Re: AI-GEOSTATS: sparse data problem

2003-12-05 Thread Marcel Vallée
Gail Sorry for not responding earlier to your request. Your explanatory comment to Monica does not convince me as a exploration and mining geologist. I think her comments are wise and should be considered. A 20x30 km area is a large one even when dealing with very uniform geology. Even in

AI-GEOSTATS: Re: sparse data problem

2003-12-05 Thread Isobel Clark
Everybody (especially Gali!) Just to put the base case in perspective. Many half-billion dollar projects in Southern Africa have been evaluated and floated on the stock exchange on the basis of 5 or 6 holes. When a sample costs a couple of million dollars to acquire, there is little point in