Not that I expect a reverse split anytime soon, but I do it coming as part of a process after drilling proves we have a deposit.

The typical RS for an exploration-phase miner is to aid publicity surrounding a pumping of the stock as insiders bail.   I don't think our board and company friends are like that.

In this case, and if there is a discovery followed by a RS, the pressures normally associated with a falling share price from that are not there, and the price rises.