I cut and pasted this from the Anglo Platinum web site. It's a recp of the ore estimates for the three main reefs of platinum producing mines in SA. There is a lot of information missing, such as size of the deposit (length, width, depth, etc.) and the cost of the mining is likely less due to depth (as little as 200 meters as I understand it) but I was particularly interested in the g/tn ratio (in yellow) for all three mines. These are producing deposits.
I'm not suggesting anything but would love to see some step out drilling that hits the same grades as the recent NR.
Just doing some reading and thought I would share.
Jeeper
| Ore Reserves by reef The figures represent Anglo Platinum’s attributable interests. |
| Reef |
Category |
Reserves |
Grade 4E |
Contained 4E |
Contained 4E |
|
million tonnes |
g/t |
tonnes |
million troy ounces |
| 2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
| Merensky |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proved |
88.6 |
88.7 |
5.28 |
5.22 |
467.4 |
462.6 |
15 |
14.9 |
|
Probable |
129.4 |
117.2 |
5.21 |
5.11 |
674.1 |
598.5 |
21.7 |
19.2 |
|
Total |
217.9 |
205.8 |
5.24 |
5.16 |
1,141.5 |
1,061.1 |
36.7 |
34.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| UG2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Proved |
469.9 |
415.7 |
4.19 |
4.37 |
1,970.8 |
1,816.0 |
63.4 |
58.4 |
|
Probable |
382.6 |
413.5 |
4.43 |
4.32 |
1,695.8 |
1,787.1 |
54.5 |
57.5 |
|
Total |
852.5 |
829.2 |
4.30 |
4.35 |
3,666.6 |
3,603.1 |
117.9 |
115.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Platreef |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Proved |
274.5 |
284.6 |
3.21 |
3.24 |
880.7 |
923.2 |
28.3 |
29.7 |
| |
Probable |
112.8 |
114 |
3.56 |
3.51 |
401.8 |
400.1 |
12.9 |
12.9 |
| |
Total |
387.3 |
398.6 |
3.39 |
3.38 |
1282.5 |
1323.3 |
41.2 |
42.6 |
