Any of those concerns - raised in 2006/7 - would have been incorporated into the pit design in the 2008 PFS and further refined with the 2007 to 2011 (5 yrs) drilling and our pending BFS.
From what I've read on Poryphries, fractured rock is a common issue - its part of how poryphries are formed. Finding part of the "plumbing system" is good as it helps shape the overal geological model and understanding of the deposit.
I'm not sure why you would want this very outdated and inconsequential info on Vette's blog ;)
Source of Biddaddy's excerpt: http://www.copperfoxmetals.com/i/pdf/DDReportMar192007.pdf