Month January 2017
30 Seconds of Info from Ian Glacken – Director of Geology: Blanks should never be inserted at regular intervals within the sample stream
Blanks should never be inserted at regular intervals within the sample stream: It is always much more easy for automation of the QAQC process that blanks are inserted at regular intervals, but this is not optimal and is in fact…
Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 16-22 January 2017
Here is the Optiro summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for week 16 – 22 January. 109 new technical reports were published: 11 mineral resources 1 maiden resource 89 exploration / drilling (28 more than last week and highest…
This week’s 30 Seconds of Info – Grabbing samples from ore passes
This week’s 30 Seconds of Info comes from Ian Glacken – Director of Geology. Grabbing samples from ore passes: Deriving grades from underground ore passes, especially in precious metal mines, is a hit-and-miss activity at best, and may give a…
Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence report for 9-15 January 2017
Here is a summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence report for 9-15 January. Reports published: 79 new technical reports 10 mineral resources 3 maiden resources 61 exploration / drilling 4 environmental reports 29% used JORC Code 67% used NI43-101…
This week’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 2-8 January 2017
30 Seconds of Info – Reconciliation Best Practice
This week’s 30 Seconds Of Info comes from Ian Glacken – Director of Geology: iglacken@snowdenoptiro.com Reconciliation best practice: No subjectivity; a robust industrial-strength database at the heart of the system; no spreadsheets for mission-critical data; charts and colours make understanding…