Emmerson Resources - Exploration

TENNANT CREEK:   latitude 19 degrees 38' south and longitude 134 degrees 11' east

The Tennant Creek Mineral Field is situated approximately 500km North of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway, the main road link between Adelaide and Darwin. The town of Tennant Creek is approximately 1,000 km south of Darwin and 24 km south of the intersection of the Stuart and Barkly highways, the latter being the main road link with Mt Isa.

Important infrastructure running through Tennant Creek includes the Adelaide-Darwin railway and gas pipeline. Tennant Creek has a population of approximately 3,500 and is the main service centre of the Barkly Tablelands region.

The Mineral Field is one of the richest and largest Proterozoic goldfields in Australia. Gold was first mined at Tennant Creek in the 1930’s and copper was first mined in the 1950’s. Since then the mineral field has produced more than 5.5 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 19.3 g/t gold (excluding tailings retreatment) and from gold/copper mines approximately 488,000 tonnes of copper at an average grade of 2.9% copper and 4.8g/t gold.

The Tennant Creek field is typified by multiple high-grade gold and copper gold deposits hosted in magnetite bodies. Gold and Copper mineralisation is typically hosted in structurally controlled ironstone bodies located within the Warramunga Formation rocks. The ironstones dominantly comprise magnetite, hematite and chlorite and are formed in dilational structures in east to east-southeast striking shear zones.

The exploration and mining tenements held by Emmerson Resources fall within four major project areas, referred to as the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Project Areas. Within these project areas there are two joint ventures, the Barkly Joint Venture (Meteoric Resources) and the Mr. Samuel Joint Venture (Grange Resources).

Emmerson Resources Tennant Creek Project Areas 

Ground based exploration activities such as drilling is seasonal due to the December to March rainy period (“wet”). Emmerson Resources is targeting its first ground based exploration programs to commence in April, 2008.