Dnvan, Not sure we are on different pages although I think you...

Dnvan,

Not sure we are on different pages although I think you will find that it will not be all ore.

The point I was trying to make is that the 5mill tonneage has little to do with having feed volume in stockpile (which many posters seemed to be implying) but all to do with accessing native copper from day one.

Keep in mind also that the material above the native copper is essentially at surface anyhow ie the cost to load and transport will only be marginally higher than from stockpile. A large % of a 5mill tonne stockpile will need to be reloaded and hauled to the plant albeit the cycle time should be lower being closer to the plant.

And good luck to you as well.

Cheers - Surfydad