Auryn/Medinah - 2023 2nd Half General Discussion

[easymillion]

Thanks for that information BB.
Another opinion concerning the ore in DL1 and how it will eventually be handled. It appears to contain high-grade ore. In a previous post, you had averaged the 16 samples taken from the intersection of Shaft A and Level 2 of the Fortuna Mine/DL1 Vein, arriving at an average expected grade of somewhere between 40 and 116 gpt gold. Much of the appearance of this ore appeared to be free milling. This is much like the example I provided in the “First on Cut URW1 Lode” image where the dashed red circle indicates the approximate location of the grab sample that measured 58.68 g/t Au. Not straight arithmetic averaging but measuring a larger volume representative of many of the chip samples in the surrounding area.

Wouldn’t appropriate milling equipment for crushing and grinding in preparing this ore in DL1 and using inexpensive simple gravity separation (compared to on site flotation mill) be reasonable as a first step for sending Codelco a much higher-grade “concentrate”? Costs of hauling would be reduced as fewer loads would be producing greater amounts of concentrated ore and many additional AU OZs per truckload. We know the ore from the Caren/ Merlin 1 Vein is amicable to gravimetric concentration. At the informational meeting Maurizio said our ore from these veins were amenable to a gravimetric concentration. Tested using a Sepro/Falcon increased headgrade by a factor of 100-to-1!

A couple of years ago you cited the presence of low sulfide lode zones:
Continuing the discussion from Auryn/Medinah - 2021 - 2nd Half General Discussion:

@brecciaboy

The ADL Mining District is a smorgasbord. It has all of the various adnexal structures seen in the classic copper porphyry model. Where it stands out head and shoulders above most is the presence of a vast low sulphide mesothermal vein system. The “VAST” is important and was corroborated by the trenching program of Auryn, the “LOW SULPHIDE” is important, the “MESOTHERMAL” is beyond important and the presence of a true “VEIN SYSTEM” is important. Almost all gold-bearing lode deposits involving veins is of an “epithermal” nature. These are wonderful and they account for a lot of the gold production worldwide.

Not only are epithermal gold-bearing deposits of great importance worldwide, it has been shown in SA that they account for as much as 90% of all gold production! Ive taken another image from the Tuvata mine to show how offshoot extensions from the primary MAIN VEIN SYSTEM could provide high-grade free milling material in our ADL deposits suitable for direct shipping, but also amicable for gravitational beneficiation. (This image is just an example of what the future may hold for the Fortuna or possibly even the Caren/ Merlin 1 Veins.) Uncanny how closely this image resembles what is currently underway at our Don Luis vein and Antonino Tunnel.

What are your thoughts regarding these possibilities?
EZ