Ok Krum here's a few points to consider.
Why do you think A1 came to a deal with ORS to process their ore when MCOs gravity plant was 10k down the road? Why the hell would you truck your stuff all the way to Maldon? .
I'll let you ponder that one for a while.
Now to your point at owning every failed mine in the district is desirable. Its not a game of I'm the king of the castle or who has the biggest ego. Owning something for the sake of owning it is not the way a prudent manager would act.
Flying crews , specialists moving from mine to mine. Sounds like an expensive exercise for a company, which to any unbiased analysis, is struggling to remain solvent.
Can high grade, sounds like hand sorting to me and you would struggle to keep up any meaningful supply for the plant, imo.
No cap costs. But RUNNING costs even only to keep on care and maintenance.
Its oportunistic and should be considered asap! Yep and discarded as a stupid idea asap!
The answer to the processing question........... is that A1 ore needs to be put tnrough a CIL plant. How much to build one, where would they put it?
Quite frankly I am amazed that you could push this outcome when seemingly you know nothing about the A1 mine.
Just to add, A1 produced at a better grade (30g/t) than MS yet Centenial could barely get 10% of that but supporters here continually refer to Ms historical average and expect it to return similar grades!
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