You're wrong. They stopped at 3000m due to a late start, unsafe weather conditions in October, and bad ground conditions.

Of course that's what they told us lol. But back then in around mid-Oct when we found out they had stopped drilling I was following this very closely and I remember that weather conditions were not extreme during this time. In fact weatherwise we saw average temperatures for the area this time of year.

Well as for bad ground conditions - they were only bad in some areas they were drilling. They could of just moved the drill over to the next hole maybe a few hundred meters away. They already had the crews there and it wouldn't have taken long to start another hole or two. I, like many here, was rather surprised they quit so early compared to other drill programs ES had in previous years.

Anyways, I'm just speculating here, but we will find out soon enough whether we are taken out or Teck announces a Major drill program in the area. I'm hoping for the first but I'll take the second option also as it means we are on the radar and will be eventually taken out later.