DNA extraction is likely to begin in the next couple of weeks after samples have been through the bar-coding process.
Extraction protocol was modified to begin with entry step B1d and use 100 ul extraction buffer and ethanol precipitation volumes.
Smit's spokesman in Italy, Max Iguera, said the company was almost ready to begin extraction operations and was awaiting orders from authorities.
Similarly worried about their future are residents of Sebagoro, one of the many fishing villages dotted along the eastern shore of Lake Albert, where Irish firm Tullow Oil plc has discovered billions of barrels of oil and is preparing to begin extraction.
Promises being made by some bidders to begin extraction within 18 months are regarded as unreliable and even irresponsible by foreign experts.The security situation at Aynak is better than at many other potential mining sites, but there are other problems.
So Total and the Khartoum government play a little game: Every year Sudan's oil ministry tries to compel Total to begin extraction under its contract; every year Total invokes force majeure, pays some $50,000 to renew the license for its concessions and does nothing.
In 2009 Bolivia was negotiating with Japanese, French, and Korean firms to begin extraction.
SMIT, the Dutch company hired to salvage the fuel oil and diesel, said it was ready to begin extraction operations and was awaiting orders from authorities.
At 16:17 Townsend was ordered to prepare his battalion for a helicopter extraction which was due to begin an hour later, while at 17:15 he was ordered to break contact immediately, however this proved impossible as 5 Platoon remained in heavy contact.
Kennecott started construction on the mine in 2011, and they expect to begin mineral extraction in 2013.
