Feel for you guys in this but the writing HAS been on the wall...

Feel for you guys in this but the writing HAS been on the wall for some time with the avalanche of clay hosted Rees hitting the market its no surprise.
Far easier to process shallow basin deposits have this covered I'm afraid.
Since the Arunta and Brazil mad rush of pegging and some sky-high grades even now it's getting a very crowded space as most will ship dirt to China to make anything of these deposits those first to market will prosper most.
In W.A projects at Eneabba and Kalgoorlie offer some hope one day we will become a downstream processor but i have my doubts.
Scale of economies says NO labor and infrastructure costs add in red tape Australia is batting a very low average vs China.
Over a billion peeps doing what their told most part = cheap labor.
They have a big hand in all resources in this country our weak as piss governments let them walk all over us.
That won't change anytime soon.
RANT OVER