RE:RE:What will PHASE 6 look like ????I don't think there's a thing wrong with the SIC grades reported previously: they are quite lovely. NFG's hole was a (hugely positive) aberation, both in grade and intercept.
SIC may well have that possibility too, and I think it's more a question of solving the puzzle of exactly how the high grade veins and geology express themselves, with certainty. We (the public) have no idea, since we don't know the coordinates, azimuth or dip of the various drill hole locations relative to each other. But I'm sure the company does.
As Quentin Hennigh has stated on many videos, solving that same problem at Fosterville (and now at NFG) is challenging, and requires a large number of relatively closely spaced holes focused on identifying the location, size and trajectory of the the high grade pockets, which can be relatively small in diameter, but can represent a lot of gold.
SIC's 2019 "Final Report" suggests virtually the same concepts:
1.The geometry of the East Trend vein system is now relatively well constrained for a short strike length by concentrated drillingof the central segment. A main fault-vein strikes just west of north and dips on average 55 to the east with inflections in dip on a small scale. An upper zone appears to be related to a fault-dyke interaction and may be a hangingwallsplay of the main zone connected at depth. Shallow dipping veins or ‘flats’ are interpreted at the upper levels in the footwall of the main zone.
2.A series of thematic long section interpretations of the main zone suggests several south plunging high-grade shoots within the main fault-vein which may have two distinct lenses . North Lens and South Lens. The spatial pattern of gram-metres shows a very similar variability to the Swan Zone in Fosterville. These newly recognized shoots are not tested down-plunge with a very high grade shoot (>100 gram-metres) at the lowest level of current drilling which has only been drill tested to 200m below surface. The South Lens towards the main thrust fault has only been explored at one level . It contains at least one highgrade shoot which is not tested at depth or towards surface.
3.The potential of both the Upper and Lower Zones and how these relate to the overall geometry of the system is difficult to assess at present with so few drill intersections .
4.The grade and width appear to be partly controlled by inflections in dip of the main zone. Additional modification of gradedistribution by post-vein faulting and brecciation needs to be investigated and quantified now that the logging data is in now in Leapfrog.
5.The Moosehead deposit is typical of a reverse fault system which commonly develop gold zones of 1-2km in vertical depth and of unlimited strike. The Falcon-Phoenix –Swan lens at Fosterville has a plunge extent of more than 3km. The potential depth continuation the high-grade ore shoots and the main lenses at Moosehead is the recommended exploration follow-