Re: Tesoro possibly the biggest open pit in the World ? anomaly vs ore body
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Oct 14, 2011 06:48AM
Unfortunately, an anomaly often turns out to be much smaller an ore body than the electromagnetics and geophysics suggest. If at all a "real" ore body can only be defined through drilling.
Otherwise we would see a new "world's biggest open pit" every day. Because there are constant NRs stating kilometer long anomalies and even tens of kilometer long trends (of anomalies) have been found.
There is nothing wrong with a dream of a big ore body, but we have to wait for the "truth machine" being the drill bit to confirm size and grade. Until then, an anomaly is just an anomaly, unfortunately.
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