My first step to crunching the data in this announcement...

My first step to crunching the data in this announcement involved putting the collars into Google Earth.

One thing lead to another and I noticed that the drilling in the AL01 area was visible. The main NS access track in this area seems well formed so I followed it north to Winu, and south to Minyari and Telfer as it wiggled through the dunes. The red wiggle below may not be the only route but gives a fair idea of what distance such a track needs to cover when sand dunes need to be avoided. The southern portion does in fact contain some legacy sand dune crossings (interpreted anyway).

Summary



The direct routes show the shortest straight line would be a touch over 120 Kms of new road or 75K ms of new to the existing PH-Telfer road.

Upgrading the existing track (some 250 Kms) and cutting across some dunes to "straighten" out the route (magenta) would give some 150 Kms. No easy way and a lot of logistics etc etc required. Just part of a thought experiment.

Imagery from the AL01 is from November 2023 post drilling as it also is for Geo001.


Subtle but individual sites can be seen here and for the greater AL01 area.

Just because I can here is the Geo001 area



Will take a look at how the drilling, geochem and geophysics line up over the next little while.