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Gold/Mining/Energy : ASHTON MINING OF CANADA (ACA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BWEEB who wrote (5546)	7/7/1998 9:21:00 PM
From: Jesse	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7966

Comment: 100kg isn't a large enough sample to either prove or condemn a pipe's diamondiferous-ness. Even if the pipe were homogeneous, which it never is, a preliminary test would require 20-50 100+kg samples. Since some of the pipes are known to have multiple phases, these all have to be sampled. To date, none of the ACA pipes have been determined to be barren (contrary to some newsletter writers' rushed comments). It's just that early sample results were used to prioritize exploration targets. It's possible that today's least attractive pipe will, in the end, be the one with the highest grade. -- Ashton won't be near the answer to this question for many years, est. up to 7 or 8+, when they'll have had nearly enough time to adequately sample the pipe field. It's a complex, TC process. For now, it's a rushed onward-and-upward! Regards, -j :> PS -- thanx a bunch for the guess-list orchestration, Frank!!