Metallic Minerals Potential in Timor Leste

REGIONAL SETTING ◉ Part of Outer Banda Arc 130 The arc is non volcanic To the North – Banda Inner Arc (Volcanic), e.g Flores, Atauro, Wetar To the south lies 3 km deep trench - TIMOR TROUGH Plate Boundary : Australia & Banda Arc (Asia) plates =>Collision - Late - SULAWESI VOGELKOP SULA MISOOL SERAM TROUGH SERA Timor Leste FLORES SAWU SEA SUMBA INDIAN OCEAN SAWU ROTI SUMBA RIDGE TIMOR BURU AMBON BANDA WEBER DEEP ARU SERUA -NILA ROMA WETAR SEA MOR TROUGH BABAR SERMATA AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA 150 300 KM 200M- SHELF INNER BANDA ARC INTER-ARC TROUGH OUTER BANDA ARC AUSTRALIA Neogene

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