RE: Question19 Feb 2018 09:12
I do not believe it was as simple or straightforward as that, especially as GWMO didn't supply any figures so to speak, those came from the drill samples, and why a third party that is independent is used.
What i suspect is that a flaw in the algorithm used to calculate the estimates has been found, or, one of the values that it uses as a constant was off somehow.
Unfortunately, GWMO and their NOMAD are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place, the rules are quite clear, in that news of such importance should be released timely and without delay, whereas, we all know that sometimes, releasing vague information, without all the facts can have a snowball effect when everyone starts theorising, and then if the bigger players jump ship before the news is clarified, the PI's get stuck holding the stick so to speak.
Alternatively, they hold on to the news, and wait for clarification, and breech the rules, and end up in the crap.... especially if the news is then clarified as at the worse end of the scale