RE:calling all BAT peopleVirtually all operating mines continue exploration throughout their lifecycle. The total reserve/resource is never known until it is all mined, and even then Detour Lake and Osisko Metals wouldn't exist if there ws something left behind after decades of mining.
Fortune did the right thing in proceding to Feasibility at the time. In hindsite, if the best option has always been a take over, then by all means drill drill drill.