Cannoball,,,no need to leave,,,and in all honesty,,I saw the post when I was catching up,,,,was reading through many posts and really did no see nor pay attention to the writer,,,as I should have because I should not have come on so strong.
After giving this some more thought,,,I could see where you may have had the thought about the winter drilling. What I mean by this is,,,,some Exploration( Exploitation) companies seem to find and look for any excuse in order not to drill. I have owned quite a few of these(mistakes) types of companies which love to issue shares,,,yet never seem to get around to drilling. And I'm sure I remember some of these types of companies issuing news releases stating exactly what you stated,,,that they would not be working through those months due to weather.
I do believe Noront is in the other camp( The true Exploration camp)
I feel that if Richard can get the drillers to work in these bitter conditions, he will pay them and they will do the drilling. I think R.N. wants to go down in history as the man behind the Double Eagle find, and although he is humble IMO,,,when one finds a Sadbury are Voisey Bay,,,human nature takes over. You want to do your best and get in that history book. And why not.