tug of war encapsulationIn trying to distill down the differing pulls of how to spend time and money for Pilbara gold, I have the following to offer:
Do we wanna:
Know a lot about a little (mine one area intensively)
or a Little about a lot (tiny bulk sample over lots of our outcropping)
Being all cashed up allows more leeway, but shareholders want "the story" to focus on knowing a little about a lot.
Interesting Wits 1.0 was hugely focused on immediate mining with immense cash dividends paid out for many small struck it rich gold mines. Even into the 1970's and 80's SA mining shares were prized for their huge dividends. I remember owning a 10% yielding Franklin Income Fund circa 1990 which was chock full of SA gold miners paying big dividends.