While the company had acquired a Diamec 252 diamond drill to assist Paravicini in his sampling
program on the Cangalli concessions, Paravicini and Dr. Donald Hausen, a member of the company's
Technical Advisory Board, recommended against its use due to the deposit's characteristics. Instead,
a program of channeling, trenching and pitting was chosen because of increased representative sample
size.
Since deep drilling was not going to be used, Paravicini created 3-dimensional modeling of the ore
blocks based on deep sampling made possible by the steep, naturally-trenched terrain, and by shaft
and pit sampling possible at depth. Sampling was conducted in sufficient detail to be able to compute
grade and quality.
The sites for inspection, sampling and measurement were spaced closely enough, and the geologic
character was so well defined, that size, shape, depth and mineral content was well established as to
either resource or reserve calculations. Paravicini emphasized other important factors relative to his
sampling program and report: |
