Put three very astute peoples' thoughts together and you can read between the lines. Thanks to Babs, Khareema & C.T.
....khareema...
"Once in service they realized that since the material being drilled is so much denser ( and heavier) at these greater depths, the drills do not have the capacity to lift it out of the hole. "
....crazy trade...
"Platinum ore of regular grade is 2600 kg/cu.m. nickel is 1600 kg/.cu.m"
AND
....khareema...
This then creates a second problem as the lab they are using has everything calibrated to process material of much less density ( weight), and none of their assay results can be relied on.
....babjak...
"Eagle 1C (the second lens) also located vertically under Eagle 1A and directly under Eagle 1B returned;
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149.5 metres averaging 2.4% Ni, 1.1% Cu, 1.0 g/tonne Pt, 5.1 g/tonne Pd from 796.2 metres to 945.7 metres including;
- 23.7 metres averaging 5.2% Ni, 1.0% Cu, 0.2 g/tonne Pt, 7.9 g/tonne Pd
- 21.0 metres averaging 2.5% Ni, 1.0% Cu, 0.4 g/tonne Pt, 5.3 g/tonne Pd"
strato
