Thanks for posting PM. Interesting NR and for many perhaps not the one we're waiting on but a little background BC info might help your Irish perspective. The NR notes the last drill campaign was cut short due to fires and speaking as someone who lives not too far from Dash in a relative sense, this was very true. BC has been in a drought for the last 5 years or so with respect to snow pack - and that effects everything around here - fire and water.

This year the snow pack will be approaching 15-30 year record levels depending on the sub-region (the skiing is epic right now) so we are all looking forward to a more normal year in terms of fire and water. This will aid the efforts to complete the now expanded drill program somewhat, via cashflow hopefully.

I know this info isn't directly relative to CNY but I thought I'd give you a BC perspective as to why now vs. before etc. A couple of good holes could very well wake Barrick up again. D