Burley Minerals Ltd

Burley Granted Highly Prospective Pilbara Exploration Licence With Confirmed Channel Iron Deposit (CID) Mineralisation

Emerging mineral explorer, Burley Minerals Ltd (Burley or the Company) (ASX: BUR) is pleased to announce the granting of Exploration Licence E47/4580, by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) for exploration activities in the heart of the Hamersley/Pilbara region of Western Australia. The approvals were granted following the cooperative signing of a Heritage Agreement with the Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi People whose land we wish to explore with their consultation.


  • DMIRS grants Exploration Licence (EL) E47/4580 in the world class Hamersley Iron Ore Province of Western Australia
  • Historic sampling has confirmed the presence of up to 61.5% Fe in the surface samples
  • The “Broad Flat Well” EL has confirmed outcropping CID, and has had historic rock-chip sampling and RC drilling
  • The Broad Flat Well is only 115km by road from the Karratha townsite and Dampier Port and is readily accessed by the sealed Roeburne-Whittenoom Road
  • The Tom-Price-Dampier Railway (owned/operated by RTIO) eclipses the Tenement in the Western corner and is within 4 km of the southern CID Targets
  • The tenement has three mapped CID targets that Burley will further investigate for mineralisation and grade continuity, resource potential and lithology, before undertaking an assessment of the Project’s viability
  • Burley would like to acknowledge the support and cooperation of the Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi People, for granting access to the tenement under a Heritage Agreement
  • Burley is awaiting the countersigning of a Heritage Agreement by The Native Title Claimant Group for two additional and independent tenements located within the Hamersley Iron Ore Province – Cane Bore (ELA 08/3424) and Hardey West (ELA 47/4579)
Burley’s Managing Director, Mr Wayne Richards commented:

“We are thankful to all Parties associated with the grant of the Exploration Licence for Broad Flat Well (E47/4580) and will immediately embark on a field mapping and extended ore sampling and drilling regime, to define the prospectively of the three mapped targets, and the potential resource size and future viability of the Project. The tenement presents Burley with an opportunity to qualify the resource and assess logistical solutions for an “end to end”, sustainable Business solution. With previous sampling indicating high-quality CID (Fe) grades, and the tenement’s advantageous location, there is profound optimism around Broad Flat Wells prospectivity”.

“The granting of this exploration license in this premier iron ore province demonstrates the Company’s effective strategy of developing current resources and securing value adding tenements for future development”.

About Broad Flat Well – E 47/4580 – 100% Burley-Owned

Exploration Licence E47/4580 is located close to the Roebourne-Wittenoom Road and is 115km by road from Karratha townsite and the Dampier port facilities.

The EL covers an area of approximately 223km2, with the geology dominated by mafic to intermediate volcanics and sediments of the Maddina and Jerrinah Formations, which occur within the Fortescue Group. Significantly there are numerous remnants of mid-Miocene Channel Iron Deposits (CID) related to the Fortescue River palaeodrainage located within the application area.

CID mineralisation occurs as scattered, dissected outcrops along the Fortescue River valley. The eroded outcrops are remnants of an extensive network of CID deposits, which are found in tributary channels of the ancestral Fortescue River. The rock-chip sampling conducted by API, returned iron results typical of those from surface sampling of CID throughout the Pilbara with results ranging up to 61.5% Fe as highlighted in Figure 2. (refer ASX: BUR announcement “Burley applies for Exploration Licences for Iron Ore in the Hamersley Province” dated 23rd September 2021)


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