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Gold/Mining/Energy : Pacific Rim Mining V.PFG -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Quickdraw who wrote (12962)4/10/2000 2:20:00 PM
From: Quickdraw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14627
 
The April 10, 2000 Northern Miner Article gives a detailed description of Luicho which for the most part agrees to what we know about it on this thread. northernminer.com

I have selected a few items which may provide additional info. Please excuse any grammatical errors as I have typed it.

1) In the sampling so far Silver is a minor credit to gold, occurring at ratios of between 5 to 1 and 10 to 1.

2) Consistency
James Mustard of Haywood Securities, in a report from mid-March, notes that "the locations of the tunnels at various elevations provide a degree of confirmation for the consistency of grade in the third dimension, as well as suggesting that surface enrichment is perhaps limited."

3) Most of the sampling has been restricted to a 50 meter interval near the upper contact in the corridor ... although mineralization occurs in the stratigraphic sandstone package 175 meters below its upper contact. Said Shrake,: "Of course, every system has its own unique plumbing, and there are no guarantees, but, given the steep fault controls of the mineralization, we remain optimistic we will see a significant vertical component to this particular system."

4) Western Potential
Barbara Henderson, a spokesperson for Pacific Rim, told the Northern Miner that the area west of the Luicho fault holds the same potential. The Luicho fault doesn't necessarily form the boundary of the mineralization, but it does form the boundary of the corridor as we can map it right now."

5) Construction of a 6.5 km access road is well under way and should be completed by late April. It will take a further 4-6 weeks to construct a road across the target area and complete the drill site pads.
"We consider Luicho to be rapidly approaching a high impact project status, one that major gold-mining companies will focus on quickly, once drilling starts, if they have not done so to date," states Mustard who continues to recommend Pacific Rim as a strong speculative buy with a target price of $7.
Shrake says Pacific Rim intends to take as much technical risk out of the prospect as quickly as possible, the objective being to shorten the assessment period for any potential takeover bids.

Hope this helps,

Qd