Larrimah East

The Larrimah East Project consists of two exploration licences (EL27472 and EL27473) covering 692 square kilometres in the Dunmarra Basin, east of Larrimah, about 80 kilometres south-east of Mataranka and close to the Stuart Highway and the Darwin to Adelaide railway line.

Western Desert was granted the exploration licences in February 2010 and is primarily targeting McArthur River-style base metal deposits in sedimentary rocks of Proterozoic or Cambrian age.

Minimal previous exploration nearby has indicated that the prospective Velkerri Formation occurs at relatively shallow depths and could contain base metals, such as lead and zinc.

Western Desert conducted an airborne survey in 2010 . The XTEM survey collected 1765 line kilometres of conductivity data. The rationale was to understand the basement structure and stratigraphy, identify possible palaeochannels and direct targeting of base metal hosting sulphide mineralisation. Interpretation of the data has identified 48 separate conductive bodies, of which two are considered high priority with modelled depths of between 120 and 160 metres.

A drilling proposal has been designed to drill two 300 metre deep diamond holes to test these conductive zones. Drilling is proposed to occur in the third quarter of 2012. In addition, the project has attracted co-funding from the NT Government's Geophysics and Drilling Collaboration program.