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Message: Re: C1 Vein
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Mar 12, 2011 10:55AM

Excellent BOW, but another important thing to keep in mind here is; this C-1 vein has ALREADY BEEN MINED where he got those samples from. Those samples that Paul Gray took last June while working on our Technical report could be considered as "left overs", whereas when SLI was mining that small shaft, the high grade stuff on the walls would have been taken.

Had some excavation been done, THEN a sample taken, I would imagine the sample numbers would have been MORE impressive yet! The average 61.95 g/t for the samples is very impressive coming from an area already mined. Just how high grade is this, to be leaving that high of grade stuff behind! For comparrison, Arequipa,s Payback Hill that Barrick got when they bought them out, was expected to average 8g/t. All of Arequipa,s sampling and drill results up til the buyout showed an average grade of 8 g/t, HOWEVER, AND VERY IMPORTANT AGAIN, when Barrick mined this Payback Hill, the average grade of the material was AN amazing 24G/T!

So, I am not saying that will be the case with the Tesoro, BUT, I think the chances will be excellent that it is. Now having said that, our DEEPEST sample taken from the C-1(closest to the giant anomaly) at around the 100m level, was around 5 OZS/TON. The little anomaly linked to this vein structure is approx another 150-200m Below this last sample.

For now, this C-1 vein is NOT the highest grade vein on the property. We have the C-3 (i beleive its the c-3) that we have hauled average grades of 5OZS/TON Bulk sampling out of. The diagram Primed used in his post of the C-1 underground workings is out of date. Since then we have expanded that complex to hit 3 other veins with very high grades, the C-3 being one of them!

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