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Labour intensive soapstone (talc) mining,
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| Local wedding outside Ghatol guesthouse |
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| Villagers in Jeep, Ghatol |
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| IGL Exploration guesthouse, Ghatol |
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Religious symbol (Trident) on Deccan Trap
basalt, Banswara |
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| Camels used as transport, near Bhukia, Rajasthan |
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| Bhukia - ancient gold panning site - tailings mound |
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| Cattle cart, near Bhukia, Rajasthan |
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| Udaipur at Sunset, Rajasthan |
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Ancient zinc smelting site, Zawar mines, south
of Udaipur |
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| IGL drilling program, East Block, Bhukia |
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| Bhukia - drill rig near old workings |
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IGL drilling program, SESW Block, Bhukia - looking
toward East Block (hills behind rig) |
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Mike Higgins (MD IGL, left), local villager (centre),
Surender Chaku (MD MMI (JV Partner), right at
Delwara South prospect, Bhukia |
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| Bhukia - on field travese |
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| Bhukia - old gold workings |
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Hera Lal (field foreman, left), Surender Chaku,
Mike Higgins, Pranjal (right) at East Block, Bhukia |
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Surender Chaku examining altered aplite,
Amarthun Prospect, note canal cutting in background |
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Pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite +/- chalcopyrite in
calcite-albite-actinolite-tourmaline altered calc-silicate,
Bhukia SESW, 6.26g/tAu, 0.33%As, 0.16%Cu |
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| Fold in calc-silicates, ancient working at Bhukia SESW |
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| Bhukia - iron oxide cap with copper |
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Sulphide staining in canal cutting,
Amarthun prospect |
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Massive pyrrhotite with large arsenopyrite crystals
(silver) and quartz fragments (white), Bhukia SESW,
3.72g/tAu, 1.18%As, 0.11%Cu |
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Coarse arsenopyrite crystals (aligned with foliation)
with minor pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, Bhukia SESW,
2.64g/tAu, 2.62%As, 0.13%Cu |
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IBD004, ~170m - Massive crystalline arsenopyrite
(aligned with foliation) with pyrrhotite +/- chalcopyrite,
Bhukia SESW, 19.2g/tAu, 9.04%As, 0.49%Cu |
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| Gossan, Bhukia SESW outcrop |
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Jasperoidal alteration within dolomite,
Hinglaz Mata prospect |
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Jasperoidal alteration within dolomite,
Hinglaz Mata prospect, in fracture zone |
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Ancient working within jasperoidal alteration, Hinglaz
Mata prospect, not soapstone (talc) mine in distance |
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Ancient workings around fold closure, East Block,
Bhukia |
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Ancient workings around fold closure, East Block,
Bhukia |
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Ancient open pit, ~ 150m x 40m x 15m deep, just
over wall, Timran Mata West, Bhukia |
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Strike extensive ancient workings, Delwara Block,
Bhukia |
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Drilling Panch Mahuri IPMD4 in valley filled with
ancient gold diggings |
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Gossan in axial plane and along slippage planes in
folded quartz-albite rock, Gundelapada prospect, Bhukia |
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| Old Workings SW corner Anjeni PL |
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| Stream sampling - Jambura |
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| Stream sampling - Jambura |
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| Soil sampling south of Bedewal |
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| Soil sampling Scrubby Hill |
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| Sampling in Saddle SH Ridge |
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| Making mud tiles, Khajuri |
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| Looking South over Beras PL |
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| Looking North over Old Anjeni Workings |
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| Looking North over Beras PL |
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| Lifting water for irrigation Khajuri |
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| Folded carbonaceous shales Pada PL |
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| IGL staff at Udaipur office |
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