Summary of Public ConsultationSummary of Public Consultation For those like me that can't wait to read the updated PEA, we can notice an important change in the PEA (to come) in the fact that transformation/processing, if any done in the future, would be done outside of the ZEC territory. So that means no construction of powerline, no taling pond and much much less " environnemental concerns" to cope with.
With DSO approach (direct ore shipment) the capex would be reduce by all the elements required for the processing, which accounted for above 90% of the intial CAPEX.
On top of that, you reduce the overburden, remove the Capex of year 3 or 4 for the power line and distribution station, you get a very different Capex requirement.
I will leave it to the updated PEA to speak for itself.