plums - thanks for the info on wedge drilling. I had thought it was probably the same as a scissor hole, but...it isn't. Learned something new today!

Are you sure that Carlin and Cottonwood Creek refer to the same project? Both projects are in their Carlin Trend property porfolio, but Cottonwood is to the northeast of Gold Quarry whereas Carlin is between Gold Quarry and Rain:

I phoned the company but it might be a bit early still...got the answering machine.

tsl