If they uncovered other veins as you suggest due to the trenching, the more veins found, the more it would push the start up drilling ahead. Although we have have the valuable Quantec, you still need to pin point the veins and measure dips to get the most out of your drilling. This speculated correlation of new found veins and Quantec will take time to better position the drill hole collars.
I was talking to a small drill rig crew last night on site at a companies claims here in the maritimes. They were averaging 50m per 12 hour shift, but drilling was easy because of our type of rock here.They were using their smallest drill there and said their bigger one was much faster. I was surprised when he said his small company had to send a drill/crew to Columbia because of the increased demand for drill rigs down there. I guess the POG and other metals has got every company trying to drill their properties.