The key NL is that "you don't think they have any ideals to be a producer"!

They were the first company to try to buy Harmony's San Antonio mine. They also have a President John Knowles who is a board member of the largest producer HBM in Manitoba. I think they have always had vision's of proving up a producable deposit.

Many historical mines have been put back into production on a small scale recently. Wildcat has a couple of good ones and the Foster Zinc deposit is HUGE, could be world class!

Augusta resources is an example a small venture company that is in the last phases before commercial production of a historical deposit that the big companies knew about and ignored. Soon to be the biggest open pit copper mine in the USA. Proof that exploration companies can, with the right management go all the way.