Because they thought the prospect of getting investment from the people in the Philippines was better than the chances of getting it in Canada at the conference. Can't see why that's difficult to understand.
I thought I explained this already. JB and Brent are in conspiracy because they wanted free in-flight movies and free airline food. And it is cold in Toronto now.
I love the attempts to make it seem like a bad thing that the guy who is an engineer and LBSR shareholder is helping JB and company. That connection alone (IMO) is better than a really "cold" call to Toronto to use HKipp's phrase.
Good to see the lunatics are not totally running the asylum here.