Something does not pass the smell test here. Could Jim Sanders be a huckster wanting to get investors and then leaving them high and dry?
The notion of a find that large is the quintessential “American dream.” OTOH, as you say, the government and enviro-weenies will turn his dream a nightmare. Not to mention the money necessary to scale the permit hurdles.
Yeah. I see a perfect con about to unfold. The mark(s) will do all the work (sell themselves) and pay dearly for it.
Hmmmm. I've been hearing ads on the radio lately offering stock in some gold mining operation.