Proven results from the drilling campaign will no doubt have a huge effect on the share price. That is the kind of stuff you can go to institutional investors with. Once they can prove the minerals are in the ground ZNBR will switch to a higher gear.
The Company expects the Salobro reserves to increase by 30 - 50% during the exploration drillings scheduled for Q2 and Q3 of 2013 to prove up reserves to 43-101 standard. The Salobro project is expected to go into production in Q1 of 2016 and to produce in excess of 30,000 metric tons of Zinc and 5,000 metric tons of Lead per year during the mine-life of 10 years (13 - 15 years after reserve increase of 30 - 50%), with an IRR of 24 - 71% (pending Zinc and Lead prices) and a payback of 1.4 to 3.5 years from commencement of operation.