not sure why the tech update thread was locked but I looked into the issue of drilling and whether it was historical or not. From the wording of the KAB announcement its seems clear to me that they the KAB management have not done any drilling. If you refer back to the URA quarterly for June 2011 you will see the following as extracted below:-
(28/7/11) Drilling of 7 diamond and 14 RC holes was completed in the first Quarter on the Chowa mining lease, which lies within the Emmanuel project, to test for extensions from small-scale mining undertaken in 2010.
Five RC holes intercepted the manganese, with thicknesses up to 10 metres. The remainder did not intercept the main manganese reefs, being undertaken prior to completion of ground magnetic surveys to assist with locating the drill holes. The best intercept from chemical analysis was 3.5 metres @ 30% Mn including 0.5 m @ 46.2% Mn.
KAB Price at posting:
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