The Cerro Verde jasperoid target is in the Altiplano (Central Plateau) physiographic region of Mexico, just to the west of the Sierra Madre Oriental. In researching further into the geology and geochemistry of sedimentary-hosted Carlin-type deposits, they seem to only exist in the Basin and Ranges physiographic province of North America. This was an important point to recognize IMO. Here's why, again IMO;

1. The Altiplano (where Cerro Verde is located), a plateau wedged between the Sierras Madre, is considered the analogue to, or extension of the" Basin and Ranges" into Mexico. This is significant because Mexico is still North America and physiographic provinces of the planet don't recognize international borders. OK, so it is not a stretch to consider Cerro Verde to be in the "Basin and Ranges" of North America IMO.

2. The fundamental element for the existence of Carlin-type deposits and the Carlin and Cortez "TRENDs" is the implied presence of large and deep crustal structures under the gold deposits, giving rise to the shallower "TRENDs" of epithermal, sedimentary-hosted gold deposits that stretch the length of Nevada. With this in mind, look at the Google Earth image I posted in the PHOTOS section of the target locations announced recently. Do you see interruptions of large-scale forms/patterns in the earth's surface?

I have called this feature a "major crustal suture" (read "structure") ever since I learned about Canplats over a year ago. My early excitement for Canplats and the reason I started posting for this company was due to what I interpreted, from Google Earth, that a deep-seated crustal structure was present at Represa. I was really excited about what his meant for Represa... what a plumbing system for a gold deposit!

Looking again at the satellite views, in my mind, this criterion for the presence of deep-seated crustal structures in order for the possible genesis of a Carlin-like deposit at Cerro Verde is met IMO. This is the fundamental requirement IMO.

3. The presence of structurally-controlled jasperoid zones, hosted in sedimentary rocks that are juiced with antimony, gold, and silver, in what I suspect is a large, 13 km by 7 km halo of geochemical anomalies that Canplats has called Cerro Verde.

If it walks like a duck... the Jasperoid makes it look like a duck... it is swimming in the correct pond... with trace elements making for a duckish smell...???

Represa may be a secondary story for Canplats if this target proves to be the first discovery of a Carlin-type gold deposit outside the United States. Some BIG deposits have been found in the Carlin and Cortez trends in Nevada.

Not investment advice. DYODD.