Rude? I'm raising tough serious business issues, without rudeness. This co has indeed stated and/or implied that HM is potentially one of the largest copper/gold discoveries around ("potentially multiple times larger than Rosemont", etc). JB has boasted for a long time about the huge potential for copper and gold. Then he goes off on these tangents of lithium, cobalt, REE, electric cars, blah, blah. Why not simply focus on the copper/gold? All it takes is a few holes in the ground to start things off. But you ask a good question. Does JB want to drag this out? I'm not sure at this point. He seems to be having a good time with the geology, doing his fieldwork, giving talks, telling stories, etc. But he's also running a public corporation that needs financing if he's ever going to prove a resource, let alone see a mine built in his lifetime. Tales of REE and cars are nice, but how about getting a deal done to drill some holes in the ground? You know, the huge Pebble project may never be built due to the huge environmental fuss up there. JB has boasted about how relatively issue-free HM seems to be. Unfortunately, HM may never be built due simply to JB's inability to partner up and drill a few holes. BTW, I like JB..