I'm sure the big players in Nickel are very aware of Noront's find and of course waiting for the DE 2 shoe to drop. Of course the exact size of DE 1 isn't yet known but starting from a size 6 we an hope for a final size 12 or 13?
Once Noront gets a preliminary resource estimate together we could see immediate overture from a major. However they would rather number crunch on known resource than do exploration so it's hard to see anything materialize until the current drill program is well underway.
My but the market can dish out pain when it wants but once Noront can put more cards on the table about size and quality of what has been found it can minimize being blindsided like we were.
While we all recognize DE 1 is the prize I'm beginning to appreciate Windfall more. The grade in places there is exceptional and the size of deposit could very well be proven much higher than we realize once testing is done from the new access point underground.