They said the revised DFS was to go a smaller front end and then expand it later for the lower grade feed at the back end of the mine plan. Higher grade feed is expected to span the first 6 years.
From the expanded SS this was going to average ~150koz. Therefore we can conclude if you build a front end at 72% of that capacity we will average ~110koz (noting that they have also commented infill has increased grade in the high grade zones so we might get a bump above this with new reserve).
This circles around to the point. It probably takes 12 months (max) to expand the plant and tails etc. So we have a lot of production years to expand high grade resources which pushes out the need to expand the plant.
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