re:the big boys...Neumont has a knot in its face over the Barrick proposal.
But,yes it throws a bit of excitement into the gold sector.
IMo, Neumont and Goldcorp have positive synergies and will help in competiveness with the likes of Barrick. That might be better for the gold sector, like 2 searching for and aquiring the smaller guys, even hRT maybe.
At present HRT's next move is the Reserve status apparently by the end of March/19(yes/no?).