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30 Seconds of Info: QAQC – from Ian Glacken

This week's 30 Seconds of Info comes from Ian Glacken - Director of Geology. Don’t forget density QAQC: In some orebodies the bulk density or specific gravity is not a major contributor to the outcome, but in the majority of deposits it is as important to get density right as it is to ensure correct assays. This means having a density standard (an aluminium cylinder is preferred) and thinking about doing density duplicate measurements. The concept of a blank is not so applicable. Of course correct bulk density determination is critical for an orebody with oxide and transitional weathered material. iglacken@snowdenoptiro.com

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Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 15-21 May 2017

Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 15-21 May 2017. This includes the number of technical reports published: the commodities; project locations; global resource and reserve estimation authors; and the significant drill intersections for the week, the month and the year to date.

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Rowdy Bristol’s Surpac Training World Tour

Rowdy Bristol's Surpac Training - World Tour. If you and your team would like On-Site training in Surpac Geology Fundamentals or Resource Evaluation with Surpac, this is your chance to book Rowdy Bristol… our Surpac guru! Rowdy is based in the USA, and is about to embark on a Surpac training tour that will take him around the world in June and July this year. Contact Diana Titren, Optiro Training & Marketing Manager, to book your on-site/in-house training: training@snowdenoptiro.com

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30 Seconds of Info: Be sure to check the orientation of the cone splitter daily

This week's 30 Seconds of Info is from Ian Glacken - Director of Geology. Sampling Theory and Practice: Be sure to check the orientation of the cone splitter daily. While a cone splitter should and generally will give a matched (equiprobable) pair of field duplicates, the orientation of the splitter is all-important in determining this. The long axis of the splitter needs to be vertical and the widest part of the splitter, i.e. the join between the cone and the chute, needs to be horizontal. This should be checked daily with a magnetic clinometer. iglacken@snowdenoptiro.com

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Optiro’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 1-7 May 2017

Optiro's summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 1-7 May 2017 gives information about: the resource reports published; project locations; commodities; significant drill intersections for the week, month and year-to-date; and global number of Resource and Reserve Estimations by Report Author since October 2014.

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Optiro’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 24-30 April 2017.

Optiro's summary gives information about the 95 technical reports published during the week of the 24-30 April 2017. This summary details the type of report, the project locations and commodities, the ranking of the global consultancy groups as authors of the reports, and lists the 3 most significant drill intersections for the week, month and year to date.

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