RE: The decline - Again17 Feb 2023 17:23
Wow just read this afternoon posts, I don’t think a lot of you should be invested here you just don’t understand what’s happening even though I’ve pointed where my research is.
Let’s get this straight with the Decline
1 we only have permissions to go down to 400m , that’s 20m above the ore body.
2 Where the Western Front is the cover is 450m
3 to get to the first production zone of the first stopes requires an additional 500m of Decline.
4 the Decline doesn’t I repeat doesn’t reach the Ore it turns right 1-200m from the orebody and then down a spiral to the Western Front entrance.
5 other infrastructure accesses carry on into the orebody from the Decline to about the 440m level, from this position high grade ore can be retrieved for sample loading to Telfer to achieve a relevant process so when the main arrives the train is ready to accept it.
6 there are numerous vent shafts and access tunnels that need to be installed prior to any ore extraction for government approvals to be gained.
7 There are additional access drives to be formed in the Western front about 500m plus vents prior to production
There’s a tremendous amount of work to do this year don’t expect continuous newsflow it won’t happen let them get on with it.
We’ve been told production to start March 2024 at the moment.