The Rasp underground mine officially opened on July 25, 2012. Commercial production was reached later that year and in 2018 the operation processed just under 740kt of ore. Since 2020, higher graded ore has been targeted with production steadily decreasing since and is expected to average 450kt in 2022. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.