RE: Shallow MiningThe results in the 2010 drilling program are stated at where the gold is found in the drill core, not how deep it is.
They have been slant drilling to get at the deposit under the lake. So it takes a distance to get to the deposit. They also did not drill at a shallow angle to test the top of the resource.
The current drill program is in part to drill through the ice straight down to see where the deposit starts...once they hit the lake bed... The hope is the deposit starts right at the bottom of the lake....so there would be no overburden.
That would be important for the pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. It would make the project more profitable.