Thanks Yinan, I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree---but what am I missing?
A pile of dirt or a rock that is half the size of my car will yield 3.3 Pounds of $Really$ good stuff. If it is so, It would have been named AREA 51.5 long ago. Just my spoonful of dirt...$$$ John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yinan Wang via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> To: "Michael Mulgrew" <mikest...@gmail.com> Cc: "Matson, Rob D." <robert.d.mat...@leidos.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "Larry Atkins" <thetop...@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Key Capital Announces Major Potential Meteorite Mining Opportunity Joint Ventured They did an assay on the ore and the results look off the charts, which brings up the question of why hasn't this already been mined if true?: Oz per ton: Silver………………………………... 7.2 Gold………………………………… 6.9 Palladium…………………………… 4.8 Platinum…………………………….. 5.1 Rhodium…………………………..... 7.6 Iridium…………………………….... 15.4 Osmium……………………………... 5.5 Ruthenium…………………………... 3.7 From their press release: http://www.keycapitalgroup.com/pr/KCPCpr12022015.pdf On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > I was under the impression that ALL orebodies in the Earth's crust are > of meteoritic origin from the late heavy bombardment since all metals > consolidated in the Earth's core when it was a molten body. > > Sounds fishy to me, too. > > Michael in so. Cal. > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Matson, Rob D. via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >> Hi Larry, >> >> It all sounds very fishy to me: >> >> "The orebody located on the property is well known as a magnetite resource >> having been the >> subject of extensive historic exploration since the 1960s. In recent years, >> through identification >> of extraordinary high-grade iridium in samples, it became evident that a >> significant part of the >> orebody on the property is of meteorite origin, and it was established that >> the orebody >> presented major potential for precious metals and PGMs." >> >> As you point out, they later claim achondrite, thus ruling out Meteor Crater >> as the "orebody" >> source. Given that achondrites derive from a differentiated body, the >> relative proportion of >> siderophile iridium is going to be much lower than it would be in an iron >> meteorite. --Rob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On >> Behalf Of Larry Atkins via Meteorite-list >> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 2:10 PM >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Key Capital Announces Major Potential >> Meteorite Mining Opportunity Joint Ventured >> >> Hi List, >> Thanks for all the off list responses. >> I'm not interested in where the company is located. More specifically, where >> is this mining location? Is it Meteor Crater? It >> says the meteoric impactor was an achondrite. >> >> http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/1233264.htm >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Larry Atkins >> >> IMCA # 1941 >> Ebay alienrockfarm >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
