Hoodlum,
Im pretty confident. It will not happen overnight firstly.
At the moment they are doing 80m spaced drilling at Mt stirling. It's mentioned Mt stirling could be 2km long.
They should be able to determine its length reasonably quickly this way. 10 holes, equals 800m.
Once that's determined, go back and infill.
I don't know what depth, but say its 150m deep.
I doubt they would be going to deep to start with as this resource starts shallow.
Hypothetically, we could then have 2000m x 150m and open if all works out.
The present strike is 600m x 250m, se that deep, nw not, but msrd005, assay pending hit 5m true width, around 12m maybe.
Its not in the bag, but msrd005 getting mineral nw deep shows continuance.
I'd assume, then just chase it down with rc and deeper diamond. 350m, 450m, 550m till they get nsi.
There is proof it could be big, versus just hoping.
Koth is 2km strike and sons of gwalia plus, 1 2km deep in the same fault system. Thunderbox also.
We also have stirling well, alot less is known here because focus has been on Mt stirling, I have not seen cross sections of stirling well, just longitude, so I can not picture the resource.
What I know, is Stirling well is higher grade, it also is more flat, so it could actually be better than stirling well.
It may also sit up against granatoid, koth is associated with granite.
Between stirling well and Mt stirling, I can only gauge from Google 3d and photos, is ground lower with what looks like historic workings.
There was though the resources maybe the one. This is were it will get interesting because the gold worked between these two resources I'd think has shed from one of them, or could be part of them.
Ie that alluvial has a source to it. I don't know if the gold there historically was specimen, smooth or rough nuggets, or fines or flour gold.
There is also no info on bedrock depth, I'd assume deeper being lower ground, than the elevated areas.
Im only basing my theory about this middle ground from my own mining experience here in Vic.
So I'm real keen when they put some holes between the two.
Im not looking at Mt stirling or stirling well being world class, but both combined.
Either could be based on koth and sons of gwalia, but I don't think we should aim there.
Diorite could be a 3rd deposit, maybe even better than stirling well and Mt stirling based on the very large surface soil positives and the historic mines.
Also at that location is historic alluvial workings below the high grade reefs. Same as stirling area, maybe source to the alluvium.
The gold there has either come in via water or shed.
Same, know nothing about type or if alluvial or elluvial.
Elluvial are generally hillside deposits, compared to alluvial in valleys or creeks. Lowest ground.
If one in prospecting a creek, and getting course gold, loam it up the bank and follow the trail, often leads to a elluvial deposit, reef or cap. Real smooth gold can not be loamed easy. Easy to tell as your going because the gold changes.
There is blue jacket also.
Tnr is in such a good position of having assay after asset return hits with no edges found to there resources.
I'd think many explorers would be real jeleous on Mt stirling at 600m x 250m already as many of there projects are drilled out by 150 to 200m strike and 150m deep.
I do feel they maybe in the middle of the deposit, so everything drilled up now, would be se if we put a line down it and hopefully they get the other half nw to that.
The geology appears to be different nw and there was mention of more arsenic involved. Koth has arsenic associated with it. The higher the arsenic, technically the higher the grade.
So long spiel, but odds higher than 50% on tier 1 mining camp, combining multiple resources.
I maybe wrong too. Let's just wait for edges to be found, then bottom of deposit to know what we have.
Patience is required because its a massive project, not a piddly one. If one walks 2km, they will grip size.
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