Initial observation - very interesting dump samplesTypically, in the past, small miners put in adits through the sides of mountains to get access to the high grade veins located underground. They pull out the rich ore and process through primitive means.
Sometimes the processed ore is still rich when it is dumped by small miners. As such, the dumps can sometimes provide good hints as to what resides within the veins underground. It can sometimes provide a better indication than surface channel samples or loose rock samples or soil samples on the surface, depending on how much of the mineral content remains within the processed dump rock.
It looks like we have some interesting dump samples here at La Nogalera. The ore body seems to be especially rich with gold and lead, but also has good silver and zinc content. Dump samples:
* 10.85 g/t gold, 7.78% (77,800 ppm) lead, 179 g/t silver and 1.32% (13,200 ppm) zinc
* 4.11 g/t gold, 2.16% (21,600 ppm) lead, 176 g/t silver and .33% (3,310 ppm) zinc
* 4.59 g/t gold, 4.60% (46,000 ppm) lead, 159 g/t silver and .27% (2,720 ppm) zinc
* 1.27 g/t gold, .66% (6,570 ppm) lead, 13 g/t silver and .09% (913 ppm) zinc
But, the surface channels had very significant results as well:
* .78 g/t gold, 5.08% (50,800 ppm) lead, 141 g/t silver and .33% (3,320 ppm) zinc
* 4.24 g/t gold, 4.30% (43,000 ppm) lead, 81 g/t silver and 2.74% (27,400 ppm) zinc
It looks like there is strong signals that there are likely at least some very high grade mineral zones within the La Nogalera ore body, especially with regards to gold and lead content.
Similar to RAM Zone, I look forward to us drilling La Nogalera.