The mine is there and now SIRG moved forward with buying the remaining 20% so Rod clearly has a plan to bring the mine into production. The question is when?

With the MPO showing a 35 acre heap leach pad and an acre sized pond, my WAG is that the size adds at least 6 months to the production time.

Now is it possible that they plan on starting with a smaller heap leach pad and enlarging it to the 35 acres? There is no schedule in the MPO so that is an unknown but makes sense to me. While one section of the pad is leaching, they could be loading another section. I just can't see them loading the entire 35 acres and then turning on the acid drips.