"The previous owners (MCO) was in the process of addressing most issues
– we are learning from their experience.
• Careful and systematic approach to definition of mining blocks.
– Drilling to establish vein position and thickness.
– Underground sampling to confirm grade
– MCO took nearly 1200 underground samples in 2012 on the basis of this approach, but they ran out of time.
– Mantle is using this dataset now, and working with former MCO staff to ensure knowledge transfer.
• Ensure that the mill can treat the ore effectively.
– Optimise approach to deal with hard diorite.
– MCO was addressing this problem, but they ran out of time.
– Mantle will build on their progress and bring its own capabilities to bear on this problem."
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