Ann: Red River pours first gold at Hillgrove, page-44

Agree with you regarding getting stuck into the stockpile first, better to deal with a possible single can of worms (plant operation) by itself than two possible can of worms at the same time (plant operation/performance AND underground). At least by the time we start Stage 2 we can be confident on the processing side and focus on underground mining and issues that may arise there. Basic common sense stuff I guess.