TSXV:CAV.H - Post by User
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mining_pays_my_billson Mar 04, 2014 2:29pm
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RE:RE:RE:Hovering
RE:RE:RE:HoveringCommercial-scale production should start about 3 months from now. Nameplate capacity (full-scale) production rates probably a year. Commissioning and ramp-up will start any day now, with mechanical completion of the copper circuit. That is the announcement we're all waiting for. It's like driving a car- you accelerate slowly, you can't turn on the engine and floor it and be going 100 km/h by the time you get out of your driveway. Equipment is cold, it's never been used, it needs to warm up. Settings need to be tweaked, flow rates need to be tweaked, the process needs to be analyzed and measured and optimized through every step. If there's leaks in the pipes, or plugs in the chutes, or the material is flowing too fast, or too slow, or the slurries are too thick or too thin, motors are undersized, whatever... there could be any number of things. That all needs to be identified and solved before the plant can handle production-scale throughput.