exs - bfs etc , page-2

re: exs - bfs hots,etc Sorry Hots, my computer illiteracy was coming to the for! Shut the bloody thing down,got a sandwich/ate same,now feel better!
Back to the thread!
The short delay to the BFS is a fact of life these days when you maintain an active drilling programme coupled with consultants who want every i dotted etc.
New resource figure due later next week, followed by the BFS at the end of September/early October once the financial modelling has been fudged.
If all goes according to 'hoyle'(?), then on track for production end 2005.
China scenario is a bit like 'me too' stuff, but it makes common sense if you are in the copper game to have good ties in China one way or another,eg OXR,URL.
(Why is common sense so uncommon?)
Don't expect massive copper production forecasts, but it gets them into the game and their tenements are very appealling.
A reasonably quiet growth story for the time being.
Cheers,TAS