It's true Edgy that the Hecla oxide mill has been refered to as a 1200 tpd mill when originally constructed on it's present site and I have an old document that states this. But I am told that Hecla never managed to get it operational at that level. I don't know why though, it could have been they didn't have the feed which is why it was mothballed by them in the end.

If projecting this oxide mills future potential production, I would assume that 1000 tpd is a more likely doable target and I know this will require increased grinding capacity at the very least, access to more efficient water line but I know a bigger line is already being implimented as per press release when mill acquired, probably no new tanks, upgrade of filters maybe and of course access to the additional feed from ECU mines (certainly doable) and/or other new sources (also doable). Money, time, personnel and patience.