Interesting Points17 Apr 2023 14:31
To note Eric put out annual guidance knowing full well q1’s production number.
He doesn’t want to disappoint the market again and therefore will be ultra conservative. I think we will be positively surprised on q1 results also to note
The reduced availability of open pit and underground mining equipment impacted the mine plan in H2. To support surface operations, open pit mining equipment arrived at NLGM in December 2022 from a second mining contractor, increasing the open pit mining fleet capacity by around 40% by the end of the year.
In addition, a newly purchased Sandvik underground production rig was fully commissioned in December 2022, resulting in a 94% increase in total underground production meters to 10,439 meters compared with the first 11 months average of 2022 of 5,377 meters. At the end of December 2022, there were 10 underground stopes ready and available for drilling compared to a NLGM base case average of 3 at any one time.
The other thing he said was best January ever, but the steady comment, could be mean standard Feb and March. Time will tell.