Reconstituted 1.5 mill ton Processing Capacity at Pine CoveThe contributing copper and gold processing assets that could be consolidated at Pine Cove have already been identified .
They are......
1..700 tpd Gold mill owned by MAE at Nugget Pond
2...1300 tpd mill owned by MAE at Pine Cove
3...700 tpd copper circuit owned by Firefly and part of the Nuggett Pond gold mill owned by MAE
4...1400 tpd Copper- Gold mill owned by Firefly at Nuggett Pond
5..2400 tpd Copper mill at Duck Pond owned by TECK and up for sale
Total aggregate processing capability of 6500 tpd = 1.5 million tons per year if consolidated at Pine Cove
Any economic analysis of such a consolidation would be very positive , resulting in savings of millions of dollars per year.
Consolidated crushing and ore separation operations at Point Rousse would also save millions along with availability of adjacent Deep Water shipping port and long term tailings facilities as well.
And surrounded by a dozen or so advanced mineral projects containing gold, copper, silver, zinc , moly and several potential VMS deposits .
I keep thinking about what any putative offer for MAE might be and whether that wall at 5 cents might have any such significance to that " Gold and Copper " header ..
Just sayin...