2 years is what I keep hearing and what I am planning for.  Now, you should note that the JV are for peripheral claims units.  Noront will drill these 8 anomalies themselves along with the conduits.  They will drill most or all of these anomalies at least a few times over the few months, maybe till July.  Then the more tedious work of drilling to establish tonnage and NI 43-101 will take another 1.5 years.  This maybe be faster but I believe this is a safe horizon of time to plan on.

Glorieux