RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Am I Crazy or What?OK, so here is my synopsis of that document:
ATAC only has 3 years remaining on it's current Class 3 exploration license and not enough time remains to finish a tote road within the span of the current license.
The tote road itself would be long enough to necessitate a Class 4 or higher exploration license and would not be approved under the current Class 3.
The idiginous people are concerned about environmental impact, so any future approval for a tote road would likely only allow for some easily decommissioned trail, not a permanent paved road that would yield easy, year-round access.
Looks like ATAC needs to go back to the drawing board and get a new license and a new plan worked up before any serious advances will occur at Rackla. I don't doubt this will happen, we already have a high-grade resource in excess of 1 million ounces, so no way will Rackla be mothballed permanently. However, let's all be prepared that in the short run the focus will be on Nevada.