text: During the year Kingsgate have rebuilt the 
  Challenger management team improving the 
  depth of mining engineering experience. The 
  new management, combined with targeted 
  training has brought about a cultural change 
  with the emphasis now being on proper plan- 
  ning, appropriate contractor management, 
  accountability. To encourage staff retention, 
  there was a focus on improving the site facilities 
  with an upgrade to the mining office as well as 
  site communications to allow employees to 
  communicate with their families while on site. 
  Challenger Mine has fostered strong relations 
  with the University of Adelaide over the past 
  nine years. Each year selected students from the 
  Schools of Geology and Mining Engineering 
  undertake field trips to Challenger, where they 
  experience a very detailed and hands-on intro- 
  duction to mining. Kingsgate offers academic 
  Bursaries and Prizes to students in both 
  disciplines. 
  
  A total of 436,175 tonnes of water was used to 
  process 556,631 tonnes of ore during the finan- 
  cial year with a ratio of 0.78 tonnes of water to 
  one tonne of ore. Water usage was reduced 
  onsite via recycling of supernatant water from 
  Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) 2 via the decant 
  water return system. 