"As to surprises in the core it's possible, especially with Pt group metals which are tough to see visually, but a nickel or chromite hit would have been obvious at the time of drilling. So I don't see it coming from there"

Provided they wanted you to know about it. Going back to drill a particular hole and finding Ni beneath the Cr has been discusse before along with Wes comments "this will be NOT's year" and "we are on the cusp of...". What do you suppose inspired these comments? Just throwing thoughts out there. We wait to see.