[QUOTAzInAsia, post: 36397419, member: 338466"]@Debohon i think you are mistakenly thinking that there is a single large mountain of mullock or low grade stockpiles sitting ready to be reprocessed.
The first image below is from google earth - the minesite and surrounding area.
The second image is Dobsina and the mine location lies to the NNE ~ 5-10km.
The third image is from the EUC website.
As you can see for yourself there are no contiguous stockpiles to process - mullock would be scattered over the surface - thru the Forrest’s and down the slope of the hills: @Dobsina69 - could you please confirm?
As far as I can tell they’d be scratching around forever and a day to get enough mullock together to process as I can’t see the locals wanting to see swathes of their Forrest’s cleared.
Hi Azin.There are some large waste dumps around the mines as you can see on the EUC website. Most of the waste dumps I agree have been dumped down the slopes and they are covered by shrubs and grass
Not so long ago Dobsina shire workers used the material from the stock piles to spread ower the icy roads in winter when there was a shortage of gravel
The workers had no idea what material they were using
To be honest I don't think that there would be any objection from the locals to reprocess the waste dumps
There is also a large copper waste dump in Rejdova license and I have been told by locals that they have spotet increased activities around Rejdova mines and dumps by geos
.In my last discussion in August with Dobsina mayor he told me that he is very concerned about the destruction of forests in Dobsina district by bark beetles. All ready there are hills completely bare of all pine trees and the distraction of the forests is spreading at alarming rate. Most of the Dobsina income arrives from sale of the timber from the forests, with all this devastated forests mayor told me that Dobsina will be facing financial problems in few years and that's why he needs the mining to go ahead as soon as possible.
