Arthur River

The Arthur River project consists of two areas of interest located in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia, approximately 250 kilometres east of Carnarvon.

Adjacent to the Project area are known occurrences of pegmatite uranium mineralisation, which are the subject of renewed Exploration activity by a number of companies. The westernmost tenement is located immediately adjacent to a past production centre for tantalum.

No previous exploration activity is recorded on the tenements that comprise the Project area, and this is considered a pure Greenfields play.

Rare metals are those elements such as tantalum, niobium, beryllium, tungsten, bismuth, which are commonly hosted in pegmatites. Numerous occurrences of pegmatitic rare metal mineralisation occur within the Morrisey Metamorphic suite of the Ashburton Formation, some of which have been exploited for bismuth, beryl and tantalum in the past.

The Arthur River tantalum mine, which is currently on care and maintenance (Tantalum Australia Ltd), is located within one kilometre of the westernmost Area of Interest at the Arthur River project.

Occurrences of Uranium mineralisation are recorded within 10 to 20 kilometres of the Arthur River project area. The most noteworthy are Wabli Creek; a carnotite-calcrete style deposit, and Paddy Well; a pegmatite style deposit.

Exploration companies including U3O8 Limited and Tantalum Australia Ltd have recently indicated their intention to recommence Uranium Exploration in areas immediately adjacent to the Arthur River Project.

Hazelwood has completed a detailed airborne radiometric survey and has undertaken preliminary field work. Field activities were restrained by the rugged terrain. Further field work is required for verification of anomalies arising from the radiometric data and this will be undertaken with the assistance of all terrain vehicles.