I am not knocking Jason, but he also told me ( about 2 years ago as I recall ) not to get my hopes up for a huge buyout price. At that time, as I recall, he indicated to me he didn't think getting $3-$5/sh was warranted. This conv. I had with Jason was the reason I wanted to speak with Elmer and Mike directly about this. Since then, if I ever want better info. on the project I always talk with Elmer or Mike directly.
No offense to Jason, but as a PR guy, he could really get into trouble for "hyping" expectations so imho, I think he is just playing it safe and being very conservative in giving out his opinion. However, imho, he should not even give an opinion or say anything about what to expect the buyout price should be. If people ask him he should just say I don't know we will have to see.
If you call management ( Elmer or Mike ) they will not directly tell you what they expect but I have gathered enough clues from them, like some here have done, to say that at min. we will probably not sell for less than $5/sh. That may be much higher now with what they have found recently that we do not know about. My 2 cents.