Q1: We have seen in your recent announcement that you have identified potential VMS clusters in the copper-gold project at Block 4 in Oman You’ve used a technique known as VTEM to conduct the survey, which I believe is like a giant metal detector. Could you elaborate a little bit on my simple explanation of VTEM and are you pleased with the results?
A1: We’re very pleased with the results. As you say, the VTEM survey was conducted by helicopter and defectively it is an airborne metal detector which is used to actually characterise where accumulations of metal might be in the ground and we think it’s done a really good job. Effectively, it’s allowed us to characterise the quite large Block 4 tenements, about 408 square kilometres and quite challenging country, it’s quite wild country, well located but quite wild. It’s allowed us to define a series of targets, the result also is that it’s confirmed that it works. The VTEM survey has confirmed anomalies over known existing volcanic massive sulfide deposits; that is the old mines themselves, and a prospect that we’ve actually drilled and confirmed VMS mineralization. Effectively, we’ve proven the efficacy or the usefulness of the technique and finally it provide us with an excellent sort of road map for our drilling activities.
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