Post by
jonggua on Oct 03, 2011 4:19am
water vs sand question
Wondering just how much water is available over the year for mining. My guess is that water is the true limiting factor in fully exploiting this deposit more than any other obstacle. Longterm, ravenous gov't policies are probably our highest danger, but over the next 10 years, I wonder just how much produx is possible on a m3/yr basis with the water resources we have on property. A water survey was supposed to have been done courtesy of the TZ gov't water geologists earlier this year, but of course I know nothing of what they reported. 1000 m3/hr =117K oz/yr at .5 g/m3, but wonder if doubling or quadrupling those produx volumes is possible with the water we have on hand. Keeping in mind this area has had some bad drought the past 2 or 3 years I recall from prior ruby talks.