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The latest round of Queensland Government Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) grants have been announced and Longreach Mineral Exploration were one of the successful applicants. The grant will be used to do work on their Fletchers Awl project in Central Queensland, which is currently interpreted as a copper-gold porphyry/epithermal system. Kenex will be involved in the project helping Longreach update the regional geology map using machine learning and building a 3D geological map over the project area in order to better understand the underlying architectural controls on the mineral system at Fletchers Awl.

Have a look at our latest video explaining the benefits of adding a downhole wireline logging workflow to your RC or diamond drilling program. We can help you get set up with an acquisition company, log and interpret the data collected and use the data to build robust 3D geological and targeting models. Make sure you getting the most data that you can out of your project for minimal extra cost!

Our Business Development Manager Andrew Wilkins is at the RIU Explorers Conference in Fremantle this week and if you are there he would love to chat with you about how our technical services can help you to advance your project. If you are interested in our capabilities, have a look at our new presentation that highlights some of things we offer using Duke Exploration’s exciting Bundarra Project in Queensland as a case study.

Drilling has started at Duke Exploration’s Mt Flora prospect this week. The programme is off to a good start with copper and silver mineralisation intersected as predicted in the first 13 m. The Duke Directors, including Kenex Director Dr Greg Partington, visited the site earlier in the week and are positive about the results so far. Read more about this project and Kenex’s involvement on our Duke project page.

Last week, Kenex Senior GIS Analyst Dr Arianne Ford presented the results of the Eastern Lachlan Orogen mineral potential mapping at the Mines & Wines "Discoveries in the Tasmanides" conference in Wagga Wagga for the first time. The project, undertaken in 2019 in collaboration with the Geological Survey of NSW, looked at mapping the mineral potential for porphyry Cu-Au, polymetallic skarn, Kanimblan and Tabberabberan orogenic Au, and VAMS mineral systems.
The results of the project have been released in a data package that includes the final report, spatial data table which documents the maps made, digital mineral potential maps for each of the 5 mineral systems, and a comprehensive set of predictive maps that map the key components of each mineral system (source, transport, trap, deposition/preservation).

Kenex recently had the pleasure of hosting Graeme Bonham-Carter in our New Zealand office. Graeme is a Canadian mathematical geologist who has extensive experience in geoscience data analysis, and is the author of one of the seminal books on mineral potential mapping - referenced in nearly every paper or report we produce! During his visit, Graeme presented a talk on regional geochemistry data analysis to Kenex staff which provided some useful insights on how we might use these techniques for our own projects in the future. In addition, Kenex presented an overview of the New South Wales Zone 54 mineral potential mapping work undertaken in 2018, which lead to a free flowing discussion on the workflows used in the project from both a technical and collaborative perspective. We are grateful to Graeme for taking the time to visit us while in New Zealand and look forward to maintaining ongoing discussions in the future!

We are very pleased to announce that Katie Peters has been promoted to the role of CEO of Kenex. he will continue to manage the New Zealand operations as well as taking on more responsibility for the overall direction and strategic planning of Kenex.