the juniors are pretty quick to announce when they find anything...

the juniors are pretty quick to announce when they find anything that even resembles mineralisation. if someone finds a $1 coin in the east tennant, the juniors would announce it as a possible gold discovery.

NCM however would wait for something of more substance before announcing anything. they could have competed a number of drill holes already but won't announce until they complete all of them (just as an example). they didnt even announce they were starting to drill in the region, that news came via word of mouth. which is why I'm focusing on their adjoining tenement - that sort of announcement strategy leaves a lot of risk of people in-the-know buying up.

or conversely, selling up in the case of them not finding anything.

now clearly I'm trying to read tea leaves here. but the initial tea leaf readings look positive?

all IMO. dyor etc etc