I lamata is within the Morobe Goldfield (7 25' S, 146 39' E) on
the Wau (SB 55-14),1:250,000 scale map sheet (Fig 1). The
deposit is 13 km SW of Wau, within the headwaters of the Upper
Watut River, at an average elevation of 2000 m. The steep
mountainous terrain is covered by dense tropical rainforest and
access is by helicopter or by foot track. The deposit has been
described previously by Wells and Young (1991) and 1)enwer.
Leach and Mowat (1995). Data collected to late 1996 have been used to estimate an Inferred
Resource of 9.2 Mt at 3.1 g/t gold using a cutoff of 0.5 g/t. This
contains a high grade portion for which an Inferred Resource of
1.2 Mt at 9.7 grt gold has been estimated using a 5.0 g/t cutoff.