Here is a key part of the difference in Capex costs (and Opex) between Australia and Brazil hard rock mines. Taken from WC8's Met test news this morning.They are going to need to rely heavily on flotation which means significantly upfront Capex as well as increased Opex (processing costs).
Whereas, (as we already know), Colina will be a much simpler DMS only flow sheet = only needs $253m upfront capex and then the simple flowsheet converts to cheaper Opex.
Excerpt below shows that a DMS only process won't be viable for WC8.
LRS General Discussion, page-18411
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