all comes from an interview 2 days ago by the ceo of HBM...

https://research.tdwaterhouse.ca/research/public/Markets/CommoditiesNews?documentKey=1314-N01174721-1

the main quote being..

We give them capital. They have boots on theground and then we get a toehold in the company's project. That's a wayto leverage our exploration without having to build up theinfrastructure," said Garofalo.

HudBay plans to continue thatexpansion strategy. And if its stake in a junior miner leads to depositsthat can be developed into productive mines, HudBay plans to buy themout.

so there.. its a good topic to debate as we are the shareholders.. would you want one? interested to hear all your thoughts..