IMO it is about time to get the smelting going. Even if it takes 2 months to get the check and know the real hard numbers, as bullish as AU&AG are running I would doubt the price will be lower at settlement date.
As to fluff PR, keep ANY info coming. Any kind of update each month at least tells us where SFMI is currently!
Lastly now that the process has begun is should continue and each step from this point on should be better and better (and I hope even faster as they get better)!
With 3 years of ore above ground there should be lots of time to work on underground development and the fund to do that. If Q1 of 2011 can be break even or a small profit 2011 will truly be a year to remember!