You have not shown me evidence for a sale of ONE measly ounce of any PGM. Why?
You posted the following...Regarding the Rio Tinto thing that you always refer to, I don't think there has ever been a statement whereby MS indicated that Rio Tinto was interested in NMC. If I recall, he indicated that he was speaking with a Rio Tinto representative at a conference about the current state of mining, financing, etc. If I'm wrong, I'm happy to be corrected, but I don't think I am. Quite correct, with the exception that MS in his writings "alluded" to a conversation and "handing' a Rio representative a brochure. Thus, IMHO severely misleading.
Regarding the listed assay, it took nmcx 4-5 years to find an analyst to provide results favoring nmcx. There are 3 assays from Arizona laboratories(one provided by ASLD) all of which provide far different test results.
The most compelling clue is the location of the Phelps Dodge 1,000 acres which lay between the breccia pipes(alleged) source of Pt. Most reasoning minds would question WHY PD hasn't developed their fee simple property.
Something else worthy of question/suspicion is the following notation listed on the only assay report, to wit:
Note"*VALUE" Means that element has not been analyzed for this report.
The notation appears next to Gold, Platinum, Ect in 6 of the listed test results. QUESTION, WHY!
to catch a fish is not all of fishing. Zane Grey Tales of Swordfish and Tuna 1926