Peterjr, thankyou for your insightful posts. 

Like many others, I was quite disappointed in the poor results from the bulk sample and still have a number of questions about the method used to crush and process the 100 tonnes.  I have been invested in SNO for at least four years and have kept the faith mainly because of the science that says that SNO has large diamonds and could possibly become a mine.  Fortunately, for me, I have some very cheap shares so this downturn is just a "hiccup" in the long road. That is past now but maybe the whole story will eventually come out and we will understand better why the crush was so large and the sieves set only for large size diamonds.  From my reading, I understand that micro diamond distribution is an important part of the big picture.

In the meantime, I am very pleased that SNO has hired Jennifer Burgess to assist in the further development of the SNO properties.  She is a world class geologist who probably doesn't come cheap but is money well spent, IMHO.   It's good to have her but why has she suddenly appeared at this time? What brought her to the SNO property? She must be in demand, so why has she arrived here? 

Does anyone have any insights?

BGT