I certainly agree about the lipstick on a pig example when he...

I certainly agree about the lipstick on a pig example when he pulled that meaningless MRE. At least that's my view. I did not like it.

But I can't blame him if the initial holes don't hit high grade zones or find causative intrusion. These are very early stage exploration holes and in the porphyry exploration to hit the target with one of them is same as winning Powerball.
Yes, can happen but for every one example you bring where the explorer hit the target with the first hole, I'll give 50 where they did not.
Looking where he is drilling makes sense and now it is up to the ground and lot of luck.