Short position is not large enough to propel stock. It is a small precentage of average daily volume (FNC short is considerably larger in absolute numbers and as % of volume)

I do think NOT is close to a bottom and will move up provided next set of assays are good (50/50 chance IMHO)

May get bump when FNC announces start of their drilling next week

I also understand FNC and NOT have been sharing ground data on their boundery