@CHSTNT The ore sorter being deployed is going into test operations a bit later than we expected (per interviews), however there is an upside. We are getting more than an ore sorter for testing. We are getting a fully modularized ore sorting mobile deployment suite of equipments. The ore sorter, installed with 4 containers and covered from weather is fed by a containerized screening and conveyer machine. There is also what appears to be an office in one of the lower containers. (I wonder how loud that will get!) All this equipment seems to be made to be highly mobile. Similar to the requirements one would see for the sorting of vast areas of loose conglomerate. @GoIrish I found this sentence to be most revealing in today's PR: "The Sorter has been preassembled AND COMMISSIONED in Perth, WA and is now being disassembled and transported to the Golden Eagle processing facility." (emphasis mine in caps)
Since they have already commissioned the sorter in Perth, that tells me they've already run samples through and calibrated it to get it working to expectations. So my belief is that they ALREADY KNOW it works. It's just a matter of taking it apart and putting it back together such that the performance in Perth can be replicated in the field. (My guess is the delays with getting the sorter to Nullagine were less transportation logistics and more getting it calibrated and working properly in Perth.)
Commissioning and calibrating the sorter in Perth makes TOTAL sense before sending it into the field because in Perth, they have access to expertise from the Steinert people there to get it up-and-running, calibrated and all ready to deploy into the field. It would have been more challenging to trouble shoot if they skipped the Perth commissioning step because if it wasn't working as planned in the field, it would be more difficult to get Steinert people over to Nullagine to trouble shoot.
So in my view, this just becomes an exercise with validating that the sorters can in fact be taken apart and reassembled without having to go through an extended recalibration/troubleshooting process.
Color me optimistic!