Approximately 250klms N.W, Cairns, (4-5 hour drive) via Mareeba-Cooktown section of the Peninsula Development Road/Hurricane Rd/KarmaWaters Rd; then by registered mine access tracks. Access may be restricted during wet season (December to March)
The road is graded annually by Mareeba Council to Groganville turn-off.

Mareeba & Atherton are the nearest industrial/ retail service centres. Cairns International airport connects to 31 national & international destinations.

The following sections are a quote from CR20418( A to P 4048) Hamilton. G, 1988 Solomon Pacific ResourcesNL (reference)
REGIONAL GEOLOGY:The area is underlain by Middle Devonian to Lower Carboniferous rocks of the Hodgkinson Formation. This formation is a thick accumulation of micaceous greywacke, siltstone and slate with intercalcations of basic volcanics, cherts and conglomerates. These lithologies have been metamorphosed to greenschite facies and are steeply folded and strongly cleaved. They consist of micaceous schist, phyllite, slates, greywacke and siltstone.
LOCAL GEOLOGY: The principal lithologies making up the Hodgkinson Formation in this area are the strongly cleaved phyllites and sandstones which, being the least resistant units, are exposed only within the creeks. Areas between the creeks, along the ridges and spurs are generally covered in quartz and chert float derived from pyritic quartzites (recrystallized chert),cherts and the quartz veins and quartz fault infilling which form the more resistant interfluves.

EXPLORATION HISTORY:
Company Reports (CR) are available through Queensland Mines Department (QDEX) website. These are available on request.
Historically, exploration and drilling for hard-rock has been carried out within the subject area by several companies, namely; BHP, Strike-Exploration, Carpentaria Gold, Solomon Pacific to name a few. We held a JV with BHP for over 9 years under EPM:9795 (McGanns Creek/Jabiru) under which extensive exploration was carried out.
The following annual reports filed from 1988-2001 are particularly interesting:
BHP MINERALS December 1998 CR29822 Appendix1*
STRIKE EXPLORTION/BHP December 1998 CR30689 Appendix 2*
STRIKE EXPLORATION December 1999 CR31461
DIAMTREME RESOURCES December 2000 CR33024
SOLOMONPACIFIC RESOURCES December 1988 CR18389 Appendix 3*
CARPENTARIA EXPLORATION 1986/1987 CR16544 Appendix 4*
*Appendices & full historic reports available on request

Madden ResourcesNL/ADR/AUR mined alluvials within the subject area in the 1980’s. Following a review of the mining method conducted by those companies; results proved up significant gold reserves remaining in creek beds and on some higher terraces. Some of this resource has been secured under Mining Leases. Production in the subject area currently works ground, consistently producing 1 ounce of gold to 80/100 per m³.

MINING LEASE TENURES –QUEENSLAND
Mining Leases are held with Queensland government approvals on the land to be mined.
A landholder retains ownership of the land under a Pastoral/Grazing lease. All compensation agreements are current and registered with Queensland Department of Mines.
All granted Mining leases are registered under Western Yalanji SSM ILUA (Small Scale Mining Indigenous Land Use Agreement) & Native Title conditions have been completed including Cultural Heritage Inspections.
All mining leases have long term security of tenure as granted mining leases to year 2033-2036, renewal to compliant operators. Mineral Resources Act (MRA1989 clause 286) reference MRA . Table 1: Mining Tenures as at 01/02/2020
ML:20660 (31ha) ML:20690 (55.1ha) ML:20691 (49.88ha) ML:100084 (11.01ha) ML:100087 (16.61ha) EPM: 26580 (4 sub-blocks)

Reports available on request