Operations Report 16 with an availability of 98.2%. Works continued  throughout the year to eliminate processing  bottlenecks and maximise recoveries with the  conversion of the Leach/Carbon-In-Pulp circuit  to straight Carbon-In-Leach.  The older Plant #1 continues to perform very  well with an availability of 98.3% despite the  replacement of a mill trunnion bearing, the first  after 12 years of operation. Plant #1 achieved  record processing throughputs after the installa- tion of a second set of cyclones and cyclone  feed pump upgrade. The original design was  2.3 Mtpa and it is currently operating at  2.9 Mtpa or 25% above design. The combined plants are currently operating at 27% above design. A study was completed  during the year that has identified the next best  expansion opportunities with minimum capital  expenditure. These opportunities are being  assessed with plant upgrades aimed to continue  to increase throughput into the future.  Chatree achieved an enviable 10.5 year period  representing 23.6 million man hours of opera- tions and construction activity without a lost  time injury. Management continues to be  grateful to all of our employees and contractors  for the attention to safety and care for each  other - and without whom this notable achieve- ment would not be possible. In recognition of this achievement, and of our  safety standards and emergency response  preparedness, Chatree Mine received the  ‘Thailand National Occupational Health and  Safety Award 2013’ on July 03, 2013 and also  received the ‘Thai Zero Accident Gold Award  2013’.  During the year the operation and the Sydney  office undertook a major incident exercise to  test the sites management and rescue teams’  ability to respond as well as to test the  Kingsgate corporate Crisis Management Plan. Safety www.kingsgate.com.au