Black Mountains Claim Group

The Black Mountain group lies on the south west trending spur ridge of the Excelsior Range and comprises of 198 full and 36 fractional claims covering approximately 1,848 hectares in total. Between the 1890s and 1920s AA Bass, a local prospector, prospected and mined for gold, copper and silver in the south east portion of the Black Mountain group and “hard rock” has been mined in the Black Mountain District since 1893 producing substantial quantities of gold, silver, copper, lead and other minerals.

Recent sampling of the old AA Bass mines by the Group has disclosed the existence of uranium mineralisation. Anomalous uranium mineralisation also appears to be wide spread in the north eastern area of the Black Mountain group and high grade copper showings have been noted in the western portion. Some tungsten mineralisation has also been noted in the extreme north east of the Black Mountain group.