Consolidated Tin Mines Limited released the findings of a Report by Dr. Nick Oliver which considers the nature of the mineralisation in the Einasleigh region and makes recommendations for future exploration success based on deposition style. The Chloe-Jackson mineralisation was thought to be BHT, where deposition is considered as accumulations on the seafloor, or exhalative. The model for BHT mineralisation (e.g. Lees and Buckle, 2009) appears to have been based mainly on similar host rock ages and metamorphic grade to the host sequences. The relationship of the historic Einasleigh mine and the Kaiser Bill deposit style copper in this regard has also been considered as a sub-family of BHT deposits, although more recently there has been consideration of the iron-oxide-Cu-Au (IOCG) model. Dr. Oliver considers the evidence gathered on the project from multiple data types and observations, strongly favours a zinc skarn model for Chloe-Jackson. He states that the formation post-dates the regional metamorphic peak, is younger than 1,600 to 1,550 Ma, and did not originally form on the sea floor. Therefore, Dr. Oliver concludes, the rocks are not BHT type, but are zinc skarns. He cites the visual signal of the former calcareous hosts in the abundance of calcite as a gangue mineral in the sphalerite-pyrrhotite-magnetite-dominant mineralisation. He agrees with recent theories that Kaiser Bill and the historic Einasleigh copper mine, with their association of chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite-magnetite-quartz stringers, stockworks and disseminations, along with common biotite and sulphides in adjacent alteration zones, are fully consistent with an ‘IOCG’ deposit style. He concludes that exploration for both these zinc skarns and IOCG style deposits is largely dependent on identifying and testing `ironstones' within field exposures by mapping, geochemistry and geophysics. Identifying structures that are potential feeders is crucial, as these can narrow down the search for other potential deposits. It is also desirable, but not crucial, to find a nearby granite source for the fluids. Continued use of the BHT model, in Dr. Oliver's opinion, is unlikely to lead to future exploration success in this terrain.