In her 2009 Wall Street Reporter interview, she was VERY excited about the Tesoro, especially at the 21 minute mark where she is very adament "You can't kill the Tesoro, it's absolutely impossible" and then on to say "You drill it but you can't kill it, it's already there":

http://www.wallstreetreporter.com/2009/11/st-elias-mines-tsx-v-sli-ceo-interview/