Upcoming RNS and resource upgrade30 Aug 2021 21:29
Back to my desk after the summer I have spent the afternoon looking through the companies recent RNS's trying to guess/dream of the upgrade that we are hoping for at the end of Sept.
This analysis may not appear pretty on this forum and is very over simplistic.
The original resource was declared as 265koz from 5.0 Mt@1.6g/t;
The 'grams per hole grade' highlights RNS'd in the run up to our maiden resource being announced were as follows;
Selin 27/24/70/31/70/21
Zone A 65/79
Zone B/BN 36/42/22/11/16/65/36
Very loosely; 15 holes at an average of 41 with the company controlling the cut off .
Drill results reported from the ongoing 35k meters program WITH A CUT OFF OF 30 GRAM PER HOLE (my decision)
22 April Selin 38/35/67/90
5 May Selin 44/110/78/38/33/44/44/60/35
24 May Selin 81/33/38/49/37
7 June Selin 38/43/196
16 June Zone A 61/31/3987/52/36/45
7 July Zone A 633/55/59/58/47/124
7 July Zone C 56/88/123/72
14 July Zone A 63/63/91/90/37/36/40/30/52/93/52/52/42/96/67/44
23 July Zone B 34/81/59/153/67/152/37/30/52
4 Aug Selin P2 36/762/110/97/77/250
18 Aug Zone B 59/30/60/293
18 Aug Selin P2 253/104/51/39
And we have only revealed (i think) 19,761 meters of our 35,000 program (which has been extended to perhaps 38k)
So the (roughly) 50% revealed drill results give us 87 drill results at an average of close to 80 grams per hole. Obviously some of that is not commercially mine-able.
And now the company is doing phase 2 drilling in order to follow up on the positive results so far so we should expect an improvement maybe?
So, heading towards a conclusion....... our maiden resource was 'based on' 15 holes at 41. We now have 87 at 80 (with me imposing a cut of at 30 unlike the original) and we are only 50% through the drill program....... (work it out, nearly 6 times the number of holes at almost double the grade with only 50% reported and the P2 drill results to come?????)
Some of that upside is now priced in...... but lets not forget that 1.6 g/t was the basis for our scoping study..... it is apparent that we have that and much much more.
looking forward to the next RNS and a resource update?????