Both the Elliot Formation and the Burrum Coal measures have been intersected in EPC923. A multi-seam sequence is present within the stratigraphic interval. The seams are numerous and NEC has identified pods of coal in several locations within EPC923 where typical thickness ranges from 0.5m to 1.0m. The barren Maryborough and Graham's Creek Formations and Tiaro Coal measures are projected to be present but at excessive depth in the syncline structure and have not been intersected in recent drilling work.

The exploration area of most interest to the company in the current work program lies in the south and south west of the Burrum Syncline. The Burrum Syncline is an archetypal basin shaped syncline elongated north-south.

Within EPC923, the Burrum Syncline has approximate dimensions of 20km x 6.5kms. The syncline is roughly symmetrical in EPC923 (Layton & Associates, 1980). Dips on either limb of the syncline range from 10 to 30 degrees towards the fold axis. Most recent drilling results conducted by NEC have proved to be consistent with the previously noted flat dips of the Elliot Formation, indicating an unconformity with the underlying, dipping Burrum Coal Measures.

The Burrum syncline forms part of an anticline-syncline series wedged between the Electra Fault to the west and the coast/Fraser Island to the east. The Pig Creek syncline sits to the west of the Burrum Syncline, the Susan River Anticline to the east.

A comprehensive description of formation geology and lithology in the Burrum Syncline has been given by Hawthorne, 1960.