Another aspect of this news is all the firms (U.S. and Canadian) that are sitting on the fence awaiting results from the drilling and trenching may be looking over their shoulder, that a huge player like China is taking a serious look at what St. Elias might have to offer.

This may prompt them to re-evaluate the existing data and try to position themselves, prior to a huge market getting involved.

We will still need to provide results but having international attention will just raise the bar.