RE: comparisonsI agree. If they discovered this occurrence while looking for a ruby deposit, as a shareholder I would not want them to walk away and forget it, just because its not in their line of business.
There are a number of ways to turn this discovery into cash, and taking full control and processing it themselves is only one (unlikely)alternative. They may spend a few dollars to verify the ore body, and then either sell it, or deal it off for a royalty interest or retain a minority position. If it gets to the mining stage, it will be someone else doing it.