They certainly brought in some impressive help. I'm sure that Mr. Barber will come in handy the next time they do a financing. This NR also tells me that they don't intend to f*ck around; they intend on building a mine. This company has come a long way and hired some top notch guys since the Knucklethumb days (Porty and Woozle, remember those days? There were only 6 of us or so on the bullboard back then.)
Once again, the various boards have people (who, unfortunately, are probably sitting at a loss) predicting doom and gloom if they don't pull a decent core. IMO the company is methodically going about and doing their business: which is determining a resource of the central GM. At this point, finding the depth to the basement or uncovering every vein and drilling the shite out of them is not that important (right now); they will get to that in due time. The company has a plan (in fact, probably several) on what they intend on doing on how they expect to spend our money. You have to remember that they are not baking a cake, but building a mine. Unfortunately that can a few years; especially in a developed country such as Canada with all the rules and regulations to follow.
Sam