Re: Discussion with Neil - July 23 .... HEY ROB !
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Jul 24, 2009 10:19AM
First Explorer at the "Ring of Fire" and presently drilling on the "BIG DADDY" Chromite/Pge's jv'd property...yet we were robbed
lol. guess so eh.. not really though, if you ever saw ET, the part where the boys have stolen the van with ET in it and the clear tube tunnel walkway still attatched to the van as it careens through the streets the Gov gents are way at the back swinging wildly around, hitting curbs , garbage cans etc etc, wild ride. well the guys at the end of the tube hanging on for dear life, that would be me and many others here, just riding the coat tails of a select few individuals who do not mind taking the time to help a fellow stock holder ride out the waves of indecision, of fear, of complacency, of manipulation etc.etc.
The Seasoned, knowledgable, selfless individuals which reach out to help the newby are all in my opinion, "THE MAN", you all know who you are.
The reason i asked about the chances of Neil running BHEM on Big Daddy is as you say, "it would be a good idea", and a good supplement to all previous geophysics and may well help position the bit just a bit better. Some review of previous VMS drilling, coupled with some BHEM may take us forward as well.
I'll take a rain check on the Pint though.
I wonder if Neils has intentions on follow up of Micons' recommendations...especially the PGE recommendations.?
Investigation of PGE Potential
Despite the perceived financial constraints, Micon strongly recommends that the associated
PGE potential of the Big Daddy chromite deposit be assessed. Pt analyses are expensive
since gold is used as a collector for the bead. On the basis of a coefficient of correlation of
0.73 between Pt and Pd assays, Micon recommends using Pd to detect PGE enriched zones
and thereafter restricting detailed PGE analyses to those zones.
At least one hole must be sampled at 1 m intervals over its entire length in order to establish
with precision the stratigraphic horizon(s) at which PGE enrichment occurs. On the basis of
these results, further work on PGE will be planned. However, in Micon’s opinion, the real
potential for PGE is in the pyroxenite unit which is in the hanging wall of the main Cr layer.
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This is the zone/interval where fractional crystallization is likely to give rise to a PGE-rich
layer not associated with the base of a cyclic unit (Example II in Figure 8.3).
A provision should be made for a change of scope in SKF JV’s development budget should
economic grades of PGE be encountered in this exercise.
Follow-up on unexplained EM anomalies
Whilst current exploration efforts are on chrome and associated PGE, the potential for other
deposit types should not be overlooked, particularly MMS (which might occur in the same
peridotite unit hosting the chrome mineralization) and VMS type deposits in the eastern
segment of the SKF JV area. Freewest’s and Noront’s MMS discoveries in peridotite (see
Section 15) lend support for follow-up work on EM conductors
Regards
Rob