpreted to extend into the Lunns Dam licence
Exploration History
Past exploration work on the Lunns Dam Project has included geological mapping and surface geochemical sampling as well as a detailed airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical survey covering approximately 85% of the licence area. Very limited shallow RAB drilling (four drillholes) has been conducted in the area.
Redlands-Whitbarrow Project
The Redlands licence (EL 9188) and Whitbarrow licence (EL 8852) are situated approximately 25km west of the town of Nyngan in the central west of New South Wales.
The Redlands-Whitbarrow licences are underlain by Girilambone Group sediments and volcanics which are considered prospective for Besshi style Cu-rich VMS deposits. There are three known copper/nickel/cobalt mineral occurrences (Redlands, Miandetta and Miandetta Extended) on the Redlands-Whitbarrow licences, interpreted to be associated with mafic/ultramafic rocks.
Exploration History
Past exploration work on the Redlands-Whitbarrow Project has included minor surface geochemical sampling as well as a detailed airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical survey over approximately 20% of the project area. Limited shallow drilling (15 drillholes) has been conducted in the area.
Obley Project
The Obley licence (EL 8846) is situated approximately 15km north‐west of the town of Yeoval and approximately 40km south of the city of Dubbo in the central west of New South Wales.
The Obley licence is underlain by the Devonian Cuga Burga Volcanics which have been intruded by the Devonian Yeoval intrusive complex. The project is considered prospective for skarn mineralisation and is host to several small Cu-Au skarn deposits. There are ten historic Cu-Au workings and mineral occurrences noted on the Obley licence.
Exploration History
Past exploration work on the Obley Project has included geological mapping, limited surface geochemical sampling and detailed airborne radiometrics and radiometrics over approximately 90% of the licence area. No drilling has been conducted in the area.
