This is a very useful, factual and first-hand account from an...

This is a very useful, factual and first-hand account from an experienced and knowledgeable person. In a related (extractive) industry. Thank you.

This is the sort of post that makes Hot Copper worthwhile. Something we can learn from.

Unlike the repetitive and totally useless, deliberately misinformative and immature posts from the village idiot who CRY's itself to sleep every night due to lost opportunity.

Or the repetitive, incessantly negative and bitter posts filled with smug misinformation from the obsessive dung beetle (lion...? pah!) who peddles misinformation over and over.

Surely we can all agree to put them both on ignore, so that nobody is tempted to respond to their downramping posts, which is completely cluttering up this forum and detracting from its value and our enjoyment.
They are trolls. Pure and simple. If there is anything true about the internet, it is that responding to trolls DOES NOT WORK.