Great thinking Jiff, a solar-powered slurry pipe removes the need for local area heavy truck (diesel) movements.
Then finished product onto the adjacent rail. ESG all the way.
This would be a tech step up from the 'rope conveyor system' spoken of in the ESG initiatives update in Dec-21 - highly recommend new holders revisit this announcement. From this update, the Senergy JDA appeared to indicate there was excess electricity available, which would allow the possibility of clean-powering a slurry pipe.
The rapid backfill on the waste material into the pit is also rare/best practice (noting there is a low strip ratio to begin with).
Looking forward to hearing more on the ESG perspective, as this widens the investment field.
IMO much focus on this (and resulting carbon footprint & community project reward) will see the DFS tick many more boxes with financiers.
From the Mines&Money preso in April, here's news flow that is expected incoming:
If you're in any doubt as to the financials, apply a 50% discount to the May-22 preso in the current MC & SP against project NPV (ridiculous):
And if anyone is not already aware of what the understated team are allowed to claim in their preso's as the 'phenomenal' metrics of the project - here they are:
Tune in to channel VR8 over the next month for some
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Rewarding npv
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