Red Lake Madsen Mine Ltd LRTNF

Faster Sill Development..Explanation..

[Digger0144]

It is rather simple...sill is a mining term...for lay people it is basically a 
tunnel underground...they are blasted out to develop a highway to get to the higher grade stopes.  Now if the tunnels contain ore it will be processed accordingly in the mill...if it is waste rock it will be removed to gain access to ore either in the drift(tunnel) or in the stopes.  The waste rock will be brought to surface or backfilled into past production areas as associated with the mine sequence.

In the recent past they drilled and blasted "rounds" of 2.4 metres for each crew per shift in the sill development process...that is considered "short" by any standard.  The crew on the eight hour shift would only drill the face of the sill to a length of 2.4 metres...then load the multiple holes that were drilled with blasting agents...the rounds can only be blasted at shift end when no one is around for safety purposes and allowing enough time for the "smoke to clear"...afterwords the mucking crew will come in and remove the ore or waste accordingly.  The advancement for that day would only be 2.4 metres for that particular sill...very slow to advance ahead to the higher grade stopes..something had to change.

Now...they are presently drilling and blasting rounds of 3.6 metres per shift...I think you get the picture...get moving!  Any attempt to go further at this time is not recommended...they do not know the deposit well enough which would lead to extreme dilution and a significant drop in head grade to the mill...they did that already!  They have to find the sweet spot.

As for the mining contractor...they are basically an employee and do what they are told.

All the best!
Digger0144

P.S.  I am waiting to see what the financing looks like...I might purchase
         for a trade only.