DenbenOnly just read your post, the camp is a couple of km's...

Denben

Only just read your post, the camp is a couple of km's away from the open cut and will definitely not need to be moved.

The footprint of the ore body is several hundred meters and is a long way away from camp facilities.

Another point about drilling in the early days, as a relatively junior company Oxiana's goal was to drill out a resource and begin mining ASAP. In this case a number of things will be overlooked such as sterilization drilling etc.

People will ask why this wasn't done, well basically it comes down to cost, there was a significant resource and the aim was to begin production. For a small company costs are a critical factor during the development stage.

The viewpoint is to start production first and find more ore bodies later. Which is perfectly reasonable given the size of the company at the time.