Hoov, you said:
"I haven't kept in touch with my contacts up north, so I haven't heard rumblings from the FN. And Noront's near-term future will flow from the drill bit. All I can say is, at these prices, I'm on the buy-side."

I am also on the buy side due to the vast hold that Noront has, that is a long term reason. Shorter term I am in due to near term release of results from the deep drills.
Earlier today one fellow asked my why I did not spend all my cash while buying today and my answer was that I am waiting for a still lower price.
Why?
The very short term is the above mentioned issue that may arise with the natives. They said in 6 months if things do not change the blockade will go up. Six months is Sept.15, just two days from now.

Should the blockade issue arise then our sp could go down to a dollar or less even after deep drill results are in if they are not great.
So am holding back half of my short term trading cash just for the eventuality of a blockade coming back.

While on the blockade issue. It bugs me to no end that the natives mostly have a problem with the government so putting the screws to Noront is not only unfair but they are shooting themselves in the foot by delaying the very jobs they hope for.
They should take their protest to Queens Park.