GREY:NEVDQ - Post by User
Comment by
westcoast1000on Jan 24, 2022 5:16pm
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RE:Would have been better to open pit first?
RE:Would have been better to open pit first?When they decided to proceed with the UG mine, they were using Cu prices at 2.75 or so for all the analysis. They sought to develop underground because it had better grades.
The open pit would have been faster, less comples, and lower average cost, but the grades were seen as too low to justify that strategy at the copper prices of the day.
All in my opinion.