Not only gold!! Rare earths and the olivine along which comes CARBON CREDITS. Boom times as long as tech advances. Maybe technology will come to a halt in 2050 at the point of singularity in which case mankind will be living on many different planets with Earth being the play ground. ,lead silver zinc palladium and more. The area is highly mineralized with much to be discovered.
You don't get the Univ of Alberta and the Canadian government behind you if just sitting on a salt pile. Go North Bay Resources.