Yet. There have been multiple LOI's signed so there certainly has been deal potential but so far nothing has closed but the property has been shown to contain significant niobium and they wholly own it.
The rest is speculation without any facts other than the assumption that the past will continue to repeat which seems fairly illogical when looking at development stage business.
One day APPL wasn't successful so you could assume it won't ever be or you can look at the facts and continue to reevaluate.