I read all the golden fairway cos, and have a small investment in WEL.

Re the choice of drill location etc, I mentioned elsewhere before (probably on COU's page) that I thought SGR's specific expertise might benefit the other cos exploration activities.

SGR seems to have based it's very successful plan on LiDAR - are the other companies (apart from SKP) using this as well? If it works so well, is there a reason why any of them aren't using it? That sort of holds back my confidence a little in these companies.

This from the bull&bear report on SGR.

After last year’s discovery of the gold-rich Hinge Zone and Cohiba Zone just a half-kilometer away, San Gold changed its exploration strategy to better find other examples of the thick quartz veins of pure gold typical in the two zones. Because of the unusual geology of the thick hanging wall volcanics, the company’s geologists could not use standard exploration tools (magnetic, electromagnetic and resistivity) to find hidden gold vein systems. Instead, the company joined with StrikePoint Gold to conduct a 560-sq.km. high resolution LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey which can detect detailed structures, even in swampy terrain. The result is proving to be a highly accurate exploration tool to pinpoint gold-bearing structures.