Australia’s premier Cu producing area containing 3 of the top 5 operating mines.
The Mabel Creek Prospect is a lightly-explored project within the Gawler Craton Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) corridor of South Australia. The project is 100% owned by Talisman Mining Limited.
Mabel Creek is located approximately 30km west of Coober Pedy in South Australia.
The Gawler Craton is Australia’s premier Cu producing area with Tier 1 production from Olympic Dam, Carapeteena (BHP) Prominent Hill (Oz Minerals now BHP). There have also been recent large discoveries Oak Dam, Emmie Bluff.
Native Title and Access are confirmed.
Figure 1: Mabel Creek location plan highlighting prospect locations along the Gawler Craton IOCG belt.
- Project acquisition completion – 1,048km2 West of Coober Pedy in Gawler Craton
- Project tenements surrounded by tenure held by major mineral companies – BHP/OZ, RIO, FMG
- Regional presence of majors highlights the exploration opportunity for additional significant copper-gold discoveries in the Gawler Craton
- Known copper-gold bearing IOCG deposits and exploration ground held by majors located along an arcuate “Prospective IOCG Corridor”
- Completed Native Title Land Access Agreement
- On-ground activities (geophysics and drilling) in 2024
Exposure to Tier-1 deposit discovery potential
- 3 continuous Exploration Licences
- Tenure spans a major deep-seated east-west trending fault system – host to intrusive lithologies including Hiltaba Granite Suite
- Recent detailed aeromagnetic data from the GSSA
- Coincident gravity-magnetic anomalies on major faults
- Post-mineral cover across tenure relatively shallow (30m to 150m) compared to other areas of the Gawler Craton
- Previous explorers – Mammoth, Teck, Vale
- No on-ground exploration activities in the area since 2014
- Detailed gravity data being acquired, TO engagement for on-ground activities
- Plan to be drill testing FY24/25