"I anticipate some kind of announcement from NOT prior to PDAC as I suspect the egos of the TSX-v top company of 2008 will want most of the attention focused on their(our) discoveries."

Do you really think that is the stage they are at? Do you think a PDAC is a motivating force to get news out based on what they are presently involved in, being that we know nothing on this count? These questions must also be asked to come up with a balanced set of scenarios, not just druthers. However, your anticipations could well be vindicated. We wait to see. Posters need to recognize that, while we sit back on little knowledge and make foggy predictions on what is going to happen, the insiders are looking through focused lenses and what occupies their psyche is based on a set of facts as up to date as can be had with a nose towards making this company profit. Day to day activity in the market or on this board and conference events likely don't shape the activities in the field or in the office. Forgive the analogy, but consider the police at an investigation scene busy solving problems with their only interest in bystanders being that they be kept back far enough so they can concentrate on their job, like it or not.