BT it is excellent to have you on board the AVB forum as questions often(!) arise requiring technical assessments based on personal experience. It is so frustrating not to have answers.
1. I would appreciate a comment on the relative values of the extensive shallow oxide, which seems to be building rapidly, and the deeper sulphides. Surely the oxides are a free-dig, ready to go item? Must be some reason they are less attractive?
2. A rough guess of the time that it could take, once the Trial Mining Licence is obtained, to plan, equip, arrange transport etc etc.... and finally to ship that first load of ore from the HGZ especially.
3. Is there a rough rule-of-thumb standard that can be applied to the gold such that 1g/t has a copper equivalent % that can be added in to the copper reported? How significant are the gold grades being reported now?
4. Looking at similar copper deposits in the area they all appear to be Open Pit... with I guess the associated de-watering problems that come in a wet climate. How do they handle them?
5. Does a vertical orebody such as is depicted at Antas North have practical advantages in say exposed surface area to ore volume as compared to a wider shallower deposit? Is what is sketched in the latest announcement "GOOD"?
6. One core recently showed what appeared to be azurite.? A beautiful blue! Shame to mine it. But.... has it got economic value, and can it be readily processed?
thanks in advance PP
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