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WORLD-CLASS DEPOSIT [2 records]

Record 1 2006-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
CONT

There is good grade in the deposit as evidenced by a drill hole which intersected 20.55% zinc, 2.7% lead, 41.5 g/T silver and 0.58 g/T gold across 9 meters.

CONT

The increase in tonnage and grade in the deposit is a direct result of infill drilling and validates the previous estimation procedures and quality of this world-class resource.

CONT

The average in situ geological grade for the samples processed to date is 40.06 carats per hundred tonnes (cpht) ...

OBS

(g/t).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

[...] la teneur géologique [...] se réfère à une définition géologique du gisement, sans aucune contrainte d'exploitabilité; [...]

CONT

Il y a lieu de distinguer trois sortes de teneurs dans une exploitation de minerai : la «teneur minéralogique», ou teneur dans le gisement, c'est-à-dire dans le rassemblement de minerai à l'état naturel au sein des autres roches; la «teneur exploitable», [...] la «teneur marchande» [...]

OBS

(grammes par tonne).

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

The Mount Weld deposit in Western Australia... was discovered in 1968... Mount Weld is a world-class rare-earth deposit that has been explored extensively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques

Spanish

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