prominent hill update

Integral parts of PH now finished and full Commissioning has started with no major problems. Mills been running for weeks off and on(Been running full time for the last 4 days) and haven't heard of any major problems with them.

Still small bore piping to be finished but not essential for running the plant. These lines will be finished within a couple of weeks anyway.

Low grade ore been going through the crusher now for about 5 days and have seen at least 1 stock pile put through the circuit to tweak the system. Yesterday walked up onto the concentrator holding tanks platform and south side one is about 20% full.

Been advised the head grade at the moment is around .6% with head grade reaching 1.3% to 2% in normal operating conditions.

Plans to start filter pressing in the next few days. Not sure if the concentrate is commercially viable and will be transported. At the very least it would be certainly put back into the system when plant in fully running. Will keep posted if I see transportation of concentrate.

Theres been spills and leaks etc to contend with but this is normal in commissioning and hardly serious. The major bonus here is no serious mechanical problems which pretty much means PH will be making money a lot sooner if there was. PH could very well be fully producing within the next 8 weeks or so, if not sooner.

Plant fully completed this month and contractors off site by the end of it.

Good luck guys.