RE:dezzolt, I dont think you understand Las Maracas, but Opinion? What else! Do you have any data by any chance? It may be that your longevity equals my depletion rate, just a matter of agreeing on terminology, or "waffling around" to use a terminology so dear to one of my colleagues, so right. But if we want to attach numbers we need data. And these are missing, or well hidden - to me at least. Las Maracas will do a great job in funding PTA ops for the next couple, 2 1/2 years (ooops I am guessing numbers now), in the meantime there's plenty time to appraise/develop the discoveries - the management is beautifully efficient with this, and for the big one to be hit.
Two big bumps? Again a matter of relative perception of things (Curiara looks nice on paper, the bounding fault is a little less sexy for my taste though).
Going back to the data - is there anyone out there that could point me to the GLJ Reserve Assessment report? Has this been published/filed somewhere, is it accessible?
A short clarifying note about the estimate of 2-2 1/2 years: 5 MM reserves depleted at rate of 6000 bbld - without considering that ~1.5 MM should be gone already (5000x300)
Cheerio