It is difficulty to imagine that there have not been ongoing discussions with Teck over the years

Given their vested interest in this multi-billion dollar property it simply begs credulity to think they have not been rendering, at least, informal advice all along

I hope this turns out that Elmer relied, correctly, on some input that you would have to think may have originated from Teck

The decision as to whether to drill last year, or not, would seem to be a call that Teck might have suggested

As in, Ya know Elmer, we are going to have to do that drilling immediately any way, so why don't you guys hold off so we don't have to invest 4 times what it will cost in the mine later

YMMV