"And just having the nay-sayers on this board quiet on this, not asking for proof that the cores were there, not calling this an outright lie, makes me think this is actually important."

I would recommend you get confirmation that CUU cores were indeed at the Teck PDAC table.  The person who made the post 'CUUWinner' is on alias #13, just recently registered days prior, and has a history of telling tall tales.