Heritage Cases

The detailed geology and Coal, Pseudocoal and Torbanite/ Oil Shale potential of the area is relatively unknown, and as such exploration work will commence from a very basic level. The Prospecting Work Programme will therefore be designed in phases, each phase conditional on the success of the previous phase and will include: a. Phase 1 – Desktop Study - Analysis of Existing Data, The exploration records of all previous work in the area will be re-examined, and the following studies will be carried out:  Literature review  Detailed aerial photograph and satellite image interpretation  Regional airborne geophysics with main emphasis on magnetic and gravity  Regional soil geochemistry interpretation  Geological mapping will also be carried out. These records will need to be captured into a GIS format for geological modelling and exploration scheduling analysis. This work will form an initial desktop and surface fieldwork study to be continued during the period that the prospecting permit application is being assessed and, presumably, approved. A period of 12 months is estimated for this. b. Phase 2 – Follow up Ground Geophysics, Soil Geochemistry and Trenching Once targets have been generated in the first phase there will be a need to follow up on these targets. A detailed and denser soil geochemistry exercise will need to be carried out. Coupled with this will be ground geophysics to sharpen the identified potential areas. Gravity magnetic and time domain EM will need to be done. After soil geochemical and geophysical targets are generated a trenching or pitting exercise will be done on the anomalies to determine the sidewall properties, profiles and average grades and to do drill-hole targeting. It is anticipated that phase will take approximately 12 months to complete. c. Phase 3 –Drilling and Resource Generation In the event that the present application is approved and areas with possible targets for the minerals applied for, this identified prospective target will require further subsurface investigation. 14 Drilling (air core, or RAB or RC) of the prospective areas will commence to establish presence of mineralization. Geological borehole logging, down the hole logging and sampling will also be carried out. Whole rock analysis of all the potential intersections will be carried out. For budgeting purposes, it is assumed that every meter of the initial holes will be analysed will be made. It is anticipated that initially approximately 25 drill-holes will be drilled. Drill holes could vary in depth from 50 to 150m, with an average depth in the order of 100 meters. The total amount of drilling to be budgeted for at this stage is 2 500 meters. Dependent on the results of this drilling further 50 drill-holes totalling 5 000 meters may be required. The geological information generated will be used to model and estimate resource. The resources will at least be expected to be in the Indicated Category according to the appropriate reporting standard (SAMREC, JORC, or NI43 - 101). d. Phase 4 – Resources drilling and Pre-feasibility Study The final phase of the prospecting programme would involve preparation of a prefeasibility study. This would include:  Resource drilling  Geological Modelling  Initial conceptual Mine Planning.  Planning the infrastructure requirements  Environmental management planning  Financial modelling  Market analysis  Analysis of transport logistics to markets  Assessment of personal and training requirements  Assessment of socio-economic factors A feasibility study is multidisciplinary in nature, and requires the highest levels of expertise available. Such studies are both costly and time consuming