Just like every other mine in the archean greenstone belt, successful exploration and mine development is based on multiple models and is required in order to prove up world class gold camps.

"Major financings for underground exploration and development of Archean gold deposits should be based on well defined geological potential, otherwise, there is a high probability that Canada will miss out on significant gold production.

In addition to the standard operating procedure “drill for structure” and “drift for grade” that was common to the major Archean gold mining operations in Canada, the other commonly accepted parable was that “gold mines are made, not discovered”.

Drill for structure, drift for grade. There would be no gold mines in the area if companies had to raise money to go mining based on drill results from narrow veins, including the Dome mine which produced 10 g/t over 8 decades.

"The standard operating procedure for decades by experienced gold developers was “drill for structure” and “drift for grade”. This was basically the standard operating procedure for the majority of the Archean gold mines that have been historically opened in Canada."