very nice thorough posts - i agree- PR re oil test results would also comfirm zn's pretest result statements re oil in the drilling mud,which likely were at least part of the basis for an sec investigation and discourage others from wasting their time joining a suit
the over 4m derivative liability is a contingent liability which will not cost if they announce commercial oil -thus their over 7m current assets as of june 30 should last longer than sept 30-there will be dssp money
their sept 30 run out date is likely conservative as is required by 10q filings
just as their previous run out date of july 30 never happened
but i agree that they would not postpone test results