Maybe their credo is no news is good news.

EE won't sell until he obtains what he believes is fair value. Unfortunately he has no idea what that is until all this years drilling results, meta studies and crystal ball gazing says is fair value. Unless the drilling suggests vastly greater reserves than expected and Teck panics at the thought of actually paying fair value and makes a "fair" offer we will have to wait until the spring, at the earliest, for real I.e. buyout news.