After reading the PR, I am not expecting the total cost to change much. This may still be a 1 billion dollar project. Sounds like the indication is that money saved will be spent elsewhere and just be happy that it doesn't cost more. Walter was right, it is not fluff. They eliminated two substantial issues. The water problem and the permitting problem. The humorous part is that most investors weren't aware of what hurdles these two issues became over the past several years and if they did know it certainly wasn't a popular thing to point out on here. I know I am breathing a sigh of relief though.
Just as much as cost changes, I'm curious to know how this will impact the estimated length of time from beginning construction to feeding ore into the mill. Instead of 4 years, it could possibly be only 2 or 3 years hopefully. As was pointed out, this has already delayed us 8 months. Even it doesn't save any time or money it is still worth the trouble because it eliminates future potential problems from the opposition over the water pumping into the river and other permitting snafus.