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mdjbrownon Jul 09, 2024 9:39pm
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RE:RE:RE:How much did the Heap cost? Run the numbers ppl! :)
RE:RE:RE:How much did the Heap cost? Run the numbers ppl! :)No question gimmeabreak1, and it is most likely the slide itself shifted much more than 4 tonnes of material, but reportedly only 2 million tons escaped containment according to those on the ground so a blessing I guess, in what could have been really bad considering the sites camp is a few hundred feet further down the slide path.
When looking at the Process Flowsheet in theTR page 17.3 there are 3 zones in the leaching process, with ore in different stages of saturation. Hopefully the majority of the escaped ore came from the top area where no leaching appears to occur.
New ore Top - likely the loosest material
Under Irrigation Midline
Leached Ore in the bowl / sump area would be the tightest packed as all the pregnant
solution flows down hill to this area.
Until it can be confirmed if the embankment itself was pushed as a result of the slide, its really anyones guess if the most saturated ore was pushed out of containment.
Hopefully a little better explaination of the HLPs actual containment and damages comes out of the next briefing.........