Re: CMM Intersects 35g/t gold at Lemaque
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Jan 17, 2010 04:00PM
Here is a post from Production05 found at www.stockigloo.com that confirms my thoughts on the Bedard dyke being accessible via the open pit.
Glorieux
From Production05:
IMO, these results are great. More importantly, they confirm everything we thought based on the earlier drill results and with similar past dykes found on the property: "The Bedard dyke is typical of the mineralized dykes found at the Lamaque mine."
We should not forget the 2 original drill holes:
*drill hole 18755: 80 ft (24 m) @ 12.8 g/t Au
*drill hole 18803: 216 ft (64 m) @ 14.9 g/t Au
Century should have mentioned this past info in the NR, for people who are not familiar with the Bedard Dyke.
Century then drilled a 3rd hole (unpublished, but discussed in DD reports and presentations). That hole confirmed the existence of numerous high grade zones going down the Bedard Dyke. It also gave the company reasons to believe that the dyke potentially goes down as much as 1000 ft from the surface.
You add the info from the first 3 (excellent) drill holes to great drilled data from these 13 new drill holes and it paints a very nice picture.
I like that they have already confirmed a minimum of 705 ft of the 1000 ft (maybe it goes deeper than 1000, we'll see):
"The current drilling intersected the Bedard Dyke at depths varying between 61 and 748 feet below topographic surface. Interpretation of the dyke, utilizing current and historic drill holes is currently being completed and indicates that the Bedard Dyke has a minimum strike length of 705 feet and dips approximately 80 degrees to the south. The dyke pinches, swells and bifurcates both along strike and down dip. Dyke widths vary from approximately 6 feet thick on the western end to 30 feet thick on the eastern end near the Sigma Pit."
They will likely first begin mining the Bedard Dyke on the wall of the open pit, where they have test mined a bit during the open pit days (and they likely have very easy access). Given that they were able to reach the ore in that area before, it likely means no major development work is required. It will likely give them time to develop the appropriate infrastructure to mine the deeper and more complex parts of the dyke.