Pilbara Project


General


The Company retains an active exploration interest in tenements in the East Pilbara region which are considered prospective for gold, base metals, iron ore and other minerals.

The Marble Bar district has a gold endowment (production plus resources) in excess of 600,000 ounces of gold, indicating promise for commercial discoveries in the remainder of the belt.


Gondwana EL’s



In April 2008, a helicopter-supported program of surface sampling was conducted at the Company’s tenements in the East Pilbara to highlight the following exploration opportunities:



Gondwana at its Corunna Downs Iron Prospect in the Pilbara



Corunna Downs


Recent surface rock chip sampling has produced results from 31% Fe up to 62.5% Fe at Corunna Downs with an average of 60.6% Fe across four samples collected along the eastern edge of the jaspillite sequence. The geological, geochemical and geophysical investigations to date confirm the existence of a substantial body of hematite-rich jaspilite which should be further investigated to determine its short-term, economic potential for hematite DSO (direct shipping ores – lump/fines) together with longer-term magnetite potential. In particular, the eastern margin of the jaspilite unit appears to contain a higher overall proportion of iron which has not been systematically explored.


During 2008, Gondwana proposes to undertake a program of airborne magnetic surveying and angled RC drilling in selected areas. This work will be closely modeled on the success of Atlas Iron’s re-evaluation of iron resources at Pardoo and Abydos and BHP’s review of its Goldsworthy-Yarrie operations given the geological similarities of the host material.



Goethite-Dominant Rockchip Sample (62.5%Fe)



Comet East and Warrawoona Prospects


The historic Comet Mine produced 120kozs between 1936-55, predominantly from a single large open stope measuring 40m x 5m x 150m (approximately 800 ozs per vertical metre). This deposit sits in a steep east-west striking shear zone and plunges 45º easterly towards E45/2480 located 800m to the east.



The historic Comet Mine looking East towards E45/2480


Investigation of the Comet East Prospect (E45/2480) commenced at the Dorph-Peterson Copper prospect within the NE corner of the tenement. This steep, narrow vein protrudes from the hillside and is capped by late, barren cover. No modern exploration i.e. drilling has been attempted here and the area is readily accessible. Rock chip samples of the vein material recorded copper grades up to 2.95%

To the south, partial outcrop (2,000m x 500m area) was noted in satellite photos and several quartz veins were discovered trending 125 and 165 degrees within a broad shear zone trending 125 degrees (southeast). Several quartz samples were collected with anomalous gold results. Detailed mapping/sampling will be conducted later in 2008 with the area easily accessible from the Corunna Downs Station Road.

Hickman, 1983 noted a distinctive SE-trending structural trend between the Warrawoona (22,000t for 30,000 ounces) and the Comet (150,000t for 120,000 ounces) gold camps. Exploration along the valley that prescribes this structural corridor but no Archaean outcrop was detected. E45/2416 contains over 1 km of prospective strike length along the main lode structure at Warrawoona. Gondwana intend to explore this trend for possible repeats of “Comet” style mineralisation.




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