Ann: Portal Cut for Kanmantoo Decline Commences, page-17

Hi,

Yes the thought of the MC51 running into trouble.had crossed my mind also.

No doubt on the scale of hard rocks ours are up there. Back in the day the first crusher they got was not up to the job as the rocks were too hard.

Komatsu must feel that they want to pit their machine up against the best nature has to offer. I am sure they feel it is up to the job. However, this is a trial of a new machine and when we buy the first model of anything we always brace ourselves for teething troubles, And this is the test machine not the first model.

Good thing is we have time. This cut is likely not on the critical path as we have drilling and dfs and fid to get through. This is why this is such a great idea. Not only does Komatsu get to test but we get learn what we are up against in mining going forward and we can mull over the issues before investing in equipment.