Ann: New niobium-REE carbonatite at Hurley - 3km east of Crean, page-7

OK, you are here to defend WA1. That's fine; I hold there, too.

We all know arguments exist for and against releasing handheld XRF numbers before lab assays.

The fundamental question is, what's the difference between no data and potentially poor data?

I don't see the harm in confirming the presence of mineralisation using handheld XRF.

I do see the harm in misleading handheld XRF data.

Sure, the world might be "full of interesting mineralisation and deposits worth nothing." But I'd wager that not many (if any) of those contain 1%+ niobium.

For WA1 and ENR, my gut feeling is a merger or acquisition is on the horizon, potentially involving a much larger player.