The 11-foot thick Paris Hills Vanadium bed occurs between
the upper and lower phosphate zones. In the historic ESI
exploration work, reference is made to 47 drill holes, and
results for 34 have thus far been located. Also, ESI conducted
test mining in 1974, driving 900 ft of tunnel within the
vanadium rich beds, and in 1975, driving 2,700 ft of tunnel
in the upper phosphate bed. The historic resources estimates
were based on the results of drilling, sampling, test mining,
metallurgical testing, and engineering.
Rocky Mountain Resources Corp. has begun
a thorough review of the existing data obtained from ESI,
is mobilizing a rig scheduled to drill up to 10 confirmatory
holes totaling up to 7,000 feet beginning September 15,
2008, and will update the geological model and database
with the objective of developing a CIM compliant resource
and issuing a
43-101 technical report before the end of 2008.
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