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The Cayley Lode Discovery – Exploration History
Early Exploration
● 2008-2013 BCD Resources (formerly Beaconsfield Gold
NL) – initially by way of earn-in, then acquisition
● Drilled 158 vertical aircore holes to define the shallow chalcocite
blanket – some with gold and silver assays, about 1/3 without – why?
● Employing an Avebury, Tasmania nickel sulphide model
● Drilled 32 RC drill holes
● Drilled 9 diamond drill holes
● Best result – SNDD001 (Stavely Nickel Diamond Drill 001)
● 7.7m at 4.1% copper, 1.1g/t gold and 77g/t silver from 95m, and
● 9.5m at 2.93% copper, 0.45g/t gold and 42g/t silver from ~150m
● And other smaller intercepts
● Beaconsfield Gold NL had come out of administration as BCD
Resources after the mine disaster and needed cash to fund
development of a refractory gold project in Queensland
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