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Artists Representation of Witwatersrand Reefs During Deposition

This diagram is from a really interesting book about the history of the Witwatersrand goldfields in South Africa (ISBN 0 620 09663 2). It helped me to visualize what occurred at Pardo as well. Gold is concentrated along the banks of those channels, one can imagine the distribution of gold is complex as the position of channels changes over time. Finding and following "pay streaks" is how the South African miners developed the Wits.

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Wesley Whymark Wesley Whymark

This is what Pardo gold looks like

Gold grains from this sample are quite small, but it was still possible to pan some of them out of the concentrates. We're evaluating producing a gravity concentrate as the first step in processing larger bulk samples. Hope to provide an update on this soon.

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Wesley Whymark Wesley Whymark

2017 Winter drill program at Pardo

CEO Stefan Spears and Geologist Robin Wolf visiting the drill rig on hole #7 of the winter 2017 program. Summit Drilling doing a great job getting the large diameter HQ-Thin Wall holes down for us.

Photo Credit: Wesley Whymark Feb 8, 2017

Photo Credit: Wesley Whymark Feb 8, 2017

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