Hi HT,
As you say 'a decline rather than a shaft gives the maximum optionality to the mining engineers to choose the most appropriate mining method.'
I agree, but further to that, I would say it is a 'defacto decision to mine'. Or to put it another way 'they have decided that 'there will be a mine at Carrapateena'.
To me this is big news. I would have put it in bold print, but couldn't work out how to do it. Back to you HT1. HC42