RE:If you take out all the best results " They have barely drilled enough to understand the model yet." ... So True ...
The assays are good IMO for a porphry type system.
Tonnage is important if you want to have a real mineable copper deposit.
That area has a few mines in development and production .... which is good.
TECK is always looking to build their inventory of copper depsoits to service their clients' future copper needs. (JVs)
According to the World Bureau of Metals Statistics (WBMS), the global copper market had a deficit of 129,000 tonnes (t) for the first six months of 2012 on consumption of 10.2 million t.
China uses 43% of the worlds copper. Chinese copper prices are in line with LME prices, Chinese traders are not de-stocking and the countries copper imports are on track for a record pace.
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