I believe there has been some bulk sampling ongoing. I was also told that there may be some small scale mining done during the trenching. I was under the impression that if surface high grade gold carrying veins were found during trenching, that possibly small scale mining would be performed on this/these area.
The bulk sampling would help verify a couple things, the recovery rate of gold on any new veins and the mining grade. This would go a long way in defining a resource for any particular vein, as was done with the C-1. With a good size bulk sample taken at surface and a drill hole through that vein at depth, a good conclusion could be formed between the two points for any particular vein. This would be very valuable information.