RE:What's next for Red Chris?The two items I want to see are:
1. production running at capacity
2. metal recoveries are up to levels expected after metallurgical work done for feasibility study. Last I saw was the mill would grind the ore finer hoping to liberate more copper (and gold). Grinding finer takes more time and energy (which costs money), and may negatively impact throughput. Another ball mill may be required, assuming there is spare capacity on the power lines to operate one.....
If those two things don't happen, cash flows, payback period etc will all be negatively impacted.