jimbowie There were 320 drill hole results for the M1 layer at Beaton's Creek. The average thickness of the M1 layer based on the drilling was 1.69 meters. The average grade was 4.88 gpt(dont include the underground grades bubb). There were 324 drill hole results for the M2 layer at Beaton's Creek. The average thickness of the M2 layer based on the drilling was 2.10 meters(1.5 meters bubb, read the n43101). The average grade was 2.26 gpt. For both M1 and M2 combined, the grade averaged 3.42 gpt. If Novo doesn't eliminate low grade fresh ore areas(they wont) and mines the entire area already drilled then expect a head grade at the mill of 2.44 gpt based on 40% dilution. Using 93% mill processing recovery expect recovery of 2.27 gpt (2.8gm according to n43-101 bubb: 2.7 gm indicated and 2.9gm infrerred in fresh bubb. So 2.8 x .85 x .5 = 1.19 gm headgrade bubb). At 1.5 million tons per year mill processing, the production per year would be 109,474 ounces(OF NOTE, YOO HOO, THIS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: the cutoff grade for the fresh used in the n34-101 is 0.5gm which we know is not economic even for oxides and you need an even higher cutoff for fresh as it costs a lot more to mine due to double the strip. So move the cutoff up to say 1.8gms and then how many ECONOMIC ozs are really left? Not many, but hey, the oxides arent economic and still they mine, so mebe its about stuffing pockets and not making money eh. ). 2021 production average was 0.98 gpt (is not velly good eh) with an AISC of $2,104 US per ounce(I will take your word for that). Using 2021 as a guide and a 20% cost increase for 2022/2023, projected AISC cost for the fresh would be (2,104 x 1.2% x 43% [.98 gpt/2.27 gpt]) $1,086 US per ounce.(Nah. You cant prorate AISC based on grade bubb. You gots your fixed costs and you gots your variable costs. You got your oxides and you gots your fresh which are night and day. Oxides being a pique nique and fresh being mining hell. Whoever taught you to count needs to go back to counting it school. It will be much higher both because costs have increased and because strip is closer to 10 to 1 in fresh vs 4 to 1 in oxides. Also they themselves said as low as 85% recovery in fresh in an earlier pea and in the 43-101 they estimate 90% recovery in fresh. Dilution will be closer to 50% than 40% in fresh as its deeper. More displacement during boom boom. An the fresh is much harder rock and will cost more to mine and mill.)