RE: RE: RE: Same problems Infoseeker: I believe Geo-mologist is on the ground in Tanzania, so he should have a much more accurate picture of the lab problems than any of us. He has also been a valuable contributor to the HNDI board. I am invested in 4 different companies currently drilling in Tanzania and have personally called SGS labs. The answer is always the same - the labs are overwhelmed.
I'm also invested in two companies drilling in Mexico using labs in Canada. The prepared cores are trucked to Canada. It still takes 10 weeks to receive assays. Africa does not have the infrastructure nor security to truck samples any distance or across borders; shipping by sea is not timely either; shipping by air is prohibitively expensive. I think you can understand this.
Also, preparing or processing samples does not translate into assaying samples or cores.