Fairley’s Project

About 200 km north east of Melbourne the Buckland Valley goldfield is contained entirely within Dart’s EL 4724. Fairley’s prospect is a “Dart rediscovery” of exploration significance. Little work has been done on Fairley’s to date and it remains an unexplored gem for Dart. The prospect is situated at 800m elevation on a ridge above Fairley’s Creek, a tributary of the Buckland River and its extensive historic alluvial gold workings. 

Alluvial gold production from the Buckland goldfield was continuous from 1853 to about 1919 with a second period of production in the late 1930s that included large hydraulic and bucket dredge operations. However, the source of the alluvial production remains unexplained as the reported hard rock orogenic-style deposits were small and insufficient to explain the source of such consistent alluvial gold production.

The Fairley’s prospect represents an entirely new style of disseminated (non-reef) mineralisation within the Buckland Goldfield and represents an exciting opportunity for Dart and a possible JV partner.