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 <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Larry Atkins via Meteorite-list >> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 2:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
