I doubt elcheepo has left, he had too much invested to just leave. Took a break maybe, but I doubt he was scared off by anything that has happened in regards to news.
You might not be crazy, short sighted, lacking understanding of the logistic nightmare Africa can be, and a host of other things, but maybe not crazy.
Simple fact of the matter is, there has been nothing reported to imply that sney is not on track, in fact as I said earlier, the ability to acquire funding to continue with production/transportation implies they are actually on track to do what they claimed they will do.
Just because you are ignorant on certain things including the ability to and the reasons for acquiring liquid funds vs paper funds doesn't make you crazy, just lacking knowledge.
Ya know, you may end up being right and this company may tank, but nothing I have seen so far supports that idea, in fact everything I have seen so far indicates that this will be a profitable company, baring unforseen or predictable situations such as another civil war in the region, but that's just my opinion.