As I posted before:

SMSJ: How is technology evolving to steer holes in the desired direction?

GD: Navi drilling is still used today to direct holes. It’s not foolproof by any means. It’s very finicky with regard to the type of ground you can use it in and the results aren’t predictable. Devico drilling is a product that’s been around for 10 years, but it’s still being refined. It has proven reliable down to depths of 1,000 metres. It has also been used down to depths of up to 2,000 metres, but not with a predictable result. We have a few production rigs that use it consistently in the Athabaska Basin of northern Saskatchewan. We use it periodically in the Sudbury Basin and we have used it in the Red Lake camp. Wedging is the traditional method of directional drilling and it’s still used today. There are also collapsible, or retrievable, wedges. They will only give you a one and a half degree deviation, but on the plus side, there’s no steel in the hole.

Some rock formations are easier to steer holes in than others. Mother nature works in mysterious ways. In some places, you can spend a huge amount of time, money, effort and resources on steering holes for no other reason than Mother Nature does not want you to go that way.

They did feel that it must have been WORTH the risk too try. Back to the original plan.

Back-up, Adjust, then continue. I also heard about assays soon. Pending market this week but most likely next week IMO.

We will get there!!!!!

TH