Projects - Nakru - Technical Reports and Exploration History
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Technical Report on the Mt NakruProperty, Papua New Guinea
Download PDF File (2.2mb) October 2002

Exploration History

Mt. Nakru Project
Period
Company
Activities
1968-1970
Placer

Discovery of Plesyumi in 1968; Geochemical and geophysical surveys; Drilled Plesyumi (7 x holes totalling 1,178m)

1971
Triako JV with Placer
Plesyumi drilling (14 x holes totalling 1,979m), 300m of adit excavation
1975
CEC, (purchased from Placer)
Some check sampling
1981-1983
Esso PNG
Aeromagnetic survey; Regional geochemical sampling;
1984-1987

City Resources, (purchased from Esso)

Discovery of Mt Nakru in 1984; Bulldozer trenching; Nakru prospects drilling (3 x drill holes totalling 397m)
1988-1989
BHP JV with City Resources
Nakru 1 prospect drilling (5 x drill holes totalling 563m)
1992
Macmin/NGG
Airborne EM, magnetic, radiometric survey, Nakru 2 drilling (423 x Wacker drill holes totalling 2,772m)
1999
Cyprus-Amax JV with NGG
Trenching at Nakru 1; Withdrew after merger with Phelps Dodge
2005
NGG
A total of 6km bulldozer trenching at Nakru 1
2006
NGG
Drilling at Nakru 1 (3 x holes totalling 212.6 m) Targeting breccia-hosted gold mineralisation
2008
Coppermoly Ltd
Completed 3D IP Surveys; Two discovery drill holes at Nakru-2 for 412 metres; Five holes drilled at Nakru-1 for 468.3 metres

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