It's obvious it's not accurate enough to be trusted as "official assay" or "news release" worthy now, right or wrong?

My understanding is that it doesn't give you an average value of the core. That speck might have 5% nickel, that speck doesn't. That speck does, that speck doesn't, this speck does, this speck doesn't. Get my drift?

If I walk into the local Indian restaurant to draw my conclusions about the ethnicity of the local neighborhood I would end up very far off I suspect.