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ADIT. A nearly horizontal passage driven from the surface to the mine workings.
AIR DRILLING. Rotary drilling using compressed air.
ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT. Sometimes referred to as placer. Sand, gravel etc, removed from a parent rock by water, time and errosion and deposited at a distance location.
ANTICLINE. Upward fold or arch in the rock strata.
ASSAY. The testing of an ore to determine the content of valuable minerals. Can be wet or fire.
ASSESMENT WORK. Work that is required to maintain one property. This is set by government set standards. Companies must spent a certain amount of dollars by, mapping, testing, trenching etc.
ATTITUDE. Direction and degree of a dip of a structure. This could be a vein, lode or zone of mineralisation. Some call it dip and strike.
AURIFEROUS. This means gold bearing material (the kind everyone would like to find).
GEIGER COUNTER. A device used to find and sense radioactive mineral.
GEOCHEMICAL. The study of the chemical composition of rocks, soil and other sediments.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. The drilling surface rock outcroppings for the purpose of exploratory developement.
GRAB SAMPLE. Sample of rock or material grabbed at random to be analyzed.
National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101). Is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and administered by the provincial securities commissions that govern how issuers disclose scientific and technical information about their mineral projects to the public. It covers oral statements as well as written documents and websites. It requires that all disclosure be based on advice by a "qualified person" and in some circumstances that the person be independent of the issuer and the property. A qualified person (QP) as defined in NI 43-101 as an individual who: Symbols & Meanings Magnesium - Mg Aluminium - Al Iron - Fe Cobalt - Co Nickel - Ni Copper - Cu Zinc - Zn Molybdenum - Mo Rhodium - Rh Palladium - Pd Silver - Ag Cadmium - Cd Indium - In Tin - Sn Tantalum - Ta Tungsten - W Iridium - Ir Platinum - Pt Gold - Au Mercury - Hg A Bit About Gold Gold is the most malleable and ductile metal. One ounce of gold can be beaten out to 300 ft2. Gold is a good conductor of electricity and heat. It is not affected by exposure to air or to most reagents. It is inert and a good reflector of infrared radiation. Gold is usually alloyed to increase its strength. Pure gold is measured in troy weight, but when gold is alloyed with other metals the term karat is used to express the amount of gold present. Commonly Used Gold Weights (based on troy ounces) The traditional unit of weight for gold is the troy ounce of the Anglo-Saxon system of weights and measures. Despite the gradual conversion to the metric system, the troy ounce remains a traditional fixture of the gold trade and the most important basis for expressing quotations on a majority of the leading gold markets. 1 troy ounce = 31.1034807 grams 1 troy ounce = 480 grains 1 troy ounce = 20 pennyweights 3.75 troy ounces = 10 tolas (Indian sub-continent) 6.02 troy ounces = 5 taels (Chinese) 32.15 troy ounces = 1 kilogram 32,150 troy ounces = 1 metric ton (1,000 kilos) Karats to Gold Percentage 10K .416 14K .585 18K .750 22K .916 24K 100% DWT is an abbreviation for penny weight. 1 oz.= 20 DWT DWT/OZ 2=.10 4=.20 6=.30 8=.40 10=.50 20=1 oz. Specific Gravity Of Minerals The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. Water weight = 8.34 pounds per imperial gallon. 2.7 - rock 2.7 - quartz 4.2 - copper 4.3 - garnet 5.1 - pyrite -- 5.1 - magnetite 5.3 - hematite 7.3 - tin 7.5 - galena 7.9 - iron 10.5 - silver 11.3 - lead 13.6 - mercury 19.2 - gold 21.5 - platinum |
  
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