

Major oxide gold discoveries in the nearby Glengarry Basin include the Plutonic project (still being mined by Barrick), Peak Hill and Fortnum.
Intierra's Minmet data base shows that Sandfire listed in early 2004 with a package of essentially grass roots prospects - all in Western Australia, except for the Boorooloola zinc-lead-manganese prospect in the Northern Territory.
The company was put together by one of Western Australia's best known and respected geologists the late Graeme Hutton. His son John sits on the Sandfire board.