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Explorations
c) Telfer District
Telfer Regional Exploration
Telfer’s regional exploration was focussed on Trotman’s Dome, which has the most extensive evidence of gold mineralisation outside of Telfer Dome. Trotman’s Dome is located approximately 30 kilometres south-east of Telfer. Planned fieldwork for the latter part of 2003/04 was delayed due to the impact of Cyclone Monty and Cyclone Fay.
Drilling in the first half of 2003/04 was concentrated on the Backdoor prospect and indicated that the mineralised breccia thins to the west but remains open to the east, where it appears to be better developed at depth. Drilling in the latter part of the 2003/04 year was planned to investigate the effect of sample type and size on drilling results, but this program was delayed by adverse weather conditions. The results of this investigation when completed in 2004/05 will influence the future direction of exploration at Backdoor, although deeper core drilling is planned to investigate the eastern part of the breccia.
Discovery exploration drilling for 2004/05 will be focussed on Connaughton’s Dome, Tim’s Dome and in the Grace and Parallel Range areas.
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