These type of forums are not the best place to learn the mining business. Tnet does have some serious, knowledgeable, experienced miners but it's also a place for everyone to share their opinions and ideas. Unless you are already well versed in mining technology you aren't really going to be able to sort the opinions and ideas from the facts.
The value of your deposit depends on how much ore there is, how rich it is, what it's alloyed with and how much it will cost to extract.
You can't know any of those things from a single assay. I'm guessing that "assay" was with an XRF (useless for estimating the size or value of a deposit) and was performed on a single selected piece of ore?
For an assay to have any value it must be a fire assay of multiple unsorted samples of significant portions of the whole deposit - not just the vein. Two lode claims will never have enough mineral of any kind to interest a mining company to invest into developing a deposit. In the western U.S., at present, deposits of even the most valuable minerals will have to be proven to encompass square miles before any well funded mining company will be interested.
If you were to establish proof of a rich strike of at least a hundred acres there is a good possibility of leasing your project area to a junior exploration company. That can be a nice annual income and with enough additional successful exploration a major mining company might eventually pick up the project (and your lease) then your annual income could be life changing.
But first you will have to put a lot of time and effort into learning how to perfect your discovery. You will also need a boatload of money to pay for the required drilling and assays. All mining is a gamble and until you can provide industry standard proof to increase the odds of success for a mining company none will have any interest in gambling on your discovery.
That's the situation in the industry for now. That leaves the little guy with a perfect opportunity to develop small but rich discoveries on their own dime without fear the big boys will try to muscle in. It's just not part of their business model anymore.
So what to do with your ore assuming it's worth mining? That's a problem with small but chemically complex discoveries like hard rock PGM deposits. A recovery circuit will need to be designed to process your ore efficiently and that research alone can be very expensive and time consuming. Unlike free milling gold you won't be able to finance your development costs from the proceeds of your discovery as you go along. Instead you will need to fund the circuit process design and contract a processor before you can do anything but stockpile ore.
As you can see all this leads us back to the beginning where you get some real assays on some properly obtained and prepared samples before you decide whether your discovery is worth your time and money to pursue. If it isn't you can always sell your, now perfected, claims to someone who has a bigger wallet and a bigger gambling urge than yourself.
I hope that gives you some perspective on how you can succeed with your discovery. Good luck I wish you well.
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