The Garaina Project is Pantoro’s main exploration target in PNG, located 100 km southeast of the Hidden Valley Mine and Wau Town, in the Morobe province, covering an area of approximately 380 km2. The tenement area covers the suture zone between the Owen Stanley Metamorphic thrust to the west and the Papuan Ultramafic to the east. Most of the EL is underlain by the Owen Stanley metamorphic complex, which is common to the majority of the known major mineral deposits in PNG.
PNR discovered significant surface mineralisation at the Kusi Prospect in January 2011 and since that time has completed extensive exploration programs with exciting surface exploration and drilling results.
Field campaigns have identified mineralisation and alteration signatures similar to those seen at the Kusi Prospect as far north as the Sim Prospect, and as far west as the Kasuma Prospect.
Pantoro continues to assess its forward work strategy as it considers partnering or divestment options for the project.