They did encounter talc issues which delayed the primary high...

They did encounter talc issues which delayed the primary high grade stopes previously which thwy communicated in previous releases.

When the primary stopes cant be mined then the seconday ( stopes adjacent or above/ below is delayed ) for safety and operational constrains. Remeber they already have 2 Recordable insicents this Q.

So ,instead they mined the CFB for tonnes to compensate this but obviously the grades in CFB is lower than Area 5 which resulted in lower overall tin produced.

Now ,if you look at the Tin mined figure 185k this Q Vs 190k previous Q then its a difference of 5,000t which translates to a days worth of production haulage and insignificant by all means.

So the Area 5 high grade stopes are still there and will be mined Q2 i.e currently being mined with ~2% Sn.

This will show up this Q and with Sn price marching towars 50k Aud we are well setup to reap all the benifits.

Interesting to note that last Q they produced 2,700t Sn so they are still in track to get 10,000 t Sn / annum even with this Q's 2,272 tin produced.