Watch this video about CSD and then read the following June 2011 article in PAYDIRT: http://www.consolidatedtinmines.com.au/csd/vision
The June 2011 paydirt article: http://www.consolidatedtinmines.com.au/downloads/2011-06%20-%20Paydirt%20feature%20-%20June%202011.pdf
"The project is made up of three core deposits - the Gillian, Pinnacles and Windermere deposits ? and has a current total JORC Resource of 7.3Mt @ 0.60% tin. This includes 1.2Mt @ 0.82% tin in the JORC Measured category. Mineralisation at the project is near surface (outcropping in places), making it amenable to an open pit mining operation.
The Company has a clear development plan for the project. Via its exploration programs, it aims to establish a total Resource base of 8Mt-10Mt of tin ore, and then progress to a mining operation that will process around one million tonnes of ore to produce around 5,000t of tin in concentrate per annum from a centrally located mill.
Preparations have commenced for a pre-feasibility study at the Mt Garnet project. Water and power supply, ore transport, hydrology and environmental studies are already underway, and additional components will be commenced in the weeks ahead.
The Company commenced its 2011 drilling campaign in April with a 3,500 metre, 65 hole Reverse Circulation (RC) program at the Windermere deposit. Further drilling is now underway at Windermere and also at the Gillian project with assay results expected soon.
The Diamond Drilling and RC program at the Gillian deposit will target extensions on the northern and southern ends of the current resource and at depth, as well as further infill drilling to upgrade the resource status."
Drilling at Windermere is part of a wider programme at Mt Garnet where the company has planned to drill 12,000m leading into August.
The most advanced project within Mt Garnet is Gillian and the aim there is to expand the 3.5mt resource whilst increasing the 1.2mt measured resource. The company has planned 800m in diamond and 1,500m in RC drilling, targeting potential mineralised extensions on the northern and southern ends of the current resource.
?We will be doing drilling on both ends and we will be doing infill drilling to bring the JORC resource up to a higher level of confidence.?
While Gillian and Windermere are the company?s most advanced projects at Mt Garnet it has not limited its programme of work exclusively to them.
Further drilling has been planned at Pinnacles where Consolidated is developing a ground magnetic survey in conjunction with a 1,500 RC drill programme.
Additionally the company is planning to undertake a regional drilling programme at the Coolgarra Group in order to expose potential mineralised zones.
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