mysscat: "but from what is said can't we assume that it's pretty much there?"
You can assume whatever you want from what was stated but when you make assumptions, it can lead you to several different conclusions. You have to keep in mind this is PR for investors so it will be stated to have you ending up filling in the blanks and when I have done that, I have been wrong more often than correct.
The purpose of this PR was to get the price back up after falling into the high 50's.
The final 5% of process development is often the hardest. It might save you a lot of grief by waiting for an official announcement before you go all in.
I used to work in corporate marketing. The phrase "has been progressing" and everything in the passage is compatible with hardly any progress having been made. After all, even minimal progress is still progress. So not much can be concluded on the basis of these remarks as far as what they have actually accomplished.