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Question: Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank GBM - Analyst
: Maybe just a follow-up on Skouries. I just like to understand when we have the call in early February, we had -- we talked about the labor, the
tightness in the labor market and needing another 150 specialized labor force for Stories. So I'm just wondering an update on the progress there
and sort of the $150 million, can you break it down into buckets of what we need for electrical, mechanical, et cetera, et cetera, that would be
useful. And then number two, how are we looking at in terms of hiring, let's say, inside the EU and then outside if we have to. So just maybe a little
bit of an update there, if there is in February.
February is earlier this month. Okay. Since earlier at this month.
Question: Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank GBM - Analyst
: Okay. So you're comfortable then getting the concrete workers that need mechanical, electrical, when do you start looking or hiring for those
electrical control systems? When are we looking for those (inaudible) and sort of this division, I guess -- go ahead.
Question: Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank GBM - Analyst
: Okay. So basically, George, we need to get another 120 people with the appropriate background by the end of -- by the end of March, so in the
next month or so?
Question: Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank GBM - Analyst
: Okay. And then maybe just on this economic -- this removal of the preliminary assessment in the technical report. I'm sorry, I just jumped in a bit
later. So can you just review that again? I mean I haven't seen that before.
So I'm just trying to understand what exactly happened.
Question: Tanya Jakusconek - Scotiabank GBM - Analyst
: And that's basically because you used inferred in that PEA?
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