The facts are that BLK experienced mass amounts of rain ... Canaccord site visit pics shows how wet it still was when they visited.
When u get 4 weeks of limited production in a quarter the numbers are certainly going to be way off ..
Going forward i see no issues ... Golden age is less than 4% of total resource and the reduced tonnage should be replaced by recent drilling success at golden age .
Small blip imo
"Surface infrastructure plant March Q run rate of 339kt was above our expectation of 305kt, indicating good progress during the ramp up phase. Recoveries were also high at 93.7%, confirming the excellent metallurgy of the oxide open pits and Golden Age ore. The current infrastructure constrain is the crushing circuit’s ability to process oxide ore with elevated moisture content, which was exacerbated by the recent weather events. March Q’s low utilisation of 69% was impacted by weather, specifically wet oxide ore causing blockages in the crushing circuit. Going forward the mill should continue to perform better, with improving weather conditions (drier ore) and with a higher percentage of fresh ore being blended from Golden Age and the Galaxy open pit."
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