Earlier trenching confirmed mineralised paleo-shoreline material and identified heavy-mineral-enriched laminations.
Whilst the main exploration is gold-focused, work has identified mineral sands containing garnet, ilmenite, zircon and monazite.
The placer deposits are richer in these heavy mineral sands than those found south of the Buller River, due to enrichment facilitated by the Buller catchment, which transports these heavy minerals to the coast, and the northward drift in the Tasman Sea.
STATE HIGHWAY 67
Traverses the permit area
RAIL
Ngākawau–Stillwater–East Coast railway line runs through the project
RAIL LOADING FACILITIES
Sergeant Hill Facility 17 Km away
BULLER PORT
Approximately 17 km from port infrastructure
The project is ending its exploration program, with a mining licence application currently being prepared.
