4/ Anyway, STARGATE had some interesting things to say about @NewrangeGoldNRG that I wanted to share, starting on January 12th here: ceo.ca/@stargate2?e2e… See some quotes below...
5/ "Stratigraphy test holes are very important and the majors deploy such regularly to plan for survey orientation modeling outlines in order to get a handle on the regional "big picture" lithology orientations prior to any major drilling campaigns"
6/ "This type of drilling was a very bold move and demonstrates that the company is confident enough about the projects regional scale ore body potentials that are in place to support such testing approaches"
7/ "One thing investors should be aware of is that, the testing of geophysical anomalies without having a parallel understanding of the lithology stratigraphy model, will typically result in the drilling of more false positive anomalies and thus more wasted drill holes."
8/ "The two drilled stratigraphy holes, will better support the geophysical models and better constrain where future holes will go. It may not look as glamorous initially, but it's clear that this company is looking at things very different than the average junior."
9/ I liked those first comments on stratigraphic test holes, which are somewhat unfamiliar to me. I get that you want to know about stratigraphy, but it's interesting to hear how important it can be for exploration work. Big leagues!
10/ Stargate2 went on to say "Specific gold endowment measures cannot be reasonably estimated/ modeled at the current project development level, but the scale of the current local systems that are hosting the gold mineralization can indeed be applied against a property-wide...
11/ ...structural control model to estimate the volume of possible endowment expanse."
12/ "To answer the question, YES, the project has several categories of geological and geophysical data sets in place which would reasonably suggest capacity to conform to the round mountain tonnage volume model."
13/ "It's the closest thing to another Round Mountain model in the region" says "STARGATE2" on ceo.ca/NRG $NRG.V
14/ We got into some technical geological discussions after that...
15/ "Pamlico Stargate II interpretation algorithm modeling returns a very deep-seated system is in place which supports the opinion that gold environment strata should increase with depth. The horizon of high priority resides at approximately 600 meters vertical from surface.
16/ Feeder systems are interpreted to be vertically dipping."
17/ "Pamlico basement is further interpreted to extend another 300 meters to approximately 900 meters depth." -- that point is just stunning. $NRG.V strat holes didn't reach the basement at 350 meters, so it may be correct!
18/ "We thus have a potential 300 meter thick zone of strata which covers a significant portion of the property which is interpreted to be about 60% of the total project land mass.." Wow.
19/ And STARGATE2 helped tie it all together with some comments on the philosophy of geological exploration that I found helpful and encouraging for $NRG.V
20/ "The preceding post is important for investors to understand, as local scale level gold showings, no matter how attractive they may appear at first encounter, need to be treated and approached cautiously until structural and geological parallels on a project-wide scale can...
21/ ...be demonstrated to exist to support expansion upon, and that such scales need to be at minimum standards to support ongoing development economics."
22/ "The majors always approach project exploration with scalability considerations in mind. If early indications are not in place to demonstrate the requisite conditions to expand upon any local gold showings apply to the big picture model then they will often bail.
23/ The Newrange exploration approach at Pamlico is clearly demonstrating that management are aware of this."
24/ Keep up the great work STARGATE2. Thanks for sharing your insight into the high-quality exploration work that @NewrangeNRG is doing at their #PamlicoProject in Nevada.
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2/ The roots of the porphyry system are exposed at surface approximately 8 kilometers west of their exploration area and the top of the system was split from the roots by a fault.
3/ The deposit of interest is concentrated in the top of the system and it was either moved downwards and preserved under the valley, or moved up and eroded away.
1/ The story of #CoralGold $CLH.V sale of the Robertson project to @BarrickGold is very interesting. CEO David Wolfin describes the details in 2016 interview with Jay Taylor that I found very helpful:
2/ The key consideration for Barrick's business development committee is the IRR against a baseline gold price. When negotiating the sale of the Robertson, Barrick needed the project to meet a 15% IRR at $1,250 gold.
3/ In the 2016 interview with Jay Taylor, Mr. Wolfin describes how he negotiated for the royalty to be set as high as possible at $1,250 gold and then to increase with each $200/ounce increase in the gold price up to a maximum 2.25% NSR.
1/ Coral Gold (TSX.V:CLH) has been active in Nevada for over 30 years, developing a meaningful relationship with Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) that has already led to one significant asset sale. Coral Gold negotiated a nice royalty with a sliding scale for the NSR and annual payments...
2/ ...due if not the Robertson is not in production by 2025! Coral has several other assets nearby that could have similar success, but CEO Mr. David Wolfin has already described the royalty on the Robertson as a potential company maker.
3/ Bell Copper (TSXV:BCU) has a deal with Kennecott Exploration under Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO, ASX:RIO) for a porphyry project in Arizona that is close to becoming a copper porphyry. Bell Copper is still the majority owner for the project, but their partner is earning in quickly.
2/ Quotes from the Unknown Geologist to follow... "I know the Boston Richardson model very well."
3/ I remember reviewing a diagram of the Boston Richardson belt that shows the historic mining, and it highlights the top and bottom of an ore shoot on both limbs.
2/ Unknown Geologist:I remember Dustin asking me to highlight some key points about Goldboro. Like how many ounces of gold do we think Goldboro will host? I said to him…you've got 850,000 now, when all is said and done, Goldboro will have at least 2,000,000 ounces.
3/ I said, look at it this way, the deepest hole ever drilled in Goldboro was about 400 meters deep. Dolliver Mountain, which once hosted the largest stamp mill in the province, is 1.5 kilometers out to the west of the main ramp area.
1/ In this interview with #BobMoriarty, Bob tells a story about the famous Nugget Pond Mine in Nova Scotia that strikes a chord with his excellent 2016 book "Nobody Knows Anything: Investing Basics Learn to Ignore the Experts, the Gurus and other Fools" amazon.com/Nobody-Knows-A…
2/ Bob Moriarty:Let me talk about the dumbest mining company in Canadian history. You may be familiar with it. Do you know where the Nugget Pond mine is?