Whittle pit depth?Can anyone provide some clarity regarding the depth of the current modelled pit (Hoov?). It's kind of hard to tell as there is no depth scale on website diagram, however just eyeballing the diagram I would say that for East pipe about 3/4 of the volume within the pit shell lies above the barren sill, whereas for the West pipe about 2/3 lies above the sill. This would mean that some of the inferred material lies above the sill, contrary to what has been stated in several previous posts (i.e. more total material lies above the sill). I think the pit depth looks to be about 350-400m. The website diagram clearly shows both pipes extending below the pit depth to 600 m (I think) for the East pipe and 500 m for the West pipe, which are the deepest pipe drilled depths reported in the news release. This interpretation suggests there is lots more tonnage below the pit shell that will still likely be very profitable to mine via a production ramp.
The Mookster