A bit of info about Serato:
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Notes:
- All the drill holes to the north-west intercept mineralisation at considerable depth (no interest to me at this point because only considering possible open cut extensions).
- Following are historical shallow intercepts from near the previous processing plant.
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The two things that are appealing regarding these results are the massive thickness of the mineralisation and the fact that they are shallow. Drill-hole SRB87 is likely to have mineralisation commence around the 50m mark (based on newer results in Ann. 28th Jan 2016), and one would anticipate that GDV185 may have shallower mineralisation.
- To put things in perspective, the red square shown near GDV185 represents approximately $10 Mil worth of gold using 2.65 @ 22.43 g/t Au.
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So what does this all mean? To me it means that on the face of it there is definitely the possibility of extending the open cut at Serato to take advantage of close proximity shallow mineralisation. The reason this is now viable is because of the significant increase in gold price since the mine was closed in 2006 ($500-600 US).
Considering Serato produced 320 kt of ore at 24.95 g/t, a further 20 or 40 kt at high grade close to the mine seems highly possible, and this would put OGX well in the black.
Considering the depths of some of the mineralisation, there may be much more, but I don't want to speculate on the high side, also I don't know what regulatory delays there might be, as well as the need for cyanide and if this would affect our tailings plans.
This post is about the idea of expanding Serato to grab a bit of extra open cut ore (and save our bacon) and isn't designed to comment on the potenial for underground, but here is another map from Jan 2016 showing the latest drill positions etc.
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I look forward to getting further drilling info from OGX.
Cheers,
SJB