Never say never when most producers are continually on the hunt for additional ozs. The seniors are flush with cash and in the past Ned has served as "Aquisitor," passing on the Hemlo and Eskay Creek to his good buddy Peter across town at Barrick.
These boys are natural born opportunists with a nose for max profit. As the orebody grows, profit scales up accordingly driven by the continued bull market in gold!
They don`t deal in small pieces and sooner than later will want it all, lock, stock, and barrel!
I agree timing their move is is a fools game, but its coming, whether it be Ned or whoever.
RUF