RE:Not so long agoYes. A different ceo would have gotten high grade out of the last bench that run out of pay early. What was russ doing:)))
You have 2 think outside the box to make mining work. For instance instead of 10 million to dewater gib pit with pumps u simply use camels and elephants. Let them drink and load them with ore. Once trained, they need no drivers. Just someone to load them at bottom and unload at the top.
They would need to b equiped with poop bags to keep riad from getting greasy. But elephant and camel dung make the best fert in the world.
So zero dewatering and mining cost. If the haul was 2 miles, the road should accomodate 1 thousand elephants and 1 thousand camels. At 2 miles an hr they should be able to haul 24 thousand tonnes of ore per day on 3 shifts.
Just need 2 find 3 thousand elephants and 3 thousand camels. Then get 3 pits going for 75 thousand tonnes per day.
Perhaps feed would b a challenge. Maybe russ does know best:))
Recovering nicely 2day.
Florence permit close. Will b nice 2 c what kind of bump that gives us.
What would 3.50 copper give us?
Happy guessing
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