Exploration Approach - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 25
About This Presentation
Title:

Exploration Approach

Description:

How does a small company like Kentor create opportunities to fast track to a gold discovery? ... Pyritic carbonaceous shale / tillite. Hydrothermal alteration ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:66
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 26
Provided by: Peter595
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Exploration Approach


1
(No Transcript)
2
  • Exploration Approach
  • How does a small company like Kentor create
    opportunities to fast track to a gold discovery?
  • Illustrated by 2 case studies
  • 1. regional scale (Talas Projects), and
  • 2. local scale (Akbel Project)

3
  • Exploration Approach
  • Extensive previous surface exploration by Soviets
    in Kyrgyz Republic
  • Most outcropping deposits are well documented and
    picked over
  • Thus high-tech generative approach chosen by
    Kentor to focus on hidden new gold deposits

4
Tien Shan Gold Belt of Central Asia
5
  • Exploration Approach
  • The Challenge is to unlock the economic
    potential of shallow covered areas in the Tien
    Shan Gold Belt by
  • Predicting the deposit location, and
  • Detecting the deposit existence
  • Predicting applying conceptual models through a
    GIS database to select areas for exploration
  • Detecting use of appropriate cutting-edge
    technology to define drill targets

6
  • Exploration Approach
  • Kentor is backing itself to find blind or subtly
  • concealed gold deposits at different scales
  • Regional choose the best gold belts using
    Soviet era data
  • Local choose targets using combined remote
    techniques drill

7
Talas Projects
The 3 Talas projects were a direct outcome of the
regional generative exploration program in
2004 Multilayered GIS targeting approach
incorporating extensive Soviet geochemistry,
satellite image processing and spatial
analysis Emphasis on large intrusive related gold
and copper-gold deposits
8
Talas Projects Historical Geochemical Data
Coverage
9
Talas Projects
  • Total 140 targets identified / ranked in late
    2004
  • 34 priority targets tested in the field
  • 16 targets with positive signs of gold
    mineralisation
  • Best 4 on open ground located in Kyrgyz Range
    acquired
  • Subsequent exploration in 2005 upgraded 3
    (Uzunbulak, Barkol, Karabalta)

10
Kentor Tenements February 2006
11
Uzunbulak Project Showing 4 main drill ready
porphyry copper-gold targets Drilling is planned
to commence this month
12
Kentor Tenements February 2006
13
Barkol ProjectStrong coherent gold-in-soil
anomaly definedAnomaly is yet to be drill tested
14
Kentor Tenements February 2006
15
Karabalta 2 highly encouraging targets outlined
by stream and rock geochemistry
16
  • Akbel Project
  • Example of local scale exploration
  • Most advanced Kentor project
  • Core asset major focus for Kentor

17
Kentor Tenements February 2006
18
Akbel Bashkol Tenements
19
The Kumtor Gold Trend
ERTASH TENEMENT
South West Deposit - 0.5M oz
Akbel - Kentor
KUMTOR MINE
KUMTOR MINE
Prospect
Bordu Prospect
Sarytor Prospect
12M oz
0
9km
Kumtor Panorama looking south
20
  • Akbel Project
  • The challenge extensive glacial till covering
    extensions of the Kumtor Trend
  • Conventional methods not appropriate
  • Innovative approach needed
  • 2 principle exploration techniques applied
  • Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) soil geochemistry
  • Induced Polarisation (IP)

21
Akbel Project MMI Soil Geochemistry Recent
sampling shows larger and more coherent gold
anomalies defining Kumtor Trend (about 19km
semi-continuous AuBiW anomaly) Results add
evidence of repeatability of MMI technique
22
  • Akbel Project
  • Systematic application of both techniques
    geological interpretation continues to upgrade
    the project
  • Multiple drill targets defined
  • Key ingredients for a Kumtor-style gold deposit
    confirmed in initial drilling
  • Favourable structures
  • Pyritic carbonaceous shale / tillite
  • Hydrothermal alteration
  • Vector to the black shale mine host rocks ? NW
  • Extensive drill program planned for 2006

23
Akbel Project - Drill Hole Locations
Priority Drill Area
24
  • Conclusions
  • This more predicative approach to targeting and
    exploring under cover is the next frontier for
    the discovery of the worlds gold and base metal
    deposits
  • The approach being undertaken by Kentor in the
    Kyrgyz Republic is just as applicable to other
    parts of the CIS

25
Kentor has the management team, finance and the
scientific skill to unlocking the potential of
the highly prospective Tien Shan Gold Belt
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com