Ann: Heron's Regional Exploration results at Crosby Prospect, page-7

I intuit & suspect two elements of your statements
1) Zinc and copper prices have been holding up quite well
&
2) a good financing outcome ... they can entice a strategic player to invest.

will be linked in a positive way because the reason for the first element is becoming quite obvious to those who matter viz. the refiners who have been having to take reduced TC/RC's.