Nobody is asking the SEC to "sign off" on reports about "sample digging". The company should simply respect the rules that all SEC-reporting companies have to play by. And the rules are pretty clear about companies issuing estimates of tonnage, grade, and cost-per-ounce. It really isn't that difficult.
Saying that 40,000 tons of material on a leach pad is a certain grade, and then showing a picture of a gold bead as proof? Surely I am not the only person that thinks that is ludicrous.