Unexplored Li and Ta geochemical anomalies of similar tenor to those at Greenbushes.
- Highly prospective for lithium, tantalum and tin in pegmatites of Greenbushes type.
- Unexplored Li and Ta geochemical anomalies of similar tenor to those at Greenbushes.
- Greenbushes pegmatites, 37km to the north-east, are the largest and highest grade hard rock lithium deposits in the world.
- Easy non-ground-disturbing laterite sampling, proven by CSIRO at Greenbushes, can be used as follow up.
- Superlative infrastructure.
Exploration Licence
E70/4826 “Donnelly” applied for 29 February 2016.
Size:- 36 blocks, 102 sq km.
Commitment upon grant:- $36 000.00 per annum.
Located about 25km west of Manjimup in the SW of Western Australia.
On State Forest, (not old growth forest, not a reserve!); minor incursions of blocks applied for onto National Park in the south of the Licence- these will be excluded from grant.
Geological Map Sheet: Pemberton 1:250,000
Geology
- In the ~3000Ma Balingup Metamorphic Belt, in the SW corner of the Archean Yilgarn Block. Basement rocks include amphibolite facies orthogneisses, paragniesses, meta-basic and metasedimentary rocks.
- Major shear zones, interpreted from magnetics, cross the area. This is important because large pegmatites like Greenbushes are in or close to shear zones.
- Most of the area is covered with laterite which would have hindered previous prospectors, so major deposits may remain undiscovered.
- GSWA in 2008 conducted a trial stream sediment geochemical program in this area, with control samples taken downstream of the pegmatites at Greenbushes (Morris, 2008). A range of sample mesh sizes and analytical methods were used. In the tenement area a cluster of lithium and tantalum anomalies was generated with tenors equivalent to those at Greenbushes.
- No follow up exploration of these anomalies is recorded.
Location
Located about 25km west of Manjimup in the SW of Western Australia.
