Ada'u River traverse, ELs 1424 & 1618, Mt Suckling
Ioleu Creek porphyry copper prospect
Dimidi Creek Pt-Au prospects
Muruk Pt-Cr-Ni prospect
Doriri Creek hydrothermal Pd-Pt-Ni prospect
New Hanover Island
Urua Creek Au-Cu porphyry copper prospect
Waria River
Bewani Mountains
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Ada'u River traverse, ELs 1424 & 1618, Mt Suckling
16-17 June 2009 |
Drop-off in the upper Ada’u River near Ioleu Creek |
Drop-off in the upper Ada’u River |
Preparing cargo, Araboro Creek, 17 June 2009 |
Ada'u River between Araboro and Dimidi Creeks, 17 June 2009 |
Fording the Ada'u River near Urua Creek, 17 June 2009 |
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Limestone cliffs near old Ba'u village, 17 June 2009 |
Large eel caught in Ioleu Creek |
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Ioleu Creek porphyry copper prospect |
Pervasively argillised and stockworked gabbro | 
Pervasively argillised and stockworked gabbro
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Long intervals of intense pervasie argillisation in Ioleu Creek |
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Ioleu Creek fly camp, 15 June 2009 |
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Dimidi Creek Pt-Au prospects |
Dimidi Camp Sunset | 
Dimidi Ck Prospect | 
Dimidi Ck Prospect Field Mapping |
Chromitite from Dimidi Ck | 
Chromitite from Dimidi Ck | 
Unloading at Dimidi Creek |
Muruk Pt-Cr-Ni prospect |
Talc alteration, Muruk Prospect | 
Muruk Prospect |
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Doriri Creek hydrothermal Pd-Pt-Ni prospect
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Doriri Ck Prospect Camp | 
Doriri Creek Prospect | 
Trenching at Doriri Creek |
Costean V at Doriri Creek Prospect | 
John Kirakar at Doriri Camp |
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New Hanover Island |
Landowner meeting at Meteran Village, New Hanover Island |
Large area of silicification at Patitos |
Middle Saula River where good panned concentrate gold values have been obtained |
Massive advanced argillic alteration in the Ungat River |
Distinctive vuggy silica from advanced argillic zone at Lavongai |
Sunset at Lavongai Catholic Mission, 9 February 2009 |
Urua Creek Au-Cu porphyry copper prospect
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Both Urua Creek and Doriri Creek prospects are localised along the Keveri Fault Zone | 
View of Urua Creek porphyry Au-Cu prospect | 
Specimen of cellular gossan suboutcrop. Similar specimens have assayed to
37 g/t Au |
Outcrop of quartz-sulphide rock with 5.88 g/t Au |
Clay-pyrite alteration from Zone D breccia unit
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Casual labourers drawn from landowners residing at Doma village
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David Lindley with Opa Ariga, PPM's field assistant from Segili village, near Doma. |
Quartz-sulphide rock from Trench 1, Line 10
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Crew on Trench 1, Line 10 |
Magnetite found in Trench 1, Line 10
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Urua camp and helipad, looking downstream long Urua Creek
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Mineralised/carbonised wood fragment in the Urua Creek breccia, evidence for a a relatively recent eruption emplacement
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Pillow basalt, lava erupted in the marine environment, is host to the Urua Creek Au-Cu bearing breccias. They can be dated at a relatively young Early to Middle Miocene (23.8-11.2 million years) age.
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Waria River |
Tuve Village, Waria River |
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Bewani Mountains |
Villagers from Kilifas, EL 1574 |
Bewani Mountains - Ultramafic and mafic source rocks to alluvial platinum at Kilifas |
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