I have to ask, Why now? It was determined many years ago that the Skull Valley tailings are essentially worthless. Did you know that appx 2550 ounces of gold is all that the was found when those tailings were first mined and processed? That is barely .005 ounces per ton. Way below economic grade.... what could possibly be left? It's doubtful that the miners left much behind, but, even if somehow they only recovered 25% of the gold, that would mean a mere 7500 ounces would be left. Far from the lofty numbers that were parroted by the likes of the crook assayer Donald Jordan.
This has been a fraud since the HCCA/Furlong days. I doubt Sheppard, who knew nothing of mining when he arrived, knew what he was getting himself into.
I wasn't the first, but helped expose this fraud years ago. Which is why I ask, why now? Further, neither NMC or Sheppard have any means of offering restitution.
