New road and mineSo new road gets built to the south following the existing winter road I think.
THis later gets the rich NXE ores to the new mill likely on the Fission property
New NXE mine plan likely as follows
In the host rock off to the side, sink shafts, 1 for ore and equipment, 1 for personnel and services, smallers ones for ventilation all the way to the bottom
Starting from the bottom, use lateral drifts towards the ore body,and mine it utilizing host rock as shielding. FIll in mined out areas as neceassary. THen move up 10 meters or so and repeat. Repeat many times.
NXE will take a while to build and have high up front costs.
THerefore, FCU open pits will be mined first as lower cost and quicker to build and provide feed to the new mill and revenue to build the NXE mine. As Fission gets into the lower grade ores, NXE hi grade will be blended in soas to avoid the hi grade mill cost and all that complexity.
New townsite and all infrastructure, roads, airport, schools, hospital, etc will be shared between the 2 projects
Later in the life of that project, Shea Creek ores will feed the new mill.
Expect a buyout of both NXE and FCU for this plan, early 2017 or earlier, which ever comes first, lol