PJ, Aside from your senseless accusations, a good issue was brought up for president Boulay to expound on (he's a gracious kinda guy).
You wrote,
<< Marum has performed a satellite-image analysis of the Twin Gold discovery area and has applied for an adjacent area that contains features similar to those associated with the Twin Gold kimberlites.>>
In plain English this means that they based their selection on the view from space for picking the property -which means they grabbed what they could as close to the existing finds -because you can't see anything from space other than the topography.
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To which President Boulay makes the following explicative comments, even with graphic illustrations as examples:
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Jesse, feel free to pass this along.
There was an excellent comment today. It concerned our selection method for acquiring land in the Torngat area of Quebec. The questioner suggested that satellite imagery only yields topographical information. Not quite. Topographic data can be obtained from certain satellite datasets, although we usually just go out and buy a paper or digital map. The radar and the Landsat thematic mapper satellite products that we use yield excellent structural information. We also make good use of the multispectral data that is gathered well outside the visible light spectrum. We can manipulate the various information bands to generate maps that contain information about the chemical composition of different rock types and overlying soil cover. Additionally, we can use thermal radiation data to differentiate cooler rocks from warmer rocks. Dark kimberlites will be warmer than, say, grey granites and this information can be used in the target selection process. Its a very specialized business and requires the use of high end software and a lot of computing power, the latter being relatively affordable these days.
For an excellent set of imagery examples go to ersi.bc.ca and click on the "mineral deposits" button.
In the Torngat Mountain project in Ungava the object was to locate kimberlite dikes, blows and pipes. We knew the location of the Twin Gold kimberlites and their structural orientation. It was a matter of locating and staking similar features. For strategic reasons, we are not showing oriented images from our new project area. However, we did dig up a good image of an area containing diabase dikes. It is very similar to the one we used for targeting the Torngat Mountain staking application. Go to: marumresources.com
Best Regards
Rick Boulay
president@marumresources.com
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Marum Resources Inc.
marumresources.com
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Pretty neat, and exciting-- thanks a tonne for taking the time to do and explain all that, Rick!
Cheers,
-j
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