I am sorry, but all the tallk of MS 7 being delayed had me re-think my AGM lab tour.
I do recall Dr Taylor commenting on M6 and given my perception, I did report "I would expect, given comments at the lab, milestone 6 to be ahead of schedule", and of course we had the NR shortly after the AGM confirming M6.
Now, given the update from IR, I would say all is well with M7. For a third party to "validate", they have to "validate" or confirm something that has already been achieved. This tells us all M7 has been completed at the POET lab and they are awaiting the validation report from the third party.
I am sorry, but that is positive and I think it is just a matter of time - and I trust that time is soon. Will announcing the validation of M7 mean a deal? We can only hope.