I didn't think it was so bad at all. There was the production delay by an unforseen matter, but resolved. The impact on guidance is there, but minimal. There isn't a mine in the world that doesn't get those type of issues. The VAT tax thing was weird. Everyone is at the mercy of government decisions.
However the all-in cash costs were below forecast, a big plus, and while the costs are forwarded to increase, they are way below the current rising copper price. Hence the key, this is all about the copper price. Note how we did manage an improved sale price in qtr2 over q1.
Importantly, the debottleknecking is going according to plan it seems and given so much time, effort and money is going into this, we as shareholders will want to see things go according to plan.
I didn't think it was so bad at all. There was the production...
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