"Major mining companies realize that no copper will be mined for years from a blind target.   In the United States - make that decades."

Of course, you can't mine a blind target.  Duh!   You have to drill it first so that it is no longer "blind".   Then with good results, you can market it to one or more majors.  This is the importance of partnering with juniors first, as opposed to sitting on your thumbs ever issuing shares to death spiral lenders.  Juniors are still exploring and drilling as shown by the many such news releases I've put up here over many months.  

Seems that some would rather spend the company out of existence than even consider partnering with a junior.  Why?