Yes, totally realistic concern. I have seen a few posts where posters kind of wrote off cuu and somehow relegated it to a future benefit of their ancestors. EE could think this way and certainly I could feel this way if I was in his position. Everybody knows we will need binoculars to see coppers price in the next few years(I don't believe we will need telescopes although I wish we would need the Hubble). The buyers must be in negotiation mode by now. What's the point of buying g a cu asset in the middle of the cycle? You pay too much  and by the time you produce the cycle turns.