Table 2  RDG Project Review  - Current Core Minerals Projects 
 
Project Number	Project name	Project leader	Project type	Generic type	Finish date	Op cost budget 0203	Ytd 
Expenditure	Comments	
Themes 1 & 2  Regolith Processes and Models of Landscape Evolution 	
1.1	Geochron  and quantitative models	B Pillans	centre		Jul 04	50,822	20,887	Good scientific outcomes, need integration with broader projects	
1.3	Objective regolith logging	R Anand
K Phang	centre		Jan 04	18,500	2,740	Promising technique developments, can be part of broad project	
1.4	SA sediments	J Keeling	centre			22,168	4,110	Multi-item scatter approach, not now meeting PIRSA strategy. To be recast as two regional exploration studies: Central Gawler Gold and Olary regolith/geochem.    	
1.8	U-Pb U series dating	A Nemchin	centre		Jul 04	16,000	3,000	Promising scientific outcomes, need application and integration	
Theme 4 Regional Exploration Studies 	
1.2	Mineral mapping SA	A Mauger	centre		Jan 05	28,000	18,031	Rapid discriminator of residual, transported and hydrothermal terrains 	
2.1	Western NSW regolith	P de Caritat	centre		Jul 04	151,718	70,951	Must continue, but needs cohesion. Future of  regolith maps needs decision. Shifting to hydrogeochemistry	
2.2	Girilambone	K McQueen	centre		Sep 04	105,000	41,452	Good cohesive regional project with good prospectivity outcomes	
Theme 5  Making geochemistry more effective	
1.8	Mineral hosts	R Anand	centre		Jul 04	24,500	2,010	Lots of new information, of good applicability, but need to continue with specific sites focus	
2.11	AMIRA P618 p-l Pb isotopes 	G Denton	industry		Jul 04	75,152	11,875	Excellent technology development concept, but encountering technical problems	
Theme 6 Geophysical Mapping and Modelling	
1.6/2.6	Electrical and EM studies	G Heinson	centre		Jul 05	38,000	390	Closer liaison with CUT, and ideally needs integration with major project 	
2.8	3-D potential field inversions	S Greenhalgh	centre		Dec 05	35,000	16,546	Focus on basement is not LEME business	
3.6	AEM incl AMIRA P 407b	J Meyers	centre		Jul 05	77,000	39,300	?????	
3.7	Seismic-electric layer detection	A Kepic	centre		Jul 05	27,500	6,458	Simple regolith mapping technique may have commercial potential	
Themes 7 & 8 Salinity Systems  and Environmental Geochemistry 	
3.1	Baseline geochemistry of Aus	C Pain	centre		?	15,000	4,895	Mainly environmental project with mineral application	
3.4	Upland salt	J Wilford	centre		Nov 04	56,096	21,656	Recommend merge with Salt in Regolith project	
4.x	Numerous new projects	K Lawrie	agency					Reported separately by K Lawrie