I passed this information to Canplats month ago, they obviously had other priorities, which is OK with me.

I talked about the structures I saw in Google Earth with Ewe Schmidt, geologist for Galore, in a conversation with him in late June, as describe in my last post (other board). I am glad someone finally saw fit to claim this area. Not only does Google Earth reveal a large gossan(?) area just north of Canplats border in rocks that don't resemble anything else close by, but even more interesting is a large oval feature just to the north of the gossan that is 5 Km across that I had speculated could be the footprint of a very LARGE diatreme. Now this feature is the lowest topographic point in the area, its rocks are most likely buried under caliche and playa deposits, it has internal structures that may represent overprinting by subsequent phreatic events, is oval in shape and I coined the name La Huella de Elefante with means the footprint of the elephant. Now it remains to be seen if this structure is indeed a diatreme, so many desert playa lakes can take on this shape, but this one is unique in that it has a very regular oval shape, nature does not usually create regular geometric shapes unless there is an underlying cause/control.

A few other features that led me to this speculation are that in the Google Earth images the N-S Valley is a huge structure, if one examines the image closely one can see a E-W structure coming in from the east that intersects the valley fault right where this oval feature is, now that is enough visual clues to peak my interest and pass it on to Canplats.

Now Galore has taken the initiative to claim this ground. Good for them. Maybe my conversation with Mr. Schmidt got his interest and he took a look. I have kept quiet for months now but feel I can reveal my speculation now that GRI has staked the ground. My views of these structures are speculation at best, but they are based on real images of the ground, now i will just wait and see if any of this turns out to be real, I sure saw enough to peak my interest.

Large gossan looking outcrop, large oval shaped feature that is the lowest topo area around at a possible structural intersection, maybe clustered phreatomagmatic/phreatic events (all common diagnostic features of diatremes), greater chance of finding Caracol formation, good for them!

Take a look at Google Earth, do your own DD, not investment advice. Time for me to light this candle.