JD said... ..."The average stripping ratio for the project is 3.6(!). ".........
And all that cr*p gotta be mined at (an optimistic $2-$2.25 per tonne) according to recent studies on LT projects. I expect reality is more like $3.5 per tonne, adding some 50% to "Mining Costs" - the largest single item in most of these studies.
BG