saprolite

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Initial testing of a number of these coincident features in Q3 has returned promising results from within the saprolite profile.

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  1. noun Soft, thoroughly decomposed rock rich in clay and remaining in its original place.

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  • The lower saprolite laterite layer has not been drilled comprehensively, but Regency Mines believes that it could contain another 200 million tonnes of ore grading between 1. 25\% and 1. 5\% nickel.
  • (panning of 6kg crushed samples of saprolite) confirm the presence of significant gold concentrations in the new trenches. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Initial testing of a number of these coincident features in Q3 has returned promising results from within the saprolite profile. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Drilling of deep augur traverses has yielded a number of saprolite-hosted gold intercepts, returning grades of more than 3g / t gold, whilst soil geochemistry has returned a number of results with grades in excess 0. 3g / t gold. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
 

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  1. Greek σαπρός, rotten, + λίθος, stone.
 

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/ˈsæprəlaɪt/
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