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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.

In the second half of 2017 we have been working with the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) to develop 3D hydrostatigraphic models of the Wairarapa Middle and Lower Valley catchments using Leapfrog Geo software. The main purpose of the models is improving the planning of new boreholes and monitoring hole locations.

Kenex worked with the Geological Survey of NSW (GSNSW) to develop Mineral Potential Maps for intrusion-related Sn-W, intrusion-related Au and orogenic Au in the Southern New England Orogen. This was a pilot study that combined the high quality pre-competitive data and mineral system knowledge of the GSNSW with the mineral potential mapping expertise of Kenex.

We are pleased to announce that Katie Peters has moved into a newly created role at Kenex, as New Zealand Operations Manager. Katie has been a key part of Kenex's success during the past 10 years, most recently as Senior Geologist on our largest projects. We are delighted that Katie has agreed to take on this demanding role and look forward to the focus on day to day operations that she will bring.
While we are also sad to announce that we are losing Campbell McKenzie as our Chief Executive Officer, we are pleased that he will be taking up a position as a Kenex Director in a non-executive capacity. Campbell will continue to provide support to Kenex, in particular he will continue his work on the development arm of our business as we seek to realise value out of several copper and gold exploration projects Kenex has been instrumental in acquiring.