3.4 - 4.4g/t from surface compares quite well to those holes....

3.4 - 4.4g/t from surface compares quite well to those holes. But for short intervals (21-45m), from short holes.

Better than 400m being at a deep depth. Nearly 4g/t from surface (though limited width, as seen by the colour anomaly at Super Zone).


Somebody should check a cross section from those original RPM-005 etc. Then see how it compares to (or connects to) this cross section.






I think the diagram shows 100m between North and North Uphill. So North to North-Mid is just like 30m. It's more infill than testing new trends.


This was the best hole so far this season (24005). So I wonder how that would appear in Vrify.


I think it would appear here, on the yellow arrow/red line. It appears that it'll be new purple, where there wasn't really purple previously. Good news for the near-surface resources. But too short holes to see whether it's really trending anywhere new.



When looking at Super Zone from below, they have a strong fan shape ruling out extensions at depth in most directions, unless it's narrow and we missed it, but it gets tougher to drill at depth (drill spacing gets wider as holes get longer). There's 2 decent hits that could be an extension - at least it narrows down the target for future deep drilling. I think that little extension is still pending with the new MRE.




But I'd describe it as more open in the shallows or potential connection zones. Like we've tried pretty hard to find any deep extensions of super zone. But we've been limited to 3 pads on the ridgeline for testing shallows/connections. New drilling from Uphill has given some 0.5-0.6g/t. That'll give some good direction for drilling (better than hitting nothing and finding an edge of the resource, then ignoring the holes in the reports).



The pending holes will likely be exciting. Testing the shallows around this area (blue) vs the reported holes being in the yellow.




So RPM's status will be:
- Very much untested connections toward Valley etc, but with a few new signals to lead the drilling (the new 50m holes, Uphill's original drilling pending MRE and the 2x deep holes below Super Zone hitting something.
- So still needing quite a lot more drilling, to know the full scope of RPM, in quite a large variety of directions. Not to mention Train area.
- But, likely not needing new drilling to get PFS done. The infill for Super Zone / Mid-Shallows / Uphill should be sufficient now.
- Uphill got 4 news holes, because the drilling was dense already after it's first season. Just testing a couple of new directions, which got decent results.
- RPM Mid got the most holes, like 15. That was a new pad, so lacked any drilling in the shallows. 15 is quite a lot, considering it's surrounded by Super Zone and Uphill, which already provide data beneath it.

Current M&I:


I think this area will be added to the M&I. The new drilling should be enough:


Imagine PFS with and without this new addition. There would be barely any shallow ore allowed to be included as M&I. That would be bad for economics in early months/years eg. stripping. So that appears to be a reason why the drilling was necessary.

Why 2 drilling seasons before MRE/PFS? That is less clear. Uphill may or may not have been enough on its own. But it's a much clearer picture with the new holes - much higher confidence for the initial payback period.

PFS changes from:
- Stripping for 6 months, then 3g/t ore.
To:
- 3g/t ore from surface.
(Gradually expanding to include 0.6g/t+ etc too.)

Much better for everybody involved.

Thank you Uphill pad and Mid pad.


This should increase confidence in the project. More shallows ore, and more M&I to deliver PFS. Higher confidence for a quick payback.

The road happening would be another big step for confidence.