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THE IKAR deposit is situated 58 kilometers north of the regional centre of Khorog in southeastern Tajikistan.
On surface 8 mineralized segments have been identified along a trend which extends for approximately 1 kilometer. Trenches 1m wide and 1m deep totaling 2,183 meters in length have been dug and sampled across mineralization which varies in width from 0.6 - 3.9 meters. An adit at elevation 2,770 meters has been excavated for a length of 2,354 meters of 2m wide x 3m high drifts and crosscuts, some 160 - 340 meters beneath the surface exposures. Diamond drilling has been completed from surface (5 holes, 1,515 meters) and underground (17 horizontal holes, 2,737 meters, and 12 holes angled down, 2,978 meters) totaling 7,230 meters. The Soviet compilation of these exploration results indicate average grades of various mineralized units in a range of 2 - 9 gm/tonne Au, 2 - 9 gm/tonne Ag, 0.1 - 0.8% W03, 0.1 - 0.4% Cu, and 0.05 - 0.4% Co. These results were broadly confirmed by an internationally recognized, North American engineering corporation, subject to certain qualifications on sample sizes and exact locations.
A complete evaluation plan, initially including re-sampling of mineralization in the adit level workings, and underground diamond drilling of holes angled upwards to evaluate the continuity of mineralized zones between surface and the adit level is recommended and is currently being addressed.
The object of the plan is to advance the category of mineralization into a resource classification as defined by accepted standards.
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