Tanami Region

Project summary and regional context

Tanami Project and tenement location

  • The project area sits in the Western Tanami Desert within the Birrindudu basin of North Australia, within Western Australia.
  • The project is 30km from known hydrothermal unconformity-related rare earth element (HURREE) deposit, Northern Minerals (ASX:NTU) Browns Range mine (10.81 Mt @ 0.76% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) with 81,450 tonnes of contained TREO).
  • The project is also 4km from Black Cat Syndicates (ASX:BC8) Coyote Operations (3.7mt @ 5.5 g/t Au for 645,000 oz).
  • Significant Au and REE mineralisation have been determined within PVW Resources’ Tanami Project.
  • REE anomalism is distinguished by high HREO/TREO (60–93% within the Pargee Sandstone) due to the presence of xenotime mineralisation, related to a Hydrothermal Unconformity-Related Rare Earth Element (HURREE) system.

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Key ingredients for discovery success

An unconformity-related HREE deposit must have:

The right stratigraphic setting
  • Unconformity between the Pargee Sandstone and the Killi Killi Formation on the Watts Rise-Castella trend is analogous to the unconformity between Gardiner Sandstone and Browns Range Metamorphics at Browns Range.
The right style of mineralisation
  • Extensive surface mineralisation includes HREE in Xenotime, confirming the right ore-forming system (the same mineral host as Browns Range).
The right plumbing system
  • Significant structures (faults and folds) are present offsetting and deforming the unconformity, providing fluid flow for the hydrothermal system.
  • The Pargee Sandstone and the Killi Killi Formation both host mineralisation with breccia zones, potentially providing an analogous setting to the Browns Range Wolverine deposit.

Existing model for mineralisation at Browns Range

Interpreted model for mineralisation at Castella

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