Westar receives government funding for Bunda Creek survey
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- Westar receives government funding for Bunda Creek survey Westar is targeting sediment-hosted copper or other base metal deposits in the Birrindudu Basin area.
- The planned aeromagnetic survey will cover approximately 569km² of Bunda Creek, which includes the granted exploration licence (EL) EL34118 and a contiguous application, EL34358.
- The company aims to collect high-resolution data to assess the structural setting of the basin, focusing on identifying basement-tapping faults and zones of potential hydrothermal alteration.
Westar receives government funding for Bunda Creek survey Westar is targeting sediment-hosted copper or other base metal deposits in the Birrindudu Basin area. Credit: frantic00/Shutterstock.com. · Mining Technology · frantic00/Shutterstock.com. Shree Mishra Tue, June 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM GMT+7 2 min read WSR.AX HG=F Westar Resources has secured a A$55,689 ($39,395) grant through Round 19 of the Northern Territory Government’s Geophysics and Drilling Collaborations programme to support an aeromagnetic survey at its Bunda Creek Project in the frontier Birrindudu Basin of Australia.
The planned aeromagnetic survey will cover approximately 569km² of Bunda Creek, which includes the granted exploration licence (EL) EL34118 and a contiguous application, EL34358.
The company aims to collect high-resolution data to assess the structural setting of the basin, focusing on identifying basement-tapping faults and zones of potential hydrothermal alteration.