Ms Andrea Feeney:

Without saying whether there will be a delay there is a reality that if there is a post-marking adjustment of any description it requires additional time after the marking. This year while we were able to do a significant amount of initial exploration and analysis of how we would impact on the grade profile in 2022 the final decisions could not be taken until all of the marking was done because we needed the real data coming through from the marking process in order to evaluate what had come through from the marking and what adjustment was necessary at that point in time. There is no doubt that time is needed after that process. There may be things we can look at in terms of processes for future years.

If there is to be an intervention subsequent to marking, it presupposes that all the marking is finished before that adjustment can happen.