OK, so the top two metres of water flow out at low tide. Then, presumably, the pipe's connection to the sea could be cut off.
A crucial point is this. Does EPM have GoG permission to pump out into the sea the remaining 58 metres of water in the pit?
The video of the tunnel leading out from the bottom of the pit was interesting and clear. Am I right in assuming that when EPM deepen the pit they would have to build a new lower tunnel if they are going to get the quartz out of the deepened pit? That quartz is way below the existing base of the pit. The following section is made publicly available on the internet -gb associates ivigtut annual report 2013
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