This is great news, confirmation that HBM sees a vauable strategic alliance in the relationship with VMS, enabling VMS to now concentrate on their core expertise of finding more deposits. This could be the start of a great relationship with HBM, that seriously needs the expertise of a highly motivated exploreco to find and qualify more commercial deposits . This could be the first indication of a significant advancement to a longer term relationship at a time when both companies have great prospects in N. Manitoba.