The XRF read window is only about a centimetre across, so small spots of blebby sulphide will give great numbers like this, but the other 98% of the rock that surrounds it will very little contained nickel, being barren rock. So expect assay values to be on the low side, and certainly not anything to be considered a potential mining scenario just yet.
So a good start, definitely very small spots of true nickel sulphide and that is positive. But, they are not massive sulphide zones such as at Kambalda where 98% of the core is pure sulphide. Much more drilling needed to find those sort of zones, if they are there to be found in the first place - not always guaranteed. Getting nickel sulphide is a great result, but you would need to see multiple metres of almost pure sulphide at that depth, in multiple intersections, to make a deposit worth mining. Early days, but much more work needed, and even then it might not be there to be found.
My personal conservative opinion based on what has been released in the pictures. DYOR, and good luck to all.
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