RE: Pathetic1 Nov 2024 08:59
Punter,
As I have mentioned before, these problems may have arisen through two critical decisions by Dan Betts or a subordinate. To short into production low grade waste stripping material was processed into a brand new mining facility. This led to low recovery rates of ore and consequently not using the mine at grades it was intended for led to relining a mill well before it should have been required. The second short cut was geo-technical drilling. If the drilling is not done every so many metres and instead has been done over a larger area with far less holes, the error in assessing where high grade material is located is far greater. Another issue is how sampling was done at the ROM pad. If the driller was told to choose an area where physical gold was more apparent and to concentrate sampling there, then the grade data on entirety is corrupted. We can not be sure if what I am saying has arisen. If it has it will emerge in the on-going review. If it has occurred it would certainly explain the mess that has arisen here. Tony