"I remember Sipa going into a trading halt called in from the...

"I remember Sipa going into a trading halt called in from the field hinting at massive chalcopyrite, and it came back pyrite. Wonder what happened to that geologist?"

Probably either an MD somewhere or acting as a non-exec on 3 or 4 boards. That level of incompetence certainly gets rewarded in the industry.

As for drilling without a geo - you can get a rig geo for $30 to $35/hr, not much more than a postie. If they haven't got one on the rig for coring a drill hole to >510m that would be a worry.