Motes is deploying to field in approximately 4 weeks, but is not committing to drilling timeline yet because drilling will be a consequence of success in the surface program.

Alan Seo (Mote Metals) received $2.5M strategic investment from mining company partner; money funds exploration programs; partnership benefits extend beyond capital to include technical advice and long-term support; breadth of conference meetings (majors, mid-tier producers, other juniors, investors, newsletter writers) drives awareness that results in share price appreciation.