Yes, AJTrader, have to agree.One of those the most painful bit...

Yes, AJTrader, have to agree.
One of those the most painful bit is the chopper hire
These companies make an absolute killing out of it.
Freida River had two Bell 207's in the air all the time, one refueling, and a Russian heavy lift buzzing in and out from OK Tedi every couple of hours while they drilled out that project.
There’s no infrastructure in the place other than what is built by aid or by the mining industry.
Private industry is left to maintain everything.
The big spend by IDC over the last few months on drilling arose because of the size of the holes (all PQ) and the complete friggin incompetence of the lotus eating drillers………and storage of 6700 meters of PQ core in refrigerated containers awaiting met testing in Perth.
You can make it work in PNG but ypou have to watch everything like a hawk.
Apparently that’s all happening now but if I had been
With the benefit of hindsight, had I been a field manager on this project things would have run differently from both the drill out and exploration side of things.
PNG is no place for novices.