RE: ? to TobiHello Jasper, My apolgies for not answering sooner. I came down with a cold over the weekend and today had to call in sick. Unfortunately due to weather, they woke me up at noon because school is cancelled. LOL
As I said to Public Heel, I am not an authority on the questions posed and you should really contact John Dahle. I will try to fill in as many pot holes as I can.
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Did they really sift a 10" wide by 39" hole down to material small enough to go into the Knelson concentrator and get results down to the CM?
Answer: I do not know the precise details of the sampling program and that info should be coming out with the 43-101 initial technical report. I believe they dug a certain depth, took a sample and then continued and repeated. The sample would then be labeled and put through the Knelson.
Why not haul in a single back hoe and do 100X the work daily?
Answer: I don't think a back hoe would go as deep as they need to go but the initial 3-4 meters could use mechanization. The other problem I see with a back hoe for these small 5' x 5' holes is the weight of the machine could collapse the hole. Remember, the soil consists primarily of sand.
Have they dug a single hole away from the river? I understand the need for water to refine the material but just one hole hauled back to the river would seem to give hope that the gold is along the entire plane and not river sediment?
Answer: Yes, they have dug holes over many areas of the property and turned up gold. Those holes aren't part of the resource estimate program. That is in part why I think this property may have economic gold over 80% or more of it, which would be several times the area stated zone along the river.
Harp on the last CC stated when asked if they had hit bedrock yet that they were bringing in radar to give them an idea of how deep the bedrock was. Do you ask him about this and isn't this much more effective and cheaper than digging to China trying to hit bottom?
Answer: I really didn't ask much about bedrock, in fact I was off exploring talking with geologists than Harp at Mkuvia. The core drills the Chinese have would be the best to hit bedrock. We want to know what kind of mineralization is down there by taking some physical samples.
43-101 the geologist Laurie did he share his resume with you and what other big companies or projects has he worked on before?
Answer: I didn't want to interrogate him on his credentials as his purpose was to confirm the exploration program and to do the 43-101. However, he has worked on several alluvial projects in his career. His main focus recently is exploring properties in Nevada.
Did you meet David Groves and what was your take of him?
Answer: Dr. Groves was not present although his Tanzminex workers were there while I was there.
The Chinese I thought had a geologist and or staff on site. Did you see or meet any of them?
Answer: I observed no Chinese workers there on my visit. My take is they visit often but don't have an active exploration presence there because that is what Tanzminex is doing. I should point out Chinese personel or anyone else not affiliated with Douglas or Tanzminex cannot perform exploration that will do anything for us shareholders. All work must be done by or controlled by Douglas via a vendor. The Chinese are shareholders just like I am. If I dug some holes and had them assayed, there is no way those results could be 43-101 compliant. Same goes for the Chinese or anyother third party.
What was Gus doing in Tanzania? I mean not to pry but not much lumber there you know?
Answer: I would only be speculating to answer so I won't.