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Article: Republic Gold (ASX:RAU) Announce Positive Petrology Report For Burraga Base Metals Prospect
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- June 2, 2008
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The Board of Republic Gold (ASX: RAU)("Republic" or the "Company") announces that it has received a positive petrology report for the Burraga Base Metals Prospect. This report indicates that Burraga mineralisation fits what is known as the "carbonate-base metal" model of mineralisation. A number of significant mineral deposits of this style are located in the south-west Pacific Rim including Kelian, Gold Ridge, Mt. Kare, Porgera, Woodlark Island, Karangahake and Lake Cowal.
A petrologist report looks at samples of rock from a mineral deposit under a microscope to determine in detail what minerals compose the rock and what rock types are present. Because of the differing ways in which ...