Re: MTX hits massive sulphide in JBL
in response to
by
posted on
May 22, 2008 12:28PM
NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)
IMHO, if the visual identification of the sulphide assemblage is correct, then the presence of pyrite suggests to me that it is most likely VMS style, not MMS style mineralization. They are typically characterized as follows:
VMS-pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite
MMS-pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite
I hope that the pyrite was not identified correctly, but.....