Replies to post #34659 on KAT Exploration Inc (KATX)

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From Ken Stead "From: Ken Stead <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Hi Ken I have a question?
To: "Bob Nordberg" <[e-mail]>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2:55 PM



Bob
Good question. The old drill hole on the Handcamp was drilled at a 50 degree angle approximately 70 meters from the main out crop where we are getting visible gold(VG) so we won't be duplicating that hole. But what we will be doing is drilling straight down through those same targets with a possible 9 holes moving south from the first 4 holes to be drilled. We should enter that.39oz AU(gold) much sooner than those who drilled the angle holes. With .39oz below surface and high grade samples along with VG right on surface it'll be very interesting and exciting to see what really comes out of this, we are very optimistic.

Ken
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From: Bob Nordberg
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Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:59 PM
Subject: Hi Ken I have a question?


Good afternoon Ken... listen I have a question? Here is a quote from the old website/Walter Brumley story on Google Finance where I cut copied your interview from last year …”Assay results from the Handcamp property have given a wide range of gold values such as 53.3 g/t Au with over 2oz silver/ton. A number of grab samples assayed 20 g/t,94 g/t, with one grab reportly as high as 158.9 g/t. Both lead and zinc of up to 2% are also from these same samples. A previous drill hole encountered .39oz of gold over 7 feet, with visible gold been panned from a recently trenched outcrop. Kat Exploration owns 60 claim block surrounding the main Handcamp gold showing and has a work program in place for the immediate spring that will see prospecting, some trenching and diamond drilling over high priority areas. “ My question is during the first drilling that is about to take place on Handcamp do you intend to do a duplicate hole parallel to the one from years ago ? This is something Daubloom said could be done I was wondering if it is planed to be repeated as one of your first holes?….And if you could tell your Kat fans/investors anything you know about the old drill hole….thanks very much in advance …..Bob http://www.smallcapnetwork.com/Technical-Review-of-DSTI-SSN-and-KATX/s/article/view/p/mid/3/id/119/



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we won't be duplicating that hole. But what we will be doing is drilling straight down through those same targets with a possible 9 holes moving south from the first 4 holes to be drilled. We should enter that.39oz AU(gold) much sooner than those who drilled the angle holes. With .39oz below surface and high grade samples along with VG right on surface it'll be very interesting and exciting to see what really comes out of this, we are very optimistic.
Ken
we won't be duplicating that hole. But what we will be doing is drilling straight down through those same targets with a possible 9 holes moving south from the first 4 holes to be drilled. We should enter that.39oz AU(gold) much sooner than those who drilled the angle holes. With .39oz below surface and high grade samples along with VG right on surface it'll be very interesting and exciting to see what really comes out of this, we are very optimistic.

Ken we won't be duplicating that hole. But what we will be doing is drilling straight down through those same targets with a possible 9 holes moving south from the first 4 holes to be drilled. We should enter that.39oz AU(gold) much sooner than those who drilled the angle holes. With .39oz below surface and high grade samples along with VG right on surface it'll be very interesting and exciting to see what really comes out of this, we are very optimistic.

Ken
For those who are still following this conversation thread about gamma-ray spectrometry (and if you're not then I quite understand), I have discovered why the gamma ray survey found by Birdman Bob focuses on two specific areas of Newfoundland, of which one (called Figure 1) has our Handcamp smack in the middle. The information below is taken directly from the Canadian Government's Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) - the organisational responsible for carrying out the airborne survey - which information you can find for yourself at this website: http://cgc.rncan.gc.ca/gamma/exp97/index_e.php . As an introduction, here is what they say about the importance of gamma ray spectrometry...

...the proximity of potassium anomalies to mineralization provides evidence of significant fluid/rock interaction associated with the mineralizing event. The ability to map and quantify this potassium alteration, from the air and on the ground, has important implications for VHMS exploration and mapping.

Put simply, you can use gamma-ray maps to locate the radioactive elements potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th) and these elements (particularly potassium) are very good indicators of rare minerals such as gold. (This is a gross oversimplification and by the looks of the calculations you need to perform it takes a heck of a lot of expertise to read the data meaningfully, but it's basically true). The GSC goes on to explain that gamma-ray spectrometry can help locate...

uranium
granophile elements (Sn, W, etc.)
rare elements (Be, Zr, Y, etc.)
carbonatites (rare earth elements, P, Nb, etc.)
precious metals (Au, Ag, etc.)
base metals (Cu, Zn, etc.)

OK, so basically the GSC is saying that gamma ray spectrometry is a great indicator for everything we want and expect at Handcamp - gold, silver, copper, zinc and even REEs. That's good news! Now here's what the GSC says about those special areas Figure 1 (where Handcamp is located) and Figure 2 on their map of Newfoundland...

Flight lines were spaced at 1,000 metres. For the Great Gull Lake area (Figure 1) and Turks Volcanic Belt (Figure 2) detailed coverage was obtained using northwest-southeast oriented flight lines spaced at 330 and 500 metres respectively. The closer line spacing supports increased spatial resolution of radioactive element signatures.

and...

Airborne gamma ray spectrometry surveys have also detected areas of potassium enrichment associated with felsic volcanic sequences in several areas of central and north-central Newfoundland. These results prompted surveying of two areas with closer line spacing to improve anomaly resolution (Figures 1 and 2). Ground spectrometry studies in these and other areas have shown a strong association between elevated potassium concentrations and massive sulphide deposits.

So basically, we are smack in the middle of an area identified by the Canadian Government's own Geological Survey of Canada as having the highest levels of potassium enrichment and therefore the highest likelihood of finding valuable mineral deposits including gold, silver, copper, zinc and REEs in the entirety of Newfoundland. Smack in the middle!

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