Honestly what do you think he would say?.......I am guessing you also asked him about the CoA and that he thought the decision would be infavour of AVQ? If it's not in an ASX announcement it isn't official and he isn't legally liable for anything, it's deem as only his opinion and hearsay.
My opinion is the $5M will discover 5Mt of laterite nickel ore (and likely 1% grade).......