It certainly does help M1950, and welcome to HC! I still haven't...

It certainly does help M1950, and welcome to HC!

I still haven't had a chance to revise, but admit that I had not readily remembered the matter of the Mining Licence Application. Your reporting has invigorated my memory on that particular point. I now remember having a 'chat' with Miles Kennedy on the good reasons for obtaining a ML, but not in any detail.

Anyway, what you have reported M1950 now makes me think differently on the subject. My premise has now altered.

These 2 highlighted differences between Wodger and Forrest struck me when I quickly read the 16/11 ann:



The relevant reports will show that RNI followed the Forrest copper trend downwards, culminating in a DHEM discovery of a conductor at about 550ms. It lacked enough definition though to invite an expensive diamond drill or 2 or 3, so it was advised in a later report that another DHEM was being done, this time with a high-powered tool. I am sure that RNI never reported the results. Nothing was ever drilled, that's for certain. However, an informal enquiry that I made a couple of years later disclosed that the conductor was not drill-targeted as it lacked the necessary definition. I think that the word 'folded' was used, amongst others.

So, the question still remains. Where did the near-surface copper come from? Where is the primary chalcopyrite? Does this new 'discovery' add to the story? I hope so! The riddle needs solving, same with Wodger, same with Big Billy.