RE:Iceberg Trench Could yield 500,000 + ouncesNozz's post didn't display well, so I copied and pasted parts of it below ( maybe my browser is the problem?)
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Recall my recent analyses that the Keats Trench , ( measuring 200 m by 70 m wide ) , to 150 meters of depth contained 286,000 ounces at an average grade of 15 grams per ton .
Iceberg Trench is larger,.220 m by 105 m...see NR extract below..and the shallow zone below the Iceberg Trench averages above 31 grams per ton.....see extract post below.
So, Iceberg Trench is 50% larger by surface area and its grades just below that trench are about twice those of Keats.
These are coarse extrapolated comparisons but provide substantive sampling evidence that a putative Iceberg Trench open pit to 150 meters of depth could yield 500,000 ounces of 1 ounce gold per ton.
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Highlights:
The Iceberg surface trenching program will focus on excavating between 1-12 meters of overburden that covers the projection of the Iceberg Zone at the bedrock surface, exposing 220m of strike length over a 105m wide area, which corresponds to a core segment of the surface expression of the Iceberg Zone (Figure 1).
Excavation of overburden covering the surface of the zone is expected to allow for a detailed analysis of the geological and structural models currently defined through drilling.
Excavation work is underway and it is estimated that the trench will take 8-10 weeks to complete, followed by a detailed geological mapping program expected to be completed in Q4 2024.
The Iceberg Zone starts approximately 4m below surface at bedrock and when combined with the Iceberg East segment has been drill defined over 680m of strike length and to a depth of 180m. The shallow portion of Iceberg demonstrates robust grades over significant thicknesses, a hallmark characteristic of the zone. Previously released near surface highlight intervals from the area to be trenched include:
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