RE:RE:I was hoping someone on this board would debate with me."....You can't pump out a reserve/resource estimate until you do the definition drilling...." There may not be any merit in initiating definition drilling until the optimum location for an open pit is to be determined.
This would enable the crushing and concentrator plant to be located close to where seismic data indicates the most effective location for a shaft required for future underground mining.
Moreover, if the first phase of mining were to be an open pit, the definition drilling to depths of less than 100m may not take long.
It could be that the Iceberg zone proves to be the most productive location for open pit.