30 Seconds of Info – don’t assume that geological and grade continuity are the same thing

Today’s 30 Seconds of Info comes from Ian Glacken our Director of Geology.

Don’t assume that geological and grade continuity are the same thing:  In an ideal world your deposit will have geological and grade continuity – but they are not the same or present to the same degree.  Some strongly continuous geological structures can have very poor grade continuity, and some discontinuous structures can in fact have good grade continuity.  The scale of examination is important, and the most important scale is the scale of mining.