Maybe he doesn’t want this pumped to high heaven, (“step away from the Apple rumors”) he knows the date, I don’t think it’s for selfish reasons it’s more for keeping investors honest...imo
1) Has a lot of other fish to fry and has a lot more to come before he can focus on LQMT-USA 2) Did in fact get what he wanted in 2016 3) Was duped by the LF crowd into believing that they would do the heavy lifting