RE:RE:CEO fired Holmes should have dismissed the staff immediately after becoming the CEO or keep the staff until the FTAA was there. So he is responsible that the issue costs the company the most.
Either
immediately get rid of the whole staff (what did it cost to pay all salaries per month? 10 Mio?) after suspension - may have spared 100 Mio until 5/21 or more
or
keep a poker face and keep the staff (the reopening of the mine will last about 12 month, 120000 ounces of gold for competitive AISC ... the delay now costs the company about 160 Mio).
With Holmes the company has to pay both bills, one should have been enough.
It's simple arithmetic a CEO should be able to perform, a task for a MBA student. Holmes was not, it's ok to get rid of too many dull sleepers in the company. It's a good job of the new Director team, and I guess a mayor shareholder pulls the strings.