Something to chew on about the deep Drilling in the future....theories of
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Jul 02, 2009 02:42PM
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)
structures at depth and what's transpired since the time of discussions, the advent of certain geophysic and how it will tie into drilling down the road, specifically wether or not Mr. Harvey et all with the newer downhole survey tools are of the same frame of mind as they were back then regarding the connection of other anomalie's through conduit. I know Mr. Novak was a huge proponent of the theory, just can't help but to wonder if it is now more of a front and center theory being worked on, being proven up with the "enlightenment" of the more advanced downhole surveys. The following are some excerpts I've saved over the last year and a half or so regarding "connection of anomolies". some of you will recognise and remember these.
"There was a member who posted some time ago that they were in the Noront office and saw an image that showed this ghost bridge. Do you or anybody else recollect who posted that info?"
Posted by: glorieux on January 30, 2008 11:51PM
In response to: Re: Airborne Geophysics whi... by Milsy1
"I forget who was at the office, but I do remember seeing something like that and discussing it with Neil. This is where the 2.4km long mineralized body idea came from. If Eagle 1 and A2 and A3 are all connected by deep bridges, this would give us a system that is 2.4km long. This theory came straight from Neil Novak so has much credibilily and is a big reason why I love this stock"
"It's important to add substance, sooner or later, to the very high possibility that DE2 and DE1 are connected over a ghost-bridge (Novak called it a "ghost-image")".
"12 months from we will have proven the link or ghost bridge between DE1-DE2. There will be multiple eagles found. 43-103 will be out with more tonnage being added to it. They were talking about drilling deeper at DE1 where they beleive the mother load could be"Courtesy of Yixter
"Malcolm told Paul Tiger and I (at the PDAC Sunday evening) that he felt the Burnt Hill project has a resource of $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion.
I am just reviewing my notes and one thing Malcolm said which comes back to me now. He said "read the press release on DE2 carefully and compare it to hole 5". And also they are of the belief that every anomoly (he mentioned 8 of them connected by the conduit) are going to be pods with the biggest one being pod #5. Eagle 1 was one of the smaller pods.
He noted that John Harvey believes they will hit on each of those pods which are all connected by the conduit (the ghost bridge) which is deep but could be as wide as 500 meters." Courtesy of Fairchij
"However, I think there is way too much emphasis being on the receipt of the NI 43-101. The delay is due to the discovery of DE II and Neil Novaks comments that a "ghost bridge" may connect the two Eagles. We're talking upto 2km of additional tonnage - wholly !@X!!So why rush the 43-101 and potentially undercut (no pun intended) NOT's tonnage estimate. " Courtesy of Dintro Coolo
Courtesy of glorieux
"We are pleased to announce that semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralization has been encountered about 2 kilometers to the southwest of Eagle One, in what is believed to be a peridotite filled conduit of the Eagle One magmatic massive sulphide occurrence.
Neil Novak told me back in November that Eagle 1 and 2 were linked by a deep bridge visible as a ghost image on his imaging charts. Now with Eagle 2 being confirmed, he has now put it in writing that he believes Eagle 1 and 2 are linked by a conduit. To put that in the NR, the 6th line of the release, to get it passed the lawyers, JPMorgan and company, he has to have pretty good reason to think this is the case. You do not even have to read between the lines here, it is spelled out for all of us to see. How many tonnes of ore would 2 kms worth of conduit contain? Courtesy of glorieux.
After I posted that report on my conversation with Mr Novak, my day got crazy and I could not get back to Agoracom. Anyways, when he was talking about the ghost image between both anomalies, he was saying that this may be a deep, commonality (my word not his, I am paraphrasing...many things have happened since 2pm today). So this ghost image can be a bridge from one anomaly to the other. Because it is deeper, they could not get a good image of it thru surface means. He was talking about technicalities with geo-physices and magnetism that was a little over my head. But the bottom line I got was that if this is a bridge, if the 2 anomalies are linked thru this deep connection, it is possible for the other anomaly to be mineralized as well. I asked him if that means the deposit could run all 1.8km and he said only the drills can tell the story. However, reading between the lines, this is what they are pursuing with there drill program and until proven otherwise, it is a possibility. I need to keep reading other posts and as I do, I may think of other interesting info. I will post again if this is the case.
The above excerts/statements are just a few examples of past discussions on the matter of "connection at depth" but should give anyone not familiar with the concept to get the gist of whats being talked about. The concept of a massive conduit acting as feeder to the anomalies could very well be proven up soon with the latest in downhole surveys guiding the bit around way down below, one thing is for sure, we will need some deep drill capacity going forward but as Eric at FOG put it, we've got the tools to do the job when time comes.
Hey Eric, times come my friend. Time for a new YS 2000 Drill.