Great Bear Resources Ltd. GTBAF

RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Drill fences

[Prospector78]

I believe they have lots of clues they use to indicate whether they are collaring the holes in the “right” rock and location, before their assays are received, other than just VG.

1. Stratigraphy:  The rocks likely occur in a predictable sequence.  I won’t pretend to know what that sequence is, but by now they likely do and would use it as a guide.  The “marker” unit is important because it is unique (doesn’t repeat itself often, and is easily distinguishable from other rocks in the sequence), and by their published maps, is found bordering the LP fault, so whenever they see it it gives them a bearing as to where the other rocks and the LP fault are in relation to it.

2. Alteration: As they drill more, they would better recognize how each rock type within the stratigraphy is altered or unaltered (quartz/sericite alteration is something they mention in their presentation, for example) and what that means for how likely that unit is to carry gold values, even before assays are received.

4. Mineralization: More so than VG, the core carrying gold values would contains sulphide mineralization that is associated with the gold.  The sulphide mineralization would likely be more abundant and easier to distinguish than the gold (VG) itself (especially in the low grade zones), giving the geologists and idea of whether they hit the “right” rock even before the assays are received.

5. The LP fault itself may be distinguishable in core (as ground mass of fault gouge).

6. Then they have geophysics too, to help “connect the dots” of what they haven’t yet seen hidden beneath the overburden.

With respect to the LP fault, the broad disseminated, continuous style of mineralization on the LP fault would probably allow them to do larger “step-outs” than they would attempt on a high grade, smaller footprint zone like the Dixie Hinge.