"If we get one more decent drill hole (and we will eventually)"
It is not a case of converts. We have plenty of them. Problem is lethargy all arround.

If we found another Eagle's Nest it would change little if any thing at all as far as developing the Ring. All it would get us is a temporary rise in sp due to fresh blood wanting in. But in short time they would become like the rest of us here, waiting and impatient.

The only hope we have is that the two governments being of same party will work together better and live up to promisses.

There still remains the question of natives. How much will the two governments have to give up to entice them to cooperate in a timely manner.