RE: Hydrothermal - Flake Deposit... Is there something with the professor's findings that you disagree with gman?
The professor did say that the deposit seemed hydrothermal in nature yet contained coarse to fine graphite FLAKES.
You wish to concentrate on the promotional hydrothermal side, whereas the deposit contains coarse to fine FLAKE GRAPHITE as per Zenyatta's official news release
Let us know if you disagree with just part of the findings, lol. It's a FLAKE Deposit isn't it? lol
Zenyatta Ventures; University Study Shows Positive Results from Graphite Deposit; Confirms Presence of Coarse Flake Graphite Marketwire
lunes, 27 febrero 2012
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/27/12 -- Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ZEN) is pleased to provide results from an independent mineralogical study of drill core samples from the newly discovered Albany Graphite Deposit located near Hearst in north-eastern Ontario. The following significant observations were made:
-- Flake sizes of coarse, medium and fine ranging from 50 to greater than
300 microns (-270 to +40 mesh size) -- Characterized as a magmatic hydrothermal style of graphite
mineralization (similar to the high value Sri Lankan type deposits)
-- Graphite represents essentially all of the total reported Carbon assay
values (i.e. Carbon related to carbonate is less than 1%)
Aubrey Eveleigh, President and CEO stated "Zenyatta management considers these latest results to be very important, especially the range in flake size, which includes the high value coarse flake. Coarse flake graphite is greater than 175 microns (or +80 mesh) in size. Flake size and purity are key parameters in establishing the potential value and marketability of any graphite product derived from the Albany Graphite Deposit. The Company is planning to conduct metallurgical testing of the graphite zones and carry out a more aggressive drilling campaign to determine the full extent of the deposit".
The mineralogical report was prepared by Dr. Andrew Conly, Ph.D. of Lakehead University Mineralogy and Experimental Laboratory ("LUMINX") in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The petrographic observations were from four samples of the graphite-rich breccia in zone #2 of drill hole Z11-4F1.