Replies to post #10725 on North American Palladium Ltd. (fka PALDF)

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As it happens they don’t deliberately flood the mine and I didn’t imply that. They mined out the crown pillar of the open pit, thereby creating a huge funnel to collect water and send it underground. To avoid flooding at the production headings at the bottom of the mine, they divert water to the explorations drift when the pumps can’t keep up. They have to make this decision every time there is heavy rainfall. The context of my earlier statement in the quote was the rain in Q1. They stated a production loss right after rain in that area, so I speculated that it was due to mine flooding, not an unreasonable assumption based on the information in this post above.