RE: Water,water,water.....???? Chris ... would you characterize it as drilling for wells ... or ... drilling the wells?
Water isn't an issue.
If you know the water is there ... it's the latter you're doing ... right? Semantics I say.
Field observation isn't a small thing ... I mean they weren't looking to see if the sand was damp kind of thing.
That water filled adit would have told a whole lot more than damp sand would.
If it was simply run off flooded ... there would have been significant depletion during the drill program and summer months ... if it was aquifer at work ... replenishment to some degree would occur ... and rate of replenishment would give some measure to base supply projections on a pay zone 'well' being placed at or near the location ... in my view anyway.
I mean to simply make the leap from field observation to 'sufficient' water supply for a mine situation ... c'mon ... the prospecting for water is over ... this be ruuning tube for well if anything.
Man ... no argument from me on your earlier points ... if an investor can see the forest through the trees and doesn't have things go over their head ... well ... they're ahead of the curve ... more soup for them when this breaks wide open ... pps for sure.
I'm thinking the PFS outlines water supply holding tanks along with well pipeline infrastructure within the mineplan ... flow rates taken into consideration in the context of supply vs. demand vs recirculation.
C'mon AMY ... rock out the positive PFS with a 'halt'.