Announcement posted on the asx literally just then, very interesting indeed!
Drilling of Coal Deposits commences in South Australia.
GulfX Limited (ASX: GLX), incorporating Syngas Limited, is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling within the Mineral Exploration Licence (MEL) 3896 held by the Company. MEL 3896 covers 288 square kilometres of South Australia’s Northern St Vincent Basin Coalfield and is located approximately 100 kilometres north-west of Adelaide.
The Company’s drilling program has been developed after collation, review and interpretation of 215 past drill holes across the Coalfield deposits covered by MEL 3896. Significant progress on the Syngas Coal to Premium Diesel Project in line with previously announced work and milestones is expected as a result of completion of drilling. The program is targeting securing JORC compliant resources, coal sample collection for laboratory analysis as well for laboratory scale gasification testing.
Drilling will be undertaken by Tom Browne Drilling Pty Ltd (Tom Browne), an experienced drilling contracting company. Tom Browne has successfully completed drilling contracts for a range of ASX listed companies in varied geological settings in the past and has a number of ongoing contracts around Australia.
Phase one of the drilling program is underway in the Clinton area. Drilling is expected to be completed at Clinton by the end of June 2008. Subsequent phases are currently being co-ordinated to follow at Whitwarta and Beaufort, within GulfX’s MEL 3896.
Core samples of coal/lignite collected during drilling will be sent to HRL Technology Pty Ltd (HRL) located in Melbourne, Victoria. GulfX has selected HRL as its analytical service provider based on HRL’s significant coal, specifically lignite, handling and analysis expertise and experience. HRL has been contracted to provide accurate, reproducible and robust proximate, calorific value and ultimate analyses for the drilling program as well as a range of other analytical services.
Coal/Lignite core collected during GulfX’s drilling program will also be used for laboratory scale test work further characterising the Syn(thesis) gas likely to be produced during gasification of the Clinton Coal Measures feed material and to more accurately defining coal to liquid (premium diesel) yields. This work is currently being scoped.