RE: Environmentally 1st18 Feb 2019 16:34
I also like the SXX website and their clear specification of how they will address environmental concerns. It seems that this company is addressing the vast majority of concerns, particularly in building the Transport tunnel to mitigate overland transport issues.
However, there is one area I cannot find answers to which others here might be able to clarify for me:- What is SXX going to do to mitigate potential future cave-ins etc? Are they going to 'back-fill' the cavins as they remove the mineral or are they going to flood it?
My main concern is that of future potential Sinkhole issues that seem to be becoming more and more prevalent. It would seem to be more conducive to instigate some form of 'filling-in' process even if it is more of a honeycomb structure. Indeed, such a 'feature' may help to develop Thermal Energy based generation in the future, given that the temperature at that depth, and the size of the evacuated area will provide a wealth of thermal energy.
Indeed SXX could be missing a trick by not considering how to develop and establish any Thermal capability as an ongoing basis during mining???
Any idea, comments etc