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stumpytrunks,

Makes all those RC holes reported in the 2010 Annual Report sound even better.

As open cut mining is expected to commence in first half 2012, we are now not long off getting a truer picture of what CDU has.

There has been no mention of the appointment of the contractor but preparations for the construction the 200 man village must be well advanced to house the contractor's work force.

Wayne and team will be very busy boys with rail and port infrastructure et cetera. Mind you it will be an exhilarating experience for them to see the culmination of years of effort and the achievement of actually going mining after all the criticism levelled against them.

Is that a wry smile I see on Wayne's face?