ALLENDALE

Allendale Project (EL 3821)

The exploration currently going on in Stag Road should be regarded as being along-strike from the gold-in-soils anomaly outlined by BHP Gold Mines Ltd, in 1989/90.

The target for BHP Gold and Mount Rommel is the same - where are the source rocks for the 1.7moz of the Madame Berry deep lead system?

A recent visit to the Victorian Government Knowledge Centre has, through data on open file, enabled a repositioning relative to roadways of the BHP gold-in-soils anomaly, on fact data in the file for old EL2258. The correct re-plot is presented on the map below, together with the position of the hole currently underway.

This eastern section of EL 3821 (Mount Rommel) has had the following ownership history -

• Years 1979 to 1980 - Dampier Mining Co. (BHP Exploration) - see open file old EL 657
• Years 1981 to 1988 - CRA - see open file old EL 889
• Years 1988 to 1 July 1990 - BHP Gold Mines Ltd - see open file old EL 2416 and EL 2258
• Years 1990 to 1995 - no party attempted exploration here
• 5 July 1995 onwards - Golden Heritage Mining N.L. - old EL's 3646 and 3647, subject to a creation of interest by Aberfoyle Resources Ltd until October 1997.
• After October 2000 - retained by some former shareholders of Golden Heritage, as Mount Rommel licence EL 3821 (still current)

In excess of 75 holes have been drilled in EL 3821 since 1995.

The treed area on the ridge (Allendale Reservoir Road) is on private land. Small quantities of material from this ridge were mined and treated at the Creswick battery in 1933, for which there are published returns. Although the production was small, it goes to demonstrate that gold in quartz exists in close proximity to a place otherwise known for deep lead gold. No such small scale mining is recorded for Lot 21.

In all of the above time period since 1979, for one reason or another, no party has carried out exploration in the 500 metres (Lot 21) between the north end of the Hawkin's Prospect gold-in-soil anomaly and the place currently being probed by Mount Rommel Mining Ltd. Lot 21 is unexplored private land, from which nearly 6000 oz of gold was produced 133 years ago.

Any shareholder or interested party visiting this site would have no difficulty positioning themselves on the ground from the map below.