They will drill twin several holes in D-zone this fall in order to complete a preliminary economic assessment within the next 12 months. Obviously a new 40 hole program will take much longer to get a PEA, IMO
This drill program is being completed under the direction of Patrick Chance M.Sc., P.Eng.
Since Chance is running the drill program I think we should rest assured that this was a required, and logical next step. For me I view this as just another confirmation that previous management did not know how to develop a mine.
Assuming they complete the 40 holes they committed to completing in the coming months their output in months will be 250% that of the previous managements output that took them roughly 10 years.
IMO - Very good news and nice to see progress continues on the potentially asset worth billions! We each turn of the drill we get closer to fully understanding the properties worth.