Drill speeds28 Jul 2019 14:27
This may be of some help re drilling times.
A normal drill speed for NQ drilling is around 5-10 meters per hour without stop. The drill speed depends on numerous factors, for example rock type, homogeneous rock, wear of the drill bit, flow of water, depth of drilling, terrain and more. An example of drilling in one 24-hour period: 7,5 meters x 24 hours = 187,5 meter/day. To drill 2500 meters you will need the following numbers of days before finishing: 2500 meters/187,5 meters = 13,5 days with no stops for maintenance.
https://goldexplorers.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/drill-speed-and-drill-types/
Someone on here with drilling experience quoted 100m plus a day so at least 700m/1000m if running 24/7per week, using 1 drill. Remember 2 drills were used. So it was worked it out max 16 weeks to complete but using 2 rigs half that time, so 8 weeks. We are nearly in the 10th week.
It would be good if someone with experience or knowledge could confirm how many holes have in fact been drilled and if there is anymore of the original 10,000m to do ????? and have they all been sent for assay.
Just something to mull over while we await.