I don't know if anyone else picked it but the photo earlier in...

I don't know if anyone else picked it but the photo earlier in this thread, showing (presumably) the Berenguela drill site, provides a great example of the professionalism of KEX. I've spent a lifetime in the industry and this would have to be the the best laid out drill site I've seen. Way back in the last century, long, long before Rio took ownership, when I was fresh out of uni, I worked for the Australian office of KEX and I'm ashamed to say we never ran a site that looked as good as this one.A cynic could argue that it's a photo op, but it's a lot of work to go to for the sake of a publicity shoot.

For a team that is remote from the oversight of superintendents, managers and the HSEC hawks, the site is a credit to them. Points of note:

• protective geo-fabric across the heavily trafficked area;
• protective capping on the metal stakes;
• barricading cones to control vehicle access;
• portable water pump in a protective bund;
• colour-coded waste bins / recycle bins, sitting on pallets;
• everyone wearing PPE;
• covered storage for spares and, probably, crib;
• warning signage;
• neatly stacked drill strings;
• protective shading for the drill operator;
• and so on.

If that is an indication of the quality of our partner, I'm highly encouraged to have them on board. Whatever the outcome of the drilling programme the drill site suggests that the assessment of Berenguela will have been conducted with an extremely high level of competence.