The Truth--Straight from the 43-101GEEE--9.8m mt ROM? That's interesting, because the financial information section of the PEA shows 5.455 mt ROM yielding 3 mt clean coal. How is it possible that you added another 3 mt waste to the 5.455 mt ROM, and then somehow came up with 9.8 mt? I'm thinking the 5.455 mt ROM less 3 mt clean coal is your 2.455 mt waste, not 3 mt plus another 2.455 mt. Can you explain?
Continuous mining really is a misnomer. There is downtime for maintenance and other problems. It's already taken into account in the annual rate of production assumed per machine, including startup inefficiency. By the engineers.
"The weak roof at New Elk requires 6-8ft long bolts," which according to you requires the "un-continuous" miner to dig out extra extra feet of rock, adding to the already (fraudulent or incompetent?) waste rock BS referenced above? At $150/t? Where does it say that in the PEA? And why does the PEA specifiy 4-5' bolts, and training to ensure minimal dilution from the floor and roof from the operators?
You're not used to people fact checking your BS, are you?