Sierra Leone; Opportunity for Professional gold detectorist

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	Hi Guys, Have just joined. I have a mining concession in Northern Sierra Leone, alluvial placer and dredging. We have a large acreage of mountain and small streams from it, all originating from a gold lode. Have not got funds for that level yet and still trying for funds to mechanise alluvials You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://tiny.cc/gold904 and if you want some pics You are not allowed to view links. Please Register or Login http://tiny.ccgold280 . No there is a lot of illegal mining by the locals up in the hills, but they just dig away in the stream beds. Had an acknowledged South American geologist on site a few months back and having saw my little detector, confirmed that the area was rip for such activity as quite a few nuggets could turn up using this method. Now I have no experience of the detectors and have sto spend most of my time on the river and creek. I am in UK just now, waiting for river levels to fall. What I am considering is to invite a truly experienced and fit individual to come over and prospect the hills and share the winnings on a 50/50 basis. We will provide lodging, food, internal transport and labour to assist with digging and carrying. You just to get over. Gold will be legally exported through our company and you can ship your share back with you or receive cash - some nugets of more value I agree. This is not a wind up and I personally will be disappointed if a recovery rate of 1 to 2 troy oz's a day was not recovered. For the genuinely interested I can forward geological map of the immediate area of our concession, together with the mapping results of the gold survey conducted by the Inited Nations just a few years back. You can come for a few weeks or a few months. This is not going to be millionaire stuff, but a healthy income. We also have caves which I am interested in exploring ( on the river ) and some fine waterfalls, cataract areas of interest - dredge can't reach those areas. Happy to furnish more info as so requested. By the By, I'm Irish/Scot a real person - see my pic on tiny - and not some villainous outfit on a scam. Await your responses - or not as the case maybe. Regards Adrian

I think this sounds like a good deal, for some one, some one a bit younger than me... If I had seen such an offer 20 years ago, I would  have jumped at it!   

However, if I had the $$, I would not mind going just for fun!

You do know, I suppose, about the email scams that go: *A bank, in Sierra Leone is holding $1,000,000  dollars that....* for some reason this person can not access and needs cash to access and offer 100 % return..... 

This is the very first thing that crossed my mind, when I saw your post. 

I had some placer claims on the Nation River, however I decided it was too hard ro develope and dropped them, this pas summer.... but I did keep one where I can go pan or set up a small sluice (suction dredges are illegal, here.) I have been toying with the idea of pay-to-pan, but the safety factor is hard to guarantee, as there are grizzly bears, in the area that might find a tourist to be delicious lunch!  ,

As for nugget detecting or nugget shooting as we say, here, I will be doing that here, next year, in a totally different area than my claims, since they only have fine to flour gold.

I am definitely not fit enough, so that would automatically eliminate me, as I have some ruptured discs and a part paralyzed leg, also I am diabetic, and without medication would have to eat protein, constantly! 

Have you ever heard of the Doctor Atkins Diet? It is goooood. All protein. 

Even though I can not help you out in a useful way, I would like to keep contact and see your results, so would anyone on this forum.... I will be taking lots of photos, next summer and can pass on ideas and results of ideas. A 2 gigabyte SD card holds a lot of photos!

What is the average temperature, in Sierra Leone, in winter? And, I repeat AND, do you have an Internet connection, by land line or satellite? I am sure others, considering your offer, would like to know.

What kind of shots would a person need? How hard is it to get a visa, and for what kind of time periods.

I do know that English and an English Creole is widely spoken, there. What about customs?

I did a Google search on Sierra Leone, last June BUT, I remember very little, now.

Lots of luck.

goldigger

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		Quote:			Posted by hardluck
	Hello Goldenshamrock It sounds that you may be on a good thing but there is many things you need to explain to ease the fears of any investors or partners. What is the current status of the government and political situation there? It was not so long ago there was an protracted Civil war in your country. No fun in getting another souvenir in my neck  Hardluck

Hardluck;

It sounds like you are *well travelled.* 

This sounds like a real adventure, I have collected some stuff, some from an SL website and some from the US Embassy site, in SL. 

goldigger



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Wow...just a rational observation here...but, red flags all over the place on this one.


Adrian....for someone who has been in the business for 30 years, might I suggest getting your own domain (website) and have it professionally done up. Stay away from those free blog style websites scammers frequently use. Anybody can put one of those together in a matter of hours and start soliciting for funds on internet message boards.

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Hello Goldenshamrock

Please chose any potential partner very carefully as gold and treasure can do strange things to people.

I hope you find what you seek and wish you every success with your venture.

Hardluck. 

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Thanks Hardluck,

Yes this mining here is a dirty business and not because of the muck on your hands. We encountered jealousy and worse just being granted the licenses we have. Finding good grade deposits generated more animosity and the unleashing of the not so pleasant side of human nature. I have a good team with fellow National Directors, but always you have to be on your toes, with even the Government mines monitors getting their sticky hands involved. Perseverance is key and I thank you again for your best wishes.

Goldenshamrock 
Hi Golddigger,

Sierra Leone has a great mix and wealth of deposits. We are not in an area known for diamonds, but we do occasionally pick up a gem quality stone from pre panning inspection and usually in the range of 0.3 to 0.9 cts. Not going to throw away the salmon when fishing for trout. We have a lot of indicator material associated with diamonds, but the best indicator is the diamond itself.  Further down the creek as it nears the river, there are better prospects as is the river itself. The Keene dredge is set up for gold, but hopefully in the future we can move to gravel pump / missile dredge and then be able to pump gravels to land for processing - trommel, screen and then to jig  and sluice / concentrator, spirals. Same for land alluvials but using excavator and or gravel pump and monitor. Then in a better position to capture majority of materials of economic value.  The fault lines we have on concession are ultra potassic granite intrusions and being in a maffic / ultra maffic area and with the high zircon presence ( 90, 000 ppb ) in the black sands allows for the probability of kimberlite dykes being present; it is understood that only 1 to 2 % of such dykes are productive.

The geology was with reference to the weathering and movement of gold down the slope from its original vein, ultimately ending up as stream / river placer deposits. The area we are in has other interesting products such as titanium and ilemenorutile and rumoured to be U and Pu somewhere in the hills.

If I provide the coordinates would it be possible to have copies of maps you mentioned from U of Tx. Possibly can be sent through WinZip or as FTP

Thanks for your time

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