Updated: 31 May 2007

Minerals Alert June 2007

Update on geophysical survey data acquisition

Location	State	Survey	% Complete	Gravity Stations	Flight Lines	Spacing	Ground Clearance	Comments
Murchison	WA	Gravity	100%	3600 new over an area of 22 000 km²	N/A	2.5 km grid	N/A	Completed 17 March 2007. Data were released on 15 May 2007 via GADDS.
South Kimberly	WA	Airborne magnetic & radiometric	N/A	N/A	north-south over an area of 57 920 km²	400 m	60 m	Data acquisition will commence in July 2007. The survey will cover parts of the Lennard River, Lansdowne, Noonkanbah, Mount Ramsay, Mount Bannerman 1:250 000 Map Sheets.
Western Tanami	WA	Gravity	N/A	3700 new	N/A	2.5 km grid	N/A	The survey will cover all or portions of the Gordon Downs, Billiluna and Lucas standard 1:250 000 Map Sheets.
Canning Basin 2007	WA	Airborne magnetic & radiometric	30%	N/A	north-south Area 70 192 km²line km 100 000	800 m	80 m	Data acquisition commenced on 22 April 2007. The survey covers parts of the Anketell, Joanna Spring, Dummer, Paterson Range, Sahara, Tabletop and Ural 1:250 000 Map Sheets.
Offshore Canning Basin	WA	Airborne magnetic & radiometric	N/A	N/A	north-south Area 49 980 km²	750 m	80 m above sea level	Lines spaced 1 500 metres apart will also be flown to infill a pre-exisiting GA survey to give a consistent flight line spacing. The survey covers portions of the SE51-01,SE51-05, Pender and Broome standard 1 000 Map Sheet areas.
East Isa North	Qld	Airborne Magnetic & Radiometric	48%	N/A	east-west 113 000 line km	400 m	80 m	Data acquisition commenced on 3 April 2007. The survey covers parts of Richmond, Hughenden, McKinlay, Manuka and Tangorin 1:250 000
East Isa South	Qld	Airborne Magnetic & Radiometric	61%	N/A	east-west 145 900 line km	400 m	80 m	The survey covers parts of the McKinlay, Manuka, Mackunda, Winton, Brighton Downs and Maneroo 1:250 000 map sheets.
Isa Area D	Qld	Gravity	N/A	4 903; 75 460 km²	N/A	4.0 km grid	N/A	Data acquisition will commence on completion of Isa Area E. The survey covers the entire Bedourie, Machattie, Birdsville and Betoota 1:250 000 Map Sheets and parts of the Connemara 1:250 000 Map Sheet.
Isa Area E	Qld	Gravity	96%	6 233	N/A	4.0 km grid	N/A	Data acquisition commenced on 1 February 2007. The survey will cover the entire McKinlay, Mackunda, Brighton Downs, Richmond and Manuka 1:250 000 Map Sheets and parts of the Winton and Maneroo 1:250 000 Map Sheet
Croydon	Qld	Airborne & Radiometric	N/A	35 310 km² 100 000 line km	east-west	400 m	80 m	Data acquisition is scheduled to be underway in early June 2007. The survey covers parts of the Burketown, Normanton, Donors Hill, Croydon and Millungera 1:250 000 Map Sheets.
Charters Towers	Qld	Gravity	N/A	15 310 new stations	N/A	4.0 km grid	N/A	The survey covers all or portions of the Einasleigh, Ingham, Clarke River, Townsville, Hughenden, Charters Towers, Bowen, Tangorin, Buchanan and Mount Coolon standard 1:250 000 Map Sheet areas.
Cooper Basin North	Qld	Gravity	N/A	3 537	N/A	4.0 km grid	N/A	The survey covers all or portions of the Maneroo, Longreach, Cannemara, Jundah and Blackall standard 1:250 000 Map Sheet areas.
Tanumbirini	NT	Airborne magnetic & radiometric	N/A	N/A	47 251 line km east-west 16 468 km²	400 m	80 m	Data acquisition is expected to commence in early July 2007. The survey covers parts of the Tanumbirini and Hodgson Downs 1: 250 000 Map Sheets.
North-East Tasmania	Tas	Airborne magnetic & radiometric	47%	N/A	east-west	200 m	90 m	Data acquisition commenced on 18 March 2007 by fixed-wing aircraft and finished on 20 April 2007. A rotary-wing aircraft commenced data acquisition on the remainder of the survey area in May 2007. The survey covers Tasmanian land mass over part of the following standard 1:100 000 map sheets - Ninth Island, Cape Portland, Swan Island, St Patricks, Forester, Georges Bay, St Pauls and Break O'Day.
Flinders Island	Tas	Airborne magnetic & radiometric	100%	N/A	east-west	200 m	90 m	Final data were released via GADDS on 29 May 2007.
Australia-wide	N/A	Airborne Geophysical tie-line	29%	145 000 line km	north-south	75 km	80 m	Data acquisition commenced 29 March 2007.

Geoscience Australia will be managing the data acquisition program in Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania.

For further information, please email Murray Richardson, or phone +61 (0)2 6249 9229.

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