Accepted that there is a time lag in getting staff back onsite,...

Accepted that there is a time lag in getting staff back onsite, but there are only a few parts to the butcherbird operation. It would he good if you could share your knowledge as to which part of the butcherbird operation would cause the restart delay (assuming staff can be brought to site). Like Rocket, I can't see what bit would be particularly difficult to restart. The most difficult part would appear to be getting staff back onsite on appropriate T&C's.

There's only really 3 bits to the Butcherbird operation - some easy mining, basic beneficiation (involving no reagents other than "water") and trucking to port.

The first picture is the DFS mining plan. Its got fractionally more complex as they have found they need to drill/blast cap rocks. After that its ripping, free-digging and hauling to the crusher. Nothing in the mining part of the operation would appear to have long lead-time restarts. The biggest obstacle would be if there was a cap rock needing blasting before there was ore ready to rip.



The crusher shouldn't be hard to restart. Its not a delicate bit of equipment. After the crusher there's only a screen, log washer scrubber, another screen and the optical ore sorter. The log washer's been turned on and off dozens if not hundreds of times already to clear clay blockages. The biggest risk there is that the on-off switch is getting worn out. The optical ore screener is also in the turn-off/turn on category.

Which bit is going to be hard restarting?