I found this report from mining weekly below, th 3D IP survey...

I found this report from mining weekly below, th 3D IP survey should be completed which is going to take away a great deal of guess work with the next round of drilling. Im hoping they can identify some more monster high grade targets which will get drilled starting shortly and have results flow for the rest of the year. We have a great deal of work happening over the next 6 months. Scoping study(Kitumba), commisioning of zinc, lead and silver production along with scout drilling of untested targets which we should see shortly from the 3D IP results. The 3D results could really reveal some massive targets at depth.

Bring it on Scott, we all love your work!!!!!!!!

By: Leandi Kolver

6th July 2012

Mapping and soil sampling at metals developer Blackthorn Resources’ wholly owned Kakozhi copper prospect, part of the Mumbwa project, in Zambia, were completed at the end of March and preparation for drilling has begun, MD Scott Lowe tells Mining Weekly.

The second half of 2012 is set to be a very exciting time for the Mumbwa area, he adds.

“The mapping, coincident soil geochemistry and gravity high from an inversion of legacy airborne gravity data, as well as low-grade mineralisation in the top 200 m of the Mush-003 drill hole, which was completed in December last year, have helped us to move in on a promising target.”

Blackthorn Resources is also running an Orion three-dimensional (3D) induced polarisation (IP) survey at the company’s Kitumba prospect.

The first phase of the Orion 3D IP survey will cover the southern portion of Kitumba, and will serve as a decisive test for the process of becoming a positive indicator of high-grade mineralisation.

“If the survey is successful at detecting supergene chalcocite and hypogene chalcopyrite zones at Kitumba, it may be rolled out over a larger portion of the Kitumba area as well as Kakozhi,” Lowe adds.

The geophysical contractor mobilised to the site at the end of last month as well as the survey is expected to take about 30 days.

“We will continuously receive and analyse data as the survey progresses, which will enable us to capitalise on the results for our drill-hole designs in the next phase of drilling,” he says.

Once the survey at Kitumba has been completed, the company expects to refine and possibly extend the planned drilling programme to test the target identified by the survey.

“Further, after the next drilling campaign, we intend to continue with feasibility study work,” he adds.

Meanwhile, in addition to the planned drilling at Kitumba and Kakozhi, as well as any other targets identified by the Orion 3D survey, Blackthorn Resources is considering the mine’s surrounding tenements and has a plan in place for a soil chemistry orientation survey.

“This work, in conjunction with the historical airborne geophysical data, will result in our drill target pipeline being enhanced,” says Lowe.

The company has contracted South Africa’s MSA Group as its main geological services consultant to provide a Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant updated mineral resource state-ment to be released in the coming weeks.