EL 6614 covers an area of approximately 48 square kilometres and is located 260 kilometres north of Sydney in the New England Fold Belt of eastern Australia, or about 25 kilometres southeast of Nundle, New South Wales.
Within EL 6614 is the Barry project; an area which is considered prospective for polymetallic VHMS mineralisation and intrusive-related precious/base metal mineralisation.
Barry Project
The Barry project area is host to several historic copper and molybdenum workings and occurrences. The project area at Barry is centred on the highly faulted Barry Igneous Complex which includes serpentinite, mafic and acid igneous rocks, containing porphyries, granophyres and trondhjemites.
The Barry area has been subject to only limited modern exploration. Exploration was conducted in the region between 1970-1972, examining gold, copper and molybdenum prospects. In 1971, a series of assay results (within a programme of 376 samples) from the Barry area were reported to have returned strong traces of copper mineralisation along an apparent strike of approximately 2 miles. It was also reported that copper mineralisation could well be expected at depth over a strike length of some 2,000 ft. Within the assay results, several series of consecutive results returned high grade copper values, which included: 27 samples averaging 1.7% copper, 21 samples averaging 1.92% copper (plus significant silver and gold), 4 samples averaging 1.1% copper, 3 samples averaging 1.2% copper and 11 samples averaging 3.2% copper. The sample location map that accompanied the report is missing, along with all statutory reporting of exploration thereafter (covering a further 18 months). No follow-up exploration of these results has ever been reported.