Nachingwea

Regional Exploration
July 2013

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Overview

African Geology

Nachingwea

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Overview

Tanzania Regional Geology

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Regional Datasets

Nachingwea Geology and Property

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Regional Exploration Team

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Regional Datasets

Nachingwea Property
Aeromag and Radiometrics

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Regional Datasets

Nachingwea Property

VTEM mid channel 300m Conductance inversion

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Targeting

Mineral Systems Approach

KEY IDEA: Nickel sulphide deposits form as part of a lithosphere-scale

magma plumbing system. In order to target them, we need to understand
the entire system.
KEY IDEA: Nickel sulphide deposits are associated with the regional
scale foci of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs).
KEY IDEA: The locations of LIP focal zones (target regions for NiS) are
controlled by the structure of the underlying sub-continental
lithospheric mantle.
KEY IDEA: NiS deposits occur at lithospheric boundary zones because
the geometry of the base of the lithosphere controls the degree of
melting of mantle plumes.

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Targeting

Mineral Systems Approach: Plume focusing

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Targeting

Geochemistry – Stream sediment results

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Targeting

Geology – rock localities on regional geology map

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Targeting

Geophysics
Principal Component Analysis of geophysics data

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Targeting

Current Target register

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 Targeting

Top 10 targets
Soils Soils Geologica radiometr
Stream (Niton) (assay) l aeromag ic VTEM EM drilling
Scor overall Anomalis anomalis anomalis anomalis anomalis anomalis anomalis anomalis anomalis
Tenement e DA rank m m m m m m m m m Comments
truncated
radiometr
magnetic
EU 4146 Nil Nil Nil ic nil Nil nil best gold value and PCA identification of good radiometric target
Nachingwea NW knot anomalis
(gold-PCA) 6 3 2.0 m
Large Cu and Co anomalism in stream in two drainage line coincident with weak to
minor mag high low moderate Cu anomalism in soils
anomalis radiation
EU 4409 Nil Nil in Nil Nil nil Streams and soils Cu anomalism concurrent with radiometric anomalism
m antiform (mafic/u Mag high and faulted synform at the central part coincident with Cu anomalism in
reported m rocks)
Lukuledi 7.5 4 1.9 streams
low
strong strong ultramafic no radiation minor Radiometric low coincident with soil geochemical and VTEM anomalism
EB 4842 multiple multiple rocks obvious strong Nil anomalis Third conductor in the north not tested
(mafic/u
Nanyindwa 10.3 6 1.7 areas areas recorded features m rocks) m Potential anomalous ultramafic not tested and soil anomalism not followed up
Kiperere West - HOG 11.9 7 1.7                    
low
insufficie aeromag radiation Radiometric lows coincident with Cu-Pt-Pd anomalism in streams.
EB 4859 nt Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Aeromagnetic high at the west coincident with Cu anomalism (ICP)
sampling high (mafic/u Antiform at the central part of the tenement, with Cu-Pd anomalism at the limb
Namatutwa North 5 3 1.7 m rocks)
low
radiation
EB 4878 Nil Nil Nil mag high (mafic/u Nil nil Nil Radiometric lows coincident with Pt anomalism in streams
Namatutwa Pt 5 3 1.7 m rocks)
400 x 300 low
m of > ultramafic aeromag radiation part of potentially anomalous catchments identified by Carver and Conaghan, elevated gold and
No work Nil rocks ring/smal Nil Nil
500 ppm high (mafic/u nickel soils anomalism not explained by solitary rock chip
Matambare 9.9 6 1.7 Ni recorded m rocks) l blip

high Co Cr no low
radiation
EU 4423 in one Nil Nil obvious (mafic/u Nil Nil Nil Radiometric lows co-incident with stream anomalism
sample features
Namatutwa Zn-Cu-Co 4.8 3 1.6 m rocks)
diffuse
mag high radiometr
EB 4852 Nil Nil Nil - ic high - Nil Nil Nil Gold anomalism co-incident with aeromag features
alteration felsics
Mujira Gold 4.7 3 1.6 ?
low
no
EU 4260 Nil Nil Nil obvious radiation
(mafic/u Nil Nil Nil Strong Nickel stream sediment anomalism
features
Mbwemburu North 4.5 3 1.5 m rocks)

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 Targeting

Top 10 targets
Kiperere West - HOG Matambare

Nachingwea NW

Mbwemburu North

Lukuledi

Nanyindwa
Mujira Gold

Namatutwa North

Namatutwa Zn-Cu-Co Namatutwa Pt

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Exploration Strategy

Exploring from regional centre's

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Current Work and Results

2013 Progress

Naujombo Nditi

Mihumo Nambugu

Nachingwea NW Rappa

Lumpumbulu Mbemba

Mbwemburu North Kihue

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Current Work and Results - Nditi

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Nditi

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Mbemba

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Mbemba

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Rappa

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Rappa

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Nambugu

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Nambugu

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Nachingwea
NW
2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Nachingwea
NW

Gold catchment

Radiometric target

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Current Work and Results - Nachingwea
NW
Chrome screen shot from IoGas

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Current Work and Results - Nachingwea
NW
Chrome screen shot from IoGas

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Current Work and Results - Kihue

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Kihue

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Lumpumbulu

2013 Progress

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Current Work and Results - Lumpumbulu

2013 Progress

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Where to next

2013 Progress

5000 Soil samples

Infill Soils sampling

Field Mapping

Ground geophysics

RC drilling

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