Gold in that thar sand23 Feb 2017 10:34
I have lifted this from a respected poster on ADVFN.
This was 5 months ago and the results are now due very shortly, by mid March or sooner. So just a month or less.
As a result of the 2016 fieldwork, the Company has confirmed the two core target areas that will become the focus with respect to future studies. These are:
-- Moriusaq Bay and surrounding area, a low-medium tonnage target that encapsulates the bay and proximal active and raised beaches with grades in some areas estimated to be in excess of 85% ilmenite; and
-- Interlak, an area dominated by huge deltaic deposits with associated adjacent high grade beaches (see Figure 1 in PDF link) with grades in some areas estimated to be in excess of 70% ilmenite occurring as thick sedimentary bands.
On the active and raised beaches, a total of 260 auger holes and trenches were sampled during 2016. Additional trenches were completed for metallurgical sampling purposes as well as stratigraphic mapping purposes, creating a bulk metallurgical sample in excess of 500kg. This sample has been sent to Perth, Australia where analysis of the sample will be undertaken to continue to optimise the mineral beneficiation process.
Figure 1: Locations of various work programmes during the Pituffik 2016 field season - See PDF link
Moriusaq Bay has consistently returned the highest grades of ilmenite to date (average of more than 35% ilmenite) over the bay area whereas Interlak offers a very large volume target also with high grade areas. The majority of the ilmenite occurrences at Pituffik are derived via the winnowing of the deltaic sediments by wind, wave and current action with the broader Interlak catchment area interpreted as being the main feeder zone for the Pituffik project area.
Of significance, a new area east of the Interlak delta has returned potentially the highest-grade estimations from the entire project area to date at more than 90% ilmenite. Figure 2 (see PDF link) shows thick layers of ilmenite rich sands from this area. There is potential for significant amounts of ilmenite at this location. As a result, the Company expanded the work programme at this target and delivered a further 26 trenches averaging >1m deep to test as much of the area as time allowed with similar high grade results achieved in most trenches.
Figure 2: Ilmenite accumulations in trench east of Interlak delta, thick layers of black sands are ilmenite rich material - See PDF link
On the drowned beaches a total of 240 samples were taken from both the larger vibracore on the MV Kisaq vessel as well as the smaller pontoon unit. Vibrocoring is a technique for collecting core samples in shallow water environments and wetland soils.
Vibracore sampling was conducted to the north and the south of the Interlak delta over more than 6km of coastline by both the Kisaq (see Figure 3 in PDF link) and pontoon deployed vibracore units. A series of scout holes were also placed further east in a depress