Really Funkey1?  If I was sitting on gold I would be digging with my bare hands to get it out.   Do you really think it is just going to sit there and be pretty?  I have a very small company.  I run it all by myself and I am the only woman in Canada who does what I do.  (okay, I'm bragging a little)  If I discovered there is big value in something that I could or should be doing and persuing it would take away the main focus of my business, I would subcontract it out and reap the benefit.  It make no sense that Noront would not be doing something with a gold strike.  

Tequila