Reading NI 43-101 reports: Data verification

Typically in a NI 43-101 technical report, the author will re-assay the drill core to verify the integrity of the assay results.  This is to help spot Bre-X style frauds where somebody may be ‘salting’ a crushed sample with gold.

Here’s the crazy thing:

  1. Some people still commit blatant fraud… even though they will eventually be caught.
  2. Often in technical reports, there are issues with data verification and the author doesn’t care.

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