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Three drill rigs are currently working at Boda and nearby
prospects to achieve 60,000m over the next financial year

Follow-up drilling at the McLeans, El Paso, and Plains prospects, extension and the ability to maintain a high run rate “remarkable”.
as well as infilling of inferred resources at San Antonio and “We’re really happy,” he said. “A plus-10-year mine at around
Roswell, was planned for the start of October. a 100,000 ozpa run-rate is not that common, so we’re pretty
“When you look at the drill results and you show the resource happy about that.”
extending at depth below Roswell…it gives us great confidence As Earner speaks of Alkane’s work ahead, it’s clear the chemical
in keeping at a 100,000 ozpa run rate to at least 2031,” Earner engineer is very drawn to the enticing opportunities at Boda but
said. is also conscious of the barriers in the company’s way given
An ESIA submission was planned for October to capitalise on that NSW has been dampened by both a rainy season and the
the extended resource at depth with the introduction of three shockwaves of COVID-19 from metropolitan Sydney.
open pits and one underground pit. Tomingley’s mining fleet has Dubbo itself even became a hotspot to the virus at one stage,
been “rejuvenated” with a new set of underground equipment which eventually saw a dedicated vaccination hub established
while Alkane focuses on the ESIA submission to kick the in town. But Earner’s resolve is hardly rattled, as he spies the
expansion into gear. opportunity to solve a piece of the Boda Rubik’s Cube in time
“We’re looking to get all of that done by the middle of October, as for Christmas.
well as the feedback from the consultation with the government “We have had a pretty decent run of results coming in, so maybe
departments to finalise it,” Earner said. “So, we may be delayed we really could wrap that inferred resource around Christmas
as we wait for the pre-advice.” time or early next year,” he said.
Reflecting on the fact that Tomingley will be able to outlast the “That’s an exciting period for investors.”
original seven-year lifespan defined in 2013, Earner calls the

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