Location:
120km NE of Alice Springs
Tenement:
EL32279 – 145km²
The Oonagalabi Cu-Zn-Ag-Au deposit is located 120 km northeast of Alice Springs and is hosted within metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Strangways Metamorphic Complex (SMC), Aileron Province. Litchfield interprets that Oonagalabi formed within an epigenetic carbonate-replacement or skarn-type environment. Data may also support a Mt Isa-type syn-sedimentary SEDEX-type system.
Oonagalabi has a surface expression of +3k x 0.5km and mineralization extends from surface to at least 500m based on the recently completed Pole-Dipole IP survey. The system shares many geological similarities with the Jervois system (227.45 Mt @ 1.87% Cu, 0.24 g/t Au, 25.3 g/t Ag; KGL 2024), located 150 km to the east-northeast, including a similar metamorphic and structural evolution, contained metal potential and possible genetic link.
Recent Work Highlights:
- Sentinel & Remote sensing campaign
- Rock and soil sampling expanded known mineralisation and discovered a parallel mineralised trend.
- Drone magnetics and IP surveys defined two +1km high-chargeability zones to 500m depth.
- First-pass drilling of 1,600m RC has now been completed to test these anomalies.
- Additional airborne EM and gradient IP planned to explore the 4km mineralised corridor.
