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the bungy report

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    If I was to describe the latest Railway drilling update in
    one word I would say have to say spectacular. I’m
    sure that when Prodemas International calculated the 100Mt
    in-situ potential target for Railway, they did not take
    into account widths reaching 80m and 100m and if they did,
    certainly not at the excellent grades we are seeing.

    100Mt, or 150Mt for that matter, was always going to be
    achievable. The underlying factor which is critical if an
    ore body is to meet high tonnage DSO is simply the
    proportion of high grade. In addition, typical high grade
    Marra Mamba will differ to its younger sister, Brockman,
    by a critical factor, that being far lower impurities,
    especially phosphorous.

    What is noteworthy in Barry's report is the significance
    of "The large widths of high grade iron mineralisation
    revealed by the recent assays are unusual for Marra Mamba
    ore bodies where a more normal average width of some 25m
    prevails (eg Marandoo)
    . Is the folding/fault together
    with the probable micro platy hematite unique to
    Railway? Much like the perfect storm?

    Incidentally, the probability that 100m is the best width is still very low!

    Please note that my estimate of 205Mt @ 60.59% Fe (fig 1
    below) is not accurate, since the data is biased by the
    fact that we are only getting the results of the best
    intersections. In addition, the folding characteristics of
    the Railway ore body will require far closer drill
    spacings in order to establish the true potential tonnage
    and grading. Having said that, 150Mt @ +59% Fe is looking good.

    Fig 2 is a layout of the drill-out to-date and a
    reasonably accurate calculation of the tonnage/grading for
    the 6 best intersections. To help put things in
    perspective, my estimate of 8.6Mt @ 62.2% Fe, represents
    1/40th of the total Railway target area. At $10 per ton,
    this area would be the equivalent to adding 57c value to the share price.


    Fig 1



    Fig 2

 
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