...he now needed to be more guarded in his statements and needed to stick to talking about the confines of the contractual choices Teck was under.

I assume this is the reason for the subtle change.

It was also during this week between both conversations with Elmer in which the claims were sold to Galore Creek, except for those held within the 2 km area of interest and when the claims that were sold to GC were extended until 2023.