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Location: 140 km W from Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
PO Box 62HopetounWestern Australia, Australia6348
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The Springdale Graphite Project area geology forms part of the Northern Foreland lithotectonic unit of the Albany-Fraser Orogeny and is dominated by the Archaean Munglinup Gneiss. The Northern Foreland represents reworked Yilgarn Craton, as evidenced in the Project area by the presence of the remnant, northerly trending Jerdacuttup Greenstone Belt. The Munglinup Gneiss present within the Springdale Graphite Project area comprises hornblende and garnet-bearing felsic gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, carbonate- silicate rocks and marble. Graphite mineralisation is stratigraphic in nature and hosted by a metasedimentary graphitic schist with typical Total Graphitic Carbon (TGC) grades ranging from 15-40%. This schist unit is variably carbonatealtered resulting in increased competency compared to the surrounding gneiss in the weathered part of the profile. A lower-grade graphite zone is present around the main graphitic schist units where graphite exists as mobilised disseminated graphite and/or thinner stratigraphic horizons. TGC grades in the lower grade zone typically range from 2-10% TGC.DimensionsMineralisation has been intersected at surface to a depth of approximately 150m. Springdale Block model extents are 2500m east-west, 2500m north-south, - 150R. Mason Bay Block model extents are 350m east-west, 550m northsouth, -150RL. Mineralisation is open at depth in all domains.
