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HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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Re: Question?...diamondj

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posted on Sep 09, 2008 09:00AM

In my opinion, chromite should be "identifiable" to a geo in hand specimens if the concentrations are high enough (i.e. >1%) and/or the grain sizes are large enough (i.e. >1mm). It closely resembles magnetite, but it is not strongly magnetic.