Thank you for sharing your perspective. I realize that I have been a voice of frustration so I think it's important for me to state publicly on the board that I think you have offered reasonable and credible explanations to account for circumstances.
I remain hopeful that we shall move beyond the realm of speculation very soon.
You make a very good point that I think we sometimes forget. As you pointed out: they have built a team of contractors. Nobody wants to be associated with a "loser." These ARE NOT small time operators looking for that one big job. They are well known companies with reputations to protect. They would not have permitted their names to be publicly released if they did not believe this project will go forward and be a winner. I suspect there are a number of NDAs in effect and these contractors know a lot more about the financing than we do.
Exactly! If we investors are frustrated about the financing taking so long, how do we think Mark and his great team must feel. They've worked so hard on the de-risking but still can't be sure that the mining will actually start. I feel for them, we are all rowing in the same direction.