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on data that comes from the public domain.
“We thought that the best heat sources could
be found where there was a source of good in-
sulating rocks, which we knew where around
the site we chose in the Flinders Ranges,” he
says. “We also had some good anecdotal evi-
dence for the area of course - there was the
Paralana hot springs which have been there
for a long time and is a small manifestation
of this.” The area, Kallis says, is also rich in
uranium. “Between us and the Ranges is
the Beverly uranium mines, so we know the
whole area has lots and lots of uranium in it
– and that is the source of the heat.” He says
that this demonstrates Petratherm’s different
approach that they take in exploration, but,